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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

Twenty one people are given jail sentences in the People's Republic of China for match fixing, including Yang Yimin, a former deputy chief of the Chinese Football Association.
2012-02-18

Teargas is fired and protesters arrested in Haimen, southern China, in a demonstration against the construction of a power plant.
2011-12-22

At least four people are dead and two missing after former Typhoon Muifa hits South Korea - 600 homes had earlier been destroyed in the People's Republic of China.
2011-08-9

More than 100,000 people have been evacuated from China's Shandong Province as former Typhoon Muifa travels along the eastern coast as a tropical storm.
2011-08-8

China jails a Tibetan writer for editing a banned magazine regarding unrest in 2008.
2011-07-2

Three children die after drinking suspected nitrite- (as opposed to 2008's melamine-) tainted milk in China; 35 others are hospitalized.
2011-04-8

China arrests two activists on charges of subversion after calling for 'Jasmine' protests similar to those in the Middle East. [https:--web.archive.org-web-20110402151330-http:--www.straitstimes.com-BreakingNews-Asia-Story-STIStory_650626.html ("Straits Times")] [https:--web.archive.org-web-20121013073129-http:--www.sundaytimes.lk-index.php-world-news-5968-china-charges-two-amid-jasmine-crackdown ("Times Online Sri Lanka")] [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-asia-229205-china-charges-two-amid-jasmine-crackdown ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019
2011-03-29

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

Twenty-eight children and three adults are stabbed at a nursery school in China.
2010-04-29