Sources: Mainichi Shimbun
The People's Republic of China lodges a complaint with the United States after President-elect of the United States Donald Trump speaks with President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen. The PRC and the United States view Taiwan as a breakaway province. 2016-12-3
Russia announces that it will join the People's Republic of China in naval drills in the South China Sea in May 2016. 2015-05-31
The Kyodo news agency reports that the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo that could complicate relations with China and South Korea. 2014-10-17
A truck drives into a restaurant in Ningxia, China, killing seven people. 2011-12-15
More than 100,000 people have been evacuated from China's Shandong Province as former Typhoon Muifa travels along the eastern coast as a tropical storm. 2011-08-8
South Korea announces plans to submit a claim to the United Nations to a larger portion of the East China Sea in a move which is likely to be disputed by the People's Republic of China and Japan. 2011-07-3
Vietnamese protesters march in the capital Hanoi for the fourth successive week calling on the People's Republic of China to stop entering Vietnamese territorial waters on the South China Sea. 2011-06-26
Four men from Xinjiang in western China are to be executed following convictions for terrorism in the region last year. 2011-02-23
Japan says China has shipped drilling equipment to a disputed gas field amid a diplomatic row over the seizure of a Chinese fishing boat captain near the disputed Senkaku Islands. 2010-09-17
South Korea and the United States pressure China to allow UN action against North Korea. 2010-05-24