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
Eleven people are dead and three others have been rescued after their wooden boat overturns in a lake in Susong County, in east China's Anhui province. 2021-02-6
China reports 138 new cases in the past 24 hours, the biggest single-day increase in more than 10 months, bringing the total number of cases since the beginning of the outbreak to 87,844. In addition, the country also reports its first death from COVID-19 since April, bringing the nationwide death toll to 4,635. 2021-01-14
China bans American animated sitcom "South Park" in response to the episode "Band in China" which parodied censorship in China and Chinese influence on Hollywood. 2019-10-7
Anti-China protests are held by the opposition in Kiribati's capital of Tarawa after the government severed ties with Taiwan and established relations with China. 2019-09-27
A chain reaction of exploding trucks triggered by a blast during the delivery of acetylene gas at a chemical plant in Zhangjiakou, China, kills 23 people and injures at least 22 others. 2018-11-28
A member of Iran's Expediency Council calls on the European Union, Russia and China to support the deal and guarantee economic and banking relations with Iran. He warns that Iran would likely exit the deal if it doesn't benefit Iran. 2018-04-29
A kindergarten lunch in Qiubei County, China, is poisoned, leaving two children dead and another thirty sick. 2014-03-21
China says that United States plans to bolster missile defences in response to provocations by North Korea would only intensify antagonism, and urges Washington to act prudently. 2013-03-18
A Chinese businessman with links to ousted Communist party official Bo Xilai is detained. [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-asia-287288-chinese-tycoon-detained-amid-political-scandal ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019 2012-04-3