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An early morning fire in the Chinese city of Changshu in Jiangsu province kills 22 people and injures three.
2017-07-16

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao delivers his final annual address to the National People's Congress. The People's Republic of China sets its economic growth rate for 2013 at 7.5%.
2013-03-5

The People's Republic of China evacuates 200,000 people from Shanghai ahead of Typhoon Haikui which is expected to make landfall in Zhejiang early tonight or tomorrow morning.
2012-08-7

Villagers revolting in Wukan, southern China, threaten to march on government offices this week if detained protesters are not released.
2011-12-18

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

More than two million people are reported to have been displaced or otherwise affected by flooding in the Chinese province of Zhejiang.
2011-06-19

Over 600 people are poisoned by lead in Zhejiang, eastern China.
2011-06-12

More than 100 people are poisoned by lead from a battery plant built in a residential area in Zhejiang, China.
2011-03-25

Oxfam Hong Kong suspends its student training programme in China after the Chinese government said the charity had "unfriendly intentions".
2010-02-24