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The People's Republic of China urges North Korea to abide by a United Nations Security Council resolution that bans the North from conducting ballistic missile tests, two days after Pyongyang claimed it conducted a test from a submarine.
2016-04-25

British Prime Minister David Cameron makes a historic visit to Burma (Myanmar), becoming the first British Prime Minister to visit that country.
2012-04-13

China calls on Myanmar to protect interests of Chinese companies after President Thein Sein halted the controversial Chinese-backed Myitsone Dam project.
2011-10-1

Burmese state media say rebels in the northeast of the country killed seven workers from a Chinese-backed hydroelectric power project.
2011-08-5

The Chinese state-run "Global Times" newspaper dismisses international criticism over the arrest of artist Ai Weiwei.
2011-04-6

At least 25 people are killed and 250 injured following a 5.4 magnitude earthquake in Yingjiang County, Yunnan province, China, near the Burma border.
2011-03-10

Burma faces criticism at the United Nations Human Rights Council over its human rights record.
2011-01-27

The Kachin Independence Army, a Burmese ethnic militia, is in a tense stand-off with the Burmese military following the arrest of three of its members.
2010-10-19

China announces an increase of 28% in the number of internet users in the country, now at 384 million.
2010-01-16