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China's National Space Administration says it is working on a program to land a rover on Mars by 2020.
2016-04-22

The fourth tropical storm of the 2011 Pacific typhoon season, Tropical Storm Haima (Egay), makes landfall in southern Guangdong Province in the People's Republic of China.
2011-06-23

Dozens of people are injured in a petrol bomb attack on a bank in Gansu, northwest China.
2011-05-13

The United States House of Representatives approves legislation that would lead to trade sanctions against China, which is accused of undervaluing the yuan.
2010-09-29

Two passenger train carriages are swept into a river by floods in Sichuan, China.
2010-08-19

Floods in northeastern China kill more than 100 people and sweep 3,000 chemical-filled barrels into the Songhua River.
2010-08-1

Chinese police arrests a suspect for poisoning frozen dumplings for revenge. Those dumplings were exported to Japan and sickened 10 people in 2008.
2010-03-26

Representatives of the Dalai Lama head to Beijing for the first discussions with Chinese authorities in 15 months.
2010-01-25

Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister He Yafei downplays the government's row with Google, saying it does not affect relations with the United States.
2010-01-21

China commences surveillance of text messages, with customers from the country's two largest operators being blocked for lewd messages. Meanwhile, text messaging returns to Xinjiang, after riots last July.
2010-01-18