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United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar travels to Taiwan for a multi-day official visit. He is the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the country in 40 years after the U.S. stopped recognising Taiwan in 1979 and has had unofficial ties since then. The PRC, which claims Taiwan as a breakaway province, condemns the visit.
2020-08-5

A bus crash in North Hwanghae, North Korea, kills 32 Chinese tourists and four North Koreans. A further two people are seriously injured.
2018-04-23

Chinese space station "Tiangong-1" crashes into the South Pacific Ocean near Tahiti.
2018-04-2

Updated analysis by the European Space Agency and Aerospace Corporation suggests that the derelict Chinese space station "Tiangong-1" will crash on tomorrow evening or the day thereafter in the morning. Although the prediction remains highly uncertain, the station may impact around Africa.
2018-03-31

Updated predictions suggest that derelict Chinese space station Tiangong-1 will reenter Earth's atmosphere over the weekend.
2018-03-30

Protests mark the 20th anniversary of the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong to China from the United Kingdom alongside the arrival of China's paramount leader Xi Jinping.
2017-06-29

The Chinese Shenzhou 9 space capsule lands safely with all three astronauts aboard.
2012-06-29

China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts – including the first female Chinese astronaut, Liu Yang – to the Tiangong-1 orbital module.
2012-06-16

China's Compass satellite navigation system, a rival to the American Global Positioning System (GPS), becomes operational, offering navigation services on the Chinese mainland. The system is expected to become available worldwide by 2020.
2011-12-28

China's unmanned Shenzhou 8 spacecraft successfully returns to Earth, landing in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region after docking twice with the Tiangong-1 orbital laboratory module.
2011-11-17