Sources: BBC
Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signs a bill banning TikTok, making Montana the first U.S. state to ban the Chinese-owned social media app. 2023-05-17
Twenty-eight people are killed and 53 others are rescued during an avalanche at a tunnel in Nyingchi, Tibet, China. 2023-01-20
China becomes the first major country to authorize the emergency use of the Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine for children as young as three years old. 2021-06-5
The Philippines receives its first shipment of 600,000 doses of the Sinovac CoronaVac donated by China. 2021-02-28
China and Indonesia ground 737-8 MAX aircraft across their nations in response to the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and Lion Air Flight 610 disasters; airlines elsewhere including Ethiopian Airlines voluntarily ground their own 737 MAX jets. 2019-03-11
High profile Chinese Communist Party member Sun Zhengcai is sentenced to life in prison for taking bribes totaling 170 million yuan. 2018-05-8
China launches Shenzhou 11, the country's sixth manned spaceflight mission and the first one to the Tiangong-2 space laboratory, with two taikonauts on a 30-day mission. 2016-10-17
U.S. officials reveal that China has been increasing its military presence on the border with North Korea since mid-March, and conducted naval drills in the Yellow Sea. 2013-04-2
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes southeastern Qinghai, China, near the Yangtze River. There were no immediate reports of casualties. [http:--www.google.com-hostednews-ap-article-ALeqM5gdspdDB0WaMv_An4A-NvHB_DwmCwD9F2GOC00 (The Associated Press)][https:--vancouversun.com-magnitude+earthquake+hits+northwest+China-2903016-story.html (Vancouver Sun)]date=May 2020 2010-04-13