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The death toll from the flooding in Beijing, China, which is the city's worst flooding in more than 140 years, increases to 21.
2023-08-2

China convicts and sentences American citizen John Shing-Wan Leung to life in prison for espionage.
2023-05-15

Solomon Islands receives 50,000 doses of the Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV vaccine from China.
2021-04-12

The European Union imposes sanctions against several officials in China for human rights abuses in Xinjiang. These sanctions are Europe's first since the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
2021-03-22

Kioxia, the Japanese computer memory manufacturer spun off from Toshiba, postpones its initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, citing the volatility of the semiconductor industry caused by both the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing trade war between China and the United States. Its initial public offering, which would have launched on October 6, was projected to be Japan's largest for this year.
2020-09-28

At least 21 miners die after a roof collapses in a coal mine in Shenmu, China.
2019-01-12

China's People's Liberation Army Air Force says it has conducted "combat patrols" near the disputed Spratly Islands and Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea as part of an effort to normalize such drills and respond to security threats. Xian H-6 strategic bombers and Su-30 fighter jets took part in the patrols, according to Xinhua News Agency.
2016-08-6

Local officials report eight people were killed on Friday when their elevator fell 18 stories in an under-construction apartment building in the port city of Longkou in Shandong province of eastern China.
2016-07-17

Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is elected the first female President of Taiwan. Eric Chu, the ruling Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party) candidate concedes defeat and announced his resignation as party leader. Ms. Tsai vowed to preserve the status quo in relations with China. The DPP supports independence for the island.
2016-01-16

The death toll from the September 1 chemical factory blast in China rises to 13.
2015-09-6