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At least five people are killed and at least 33 others are injured by a tornado in Guangzhou, China.
2024-04-27

Pro-military junta nationalists stage protests against China outside the Chinese embassy and Yangon City Hall in Yangon, Myanmar, accusing the Chinese government of secretly backing rebel forces in Shan State.
2023-11-19

Representatives for China and the United Arab Emirates deliver a joint statement following a UN Security Council meeting, calling for a humanitarian ceasefire, and adding that "wars have laws and they must be upheld" as "civilians in Gaza cannot even find safety in UN facilities, hospitals and refugee camps".
2023-11-7

China passes the controversial Hong Kong national security law.
2020-06-30

China's Ministry of Commerce suspends all coal imports from North Korea until the end of 2017, as part of international sanctions against North Korea over its ballistic missile program.
2017-02-18

China begins demolishing buildings and evicting residents at Larung Gar in Tibet, one of the largest religious institutes in the world. Officials put forward overpopulation and security as the leading reasons for the planned action.
2016-07-22

China's state owned ChemChina offers to buy Swiss pesticide and seed manufacturer Syngenta for $43 billion.
2016-02-3

China's mission begins the descent phase to the moon that will likely make it one of only three countries to reach it. The landing is estimated to occur at 8:40 a.m. EST, December 14.
2013-12-13

Hundreds of Tibetan students and monks protest against education policies in China's western Qinghai Province, shortly after a series of self-immolations by Tibetan monks.
2012-11-9

Wang Lijun, the former police chief and vice-mayor of Chongqing, China, is sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption-related charges and defection.
2012-09-24