Sources: BBC
The European Commission passes a measure to limit Chinese medical device supply bids on public contracts, alleging unfair access for EU companies to China's tenders. The measures are the first under the International Procurement Instrument. 2025-06-2
U.S. president Donald Trump announces a universal 10% tariff on most imports into the United States, a 20% tariff on goods from the European Union, and a 34% tariff on all imports from China. The tariffs will take effect from April 5.2025-04-2
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
Thousands of environmentalists and opposition group members protest across Serbia against a European Union–Serbian government lithium mining project meant to reduce its dependency on Chinese lithium that would seize and raze several rivers and forests. 2024-07-29
China reports a new outbreak of the African Swine Fever in Inner Mongolia, where 343 of 432 pigs died on a farm near Baotou. 2021-04-29
China passes the controversial Hong Kong national security law. 2020-06-30
The Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs summons the Chinese ambassador after an article claiming that Kazakhs are "eager to return to China" and "do not have too many complaints" about China's historical invasions of Kazakhstan is published on the private Chinese website Sohu. 2020-04-14
The U.S. State Department imposes visa restrictions on numerous Chinese government officials whom it believes responsible for the detention or abuse of Muslim Uighurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang province. On Monday the Department of Commerce added twenty-eight Chinese firms and bureaus to its "trade blacklist" for similar reasons. 2019-10-8
China threatens tariffs of 25% on the import of 106 U.S. products, including soybeans and Boeing aircraft in reaction to a previous U.S. threat of tariffs worth up to $50 billion. 2018-04-4
China sends a 'peace ark' loaded with aid to the Philippines after it was criticized for not giving enough. 2013-11-20