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The Wall Street Journal discloses that cryptocurrency exchange Binance continues to do business within the People's Republic of China despite a formal prohibition of such activity by PRC authorities in 2021; WSJ says that more-or-less open trading totals US$90 billion per month.
2023-08-2

Japanese cabinet minister Yoshitaka Shindō visits the controversial Yasukuni Shrine potentially causing conflict with the Philippines, South Korea and the People's Republic of China.
2013-10-18

South Korea seizes thousands of smuggled capsules from Northeastern People's Republic of China filled with powdered human flesh.
2012-05-7

The Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway commences commercial operation in the People's Republic of China. [http:--economictimes.indiatimes.com-news-international-business-beijing-shanghai-high-speed-train-makes-debut-articleshow-9047959.cms (Economic Times of India)]date=August 2019
2011-06-30

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

China reports that 95% of post-earthquake reconstruction is complete in Sichuan, three years after a deadly earthquake, in a "victory" for the country.
2011-05-10

At least 25 people are killed and 250 injured following a 5.4 magnitude earthquake in Yingjiang County, Yunnan province, China, near the Burma border.
2011-03-10

Authorities in the People's Republic of China crack down on political activists as calls spread online for a "Jasmine Revolution" on Sunday.
2011-02-19

The Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan calls on China to release Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo.
2010-10-14

China's Xinhua launches a global 24-hour English TV news channel.
2010-07-1