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
One person is killed and at least 28 others are missing in a landslide in a village near Yibin, Sichuan, China. 2025-02-9
President of Vietnam and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Tô Lâm arrives in China for a three-day state visit, Tô's first overseas visit since becoming president and general secretary. 2024-08-18
China and the Solomon Islands sign a cooperation agreement between the People's Police and the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force during Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare's official visit to Beijing in an effort to strengthen their "comprehensive strategic partnership". 2023-07-10
Cambodia and China break ground on a joint expansion project of the Ream Naval Base near Sihanoukville, Cambodia. 2022-06-7
Twenty-one runners die and eight more are injured when high winds and freezing rain strike a long-distance race in Jingtai, Gansu, China. 2021-05-22
Typhoon Soudelor makes landfall in mainland China in Fujian province with 250,000 having been evacuated from that province and Zhejiang province. 2015-08-8
At least 38 people are dead after a bus collides with a van carrying flammable liquids in China's Hunan province. 2014-07-19
The President of the United States, Barack Obama, meets with the Dalai Lama despite warnings from China to cancel the meeting. 2014-02-21
Police in China crack down on political activists marking the 23rd anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. 2012-06-3