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At least 15 people are killed by flash floods caused by torrential rain in Chongqing, China.
2023-07-5

An A319-100 aircraft operated by Tibet Airlines veers off the runway and catches fire at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in Yubei District, Chongqing, China, injuring forty people, with some being hospitalized.
2022-05-12

At least 18 people are killed and 16 others are injured in a fire at a martial arts school in Zhecheng, Henan, China. Most of the victims are pupils between the ages of seven and sixteen years old.
2021-06-25

Amid an impeachment inquiry against him, U.S. President Donald Trump says "China should start an investigation" into presidential candidate Joe Biden. Chair of the Federal Election Commission Ellen Weintraub again explains that "it is illegal for any person to solicit, accept, or receive anything of value from a foreign national in connection with a U.S. election".
2019-10-3

A plant explosion in the Jiangsu province of China kills seven and injures five others. The explosion is the second deadliest in the month after the 2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion.
2019-03-31

The U.S. consulate in Hong Kong says that China denied a request for a port call to Hong Kong by the USS Wasp. China says that it handles approvals "case by case, in accordance with the principle of sovereignty".
2018-09-25

Typhoon Soudelor makes landfall in mainland China in Fujian province with 250,000 having been evacuated from that province and Zhejiang province.
2015-08-8

Australia's ABC News claims that the People's Republic of China hacked plans for the headquarters of the country's spy agency ASIO.
2013-05-28

The death toll from the recently discovered H7N9 bird flu rises to six. China begin slaughtering birds in hopes of containing the disease.
2013-04-4

A bus falls off a cliff in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southwestern China resulting in the death of 23 people.
2010-07-18