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China's National Space Administration says it is working on a program to land a rover on Mars by 2020.
2016-04-22

3 coal miners are killed and 40 others are trapped in separate incidents in the People's Republic of China.
2011-07-2

An anti-China protest takes place in Hanoi, Vietnam, for the second weekend in a row, amid a territorial dispute between the two countries.
2011-06-12

China announces the creation of a State Internet Information Office to 'direct, coordinate, and supervise' online content management, prompting fears that online censorship will grow even more stringent.
2011-05-4

Two prominent Chinese human rights lawyers Jiang Tianyong and Liu Xiaoyuan are released.
2011-04-20

Police in China detain dozens of underground Protestant church followers in Beijing.
2011-04-17

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says the country needs to carry out political reforms in order to support achievements made in its economic restructuring, contradicting statements by other Politburo members.
2011-03-14

A bus plunges into a ravine in the Xinjiang region in western China killing at least 16 people and with 24 people injured.
2011-03-11

Chinese authorities implement new controls on the content of text messages sent to mobile phones according to service providers, including references to democracy, human rights, and corruption.
2011-01-6

China prepares to celebrate New Year holidays with tens of millions of people travelling and fireworks anticipated.
2010-02-13