Sources: AFP
The Australian agriculture ministry confirms the first cases of H5N1 bird flu in the country in a brown skua in remote Western Australia. This means the H5N1 variant has now reached every continent. 2026-06-14
Japan's Ministry of Defense reports that it scrambled fighters to intercept foreign military aircraft 1,004 times in 2021, in 722 of these cases the foreign aircraft were from the People's Republic of China. 2022-04-16
Hong Kong marks the fifteenth anniversary of the handover from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China. 2012-07-1
Rescuers are working to save 57 coal miners trapped in Sanmenxia in China's Henan province. 2011-11-4
The Yonhap news agency in South Korea reports that the People's Republic of China has reinforced fences and increased patrols along its border with North Korea in order to stop a flow of refugees. 2011-03-30
Three people are arrested in China's Guangdong Province in relation to a $90 million gold heist, the biggest in Hong Kong history. 2010-12-4
A gas explosion in a Chinese coal mine in Henan province kills at least 20 workers. Another 17 are declared missing. 2010-10-16
China rules out a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the United Nations to resolve an ongoing diplomatic row, saying the timing is "not proper". 2010-09-21
China has a day of mourning to commemorate the victims of last weekend's Zhouqu landslide. 2010-08-15
Google stops censoring its search results in China, redirecting users to its Hong Kong site. 2010-03-22