Sources: BBC
U.S. president Donald Trump's administration exempts smartphones and computers from all "reciprocal" tariffs, including the base 10% on all countries and the 125% levies imposed on Chinese imports. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller states that a separate 20% tariff on Chinese imports remains in effect for the products. 2025-04-12
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
Honduras switches its formal diplomatic recognition of "China" from the Republic of China to the People's Republic of China. 2023-03-26
Five people are killed and 13 others injured when a man rams his vehicle into a crowd in Guangzhou, China. 2023-01-11
China resumes domestic flights to the Hubei province. Wuhan is expected to resume flights on April 8. 2020-03-29
Burkina Faso and Swaziland refuse to break relations with Taiwan and recognize the One-China policy despite being offered aid from China. 2017-01-25
The People's Republic of China and Russia begin joint naval exercises in the Sea of Japan. 2013-07-5
Benjamin Pierce Bishop, a civil defense contractor who works in intelligence, was charged with giving U.S. national security secrets his Chinese girlfriend. 2013-03-19
The Australian authorities say a Chinese bulk carrier which ran aground off Queensland has caused widespread damage to the famed Great Barrier Reef. The cleanup is likely to be the biggest operation ever undertaken there. 2010-04-13
Former U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel James Fondren is sentenced to three years in prison for providing classified documents to Chinese spy Tai Shen Kuo. 2010-01-22