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The trial against Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu and ten others for financial crimes opens in the Holy See. Becciu and a monsignor are the only two to appear in court in person. Becciu denied any wrongdoing and the trial was adjourned. Pope Francis had previously stripped Becciu of his immunity and approved his indictment. Becciu's lawyers asked the court not to order the Cardinal's arrest.
2021-07-27

Authorities in the People's Republic of China say that Wang Baoan is under suspicion for "serious violation of discipline" (a phrase usually associated with corruption charges) as the head of that country's powerful National Bureau of Statistics.
2016-01-26

Police in China catch 175 looters who raided the Niuheliang Neolithic archaeological site in Manchuria.
2015-05-26

Rioting at a police station in Hotan in the Xinjiang region of western China kills at least four people.
2011-07-18

Omar al-Bashir of Sudan and Hu Jintao of the People's Republic of China meet.
2011-06-29

Chineseexports for April reach a record level, attaining a total monthly value of US$155.69 billion.
2011-05-10

ABC News reports that President Barack Obama will nominate the United States Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke as the next United States ambassador to the People's Republic of China.
2011-03-7

Online calls for "Jasmine Revolution" and protest continue in China, as several people are detained.
2011-02-23

China announces an investigation into a brand of powdered milk that caused infant girls to grow breasts.
2010-08-12

Seven Chinese fisherman kidnapped off Cameroon's disputed Bakassi peninsula are released.
2010-03-17