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Nine people die following an explosion in a coal mine in Binzhou City in China's Hunan Province.
2011-12-18

At least 36 people are trapped underground in a coal mine in China's Shandong Province after a fire breaks out.
2011-07-7

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

Taiwan arrests Major General Lo Hsieh-che, head of the Taiwanese Army's electronic communications and information department, for allegedly leaking secrets to the People's Republic of China.
2011-02-8

Pope Benedict XVI ordains five new bishops, including a Chinese prelate from Hong Kong despite attempts by China's official church to ordain bishops without his approval.
2011-02-5

China blocks searches for "Egypt" on its internet and restricts media coverage.
2011-01-29

26 people are confirmed dead after a gas explosion at a coal mine in Henan Province in central China.
2010-12-8

Five more bodies are found after a gas leak in a coal mine in China's Henan province, bringing the death toll to 26.
2010-10-17

A gas explosion in a Chinese coal mine in Henan province kills at least 20 workers. Another 17 are declared missing.
2010-10-16

China investigates the qualifications of all its commercial pilots after 200 of them had falsified their résumés.
2010-09-6