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The Chinese government reports that the fishing vessel "Lu Peng Yuan Yu 028" capsized in the central Indian Ocean on Tuesday. China and other countries are conducting search operations for 39 sailors, including Chinese, Indonesian, and Filipino nationals.
2023-05-17

Police use tear gas to disperse protesters after the governor of Malaita province, Daniel Suidani, is removed in a no-confidence vote. Suidani was one of the strongest critics of the government's approach to China.
2023-02-7

China and Indonesia ground 737-8 MAX aircraft across their nations in response to the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and Lion Air Flight 610 disasters; airlines elsewhere including Ethiopian Airlines voluntarily ground their own 737 MAX jets.
2019-03-11

China's state-run "Global Times" newspaper reports the launching of the first Type 055 destroyer, a 10,000-ton "new generation" warship, at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai.
2017-06-28

The People's Republic of China sacks its workplace safety chief Yang Dongliang for alleged corruption following an investigation triggered by the Tianjin explosions.
2015-08-26

Ten people are killed after a wall collapses on a construction project in China's Shandong province.
2015-05-9

The People's Republic of China says that 50 people died in recent violence in the western province of Xinjiang.
2014-09-26

Russia and China veto a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have asked the International Criminal Court to investigate war crimes in Syria.
2014-05-23

The Politburo of the Communist Party of China sets November 8 as the date for its 18th National Congress.
2012-09-28

China's Xi Jinping denounces Japan's nationalization of the Senkaku Islands as a "farce" and that Tokyo should "rein in its behavior."
2012-09-19