Sources: BBC
Environmental investigators determine that the February 2025 failure of a tailings dam owned by a Chinese copper mining company dumped 50 million liters of highly toxic waste into the Kafue River basin, killing ecosystems up to 100 km (62 mi) downstream and impacting the water supply, fishing activities, and irrigation of 60% of Zambia's population. 2025-03-15
Ten people are killed and eight others are injured by two tornadoes in Yancheng and Suqian in Jiangsu, China. 2023-09-19
The Federal Communications Commission votes unanimously to revoke the authorisation of China Unicom to operate in the United States, citing national security and espionage concerns. The Chinese telecommunications operator must stop providing telecoms services in the U.S. within 60 days. 2022-01-28
A bus explodes and crashes in Kohistan, Khyber Paktunkhwa, Pakistan, killing 12 people, nine of whom were Chinese nationals; the bus was carrying a group of over 30 Chinese workers. Pakistan says that it was an accident, whereas China alleges that it was an attack. 2021-07-14
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells Congress that Hong Kong is "no longer autonomous from China" following Beijing's plans to impose a new security law on the territory, and no longer meets its special designation for trade under U.S. law that was established in the United States–Hong Kong Policy Act. 2020-05-27
The death toll of the coronavirus pandemic in China surpasses 1,000. Hubei province reported 103 deaths in a single day, the highest single-day toll of the pandemic. 2020-02-11
One person is dead and fourteen missing after floods hit Huaping County in China's Yunnan province. 2015-09-16
China accuses the Vatican of obstructing the development of Catholicism after the latter threatens to excommunicate new bishops ordained without papal approval. 2012-07-4
Rescuers in China's Gansu province continue to search for 1,100 missing people in a recent landslide, as the death toll rises to 702. 2010-08-10
Hailed as the largest World's Fair in history, Expo 2010 opens in Shanghai, China. 2010-04-30