Sources: BBC
A court in Beijing intends to hear artist and dissident Ai Weiwei, held and gagged on charges of tax evasion by the People's Republic of China. 2012-05-8
South Korea seizes thousands of smuggled capsules from Northeastern People's Republic of China filled with powdered human flesh. 2012-05-7
Clashes continue in Syria as United Nations observers are due to arrive in the country. 2012-04-15
Two Western journalists are killed in the Syrian city of Homs, American Marie Colvin working for the "Sunday Times" and French photographer Remi Ochlik. 2012-02-22
Hacker group Anonymous publishes hundreds of emails from President Bashar al-Assad's office. 2012-02-6
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
China blocks searches for "Egypt" on its internet and restricts media coverage. 2011-01-29
A 2,400-year-old pot of soup is unearthed in China near the ancient capital Xi'an. 2010-12-13
Google stops censoring its search results in China, redirecting users to its Hong Kong site. 2010-03-22