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A spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of People's Republic of China says Taiwan is barred from observing this year’s World Health Assembly because current President Tsai Ing-wen has not endorsed the Beijing view that both sides belong to a single China under the One-China policy; the spokesman further said that the health of people in Taiwan is not being put at risk by Taiwan's inability to attend.
2017-05-10

At least 38 people are killed and 6 injured in a nursing home fire in Lushan County of China's Henan Province.
2015-05-25

A rain-triggered landslide in southern China's Sichuan Province buries between 30-40 people.
2013-07-10

Rescuers pull a further 45 trapped coal miners to the surface in Sanmenxia in the People's Republic of China, with eight miners reportedly having died.
2011-11-5

Nineteen coal miners are rescued from a flooded pit in China's Heilongjiang Province.
2011-08-30

Almost half of China's dairies are to close after failing to obtain new licenses following a safety audit.
2011-04-2

China blocks access to international news sites ahead of the ceremony for Liu Xiaobo on Friday.
2010-12-9

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

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

A Chinese dissident lawyer, Gao Zhisheng, who has been missing for over a year, says he is "free" and wanting to spend time away from media attention.
2010-03-28