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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán makes an unannounced "peace mission" to Beijing, China, to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping following an unannounced meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday.
2024-07-8

At least five people are killed and at least 33 others are injured by a tornado in Guangzhou, China.
2024-04-27

A diplomat at the Embassy of Israel in Beijing, China, is stabbed by an unknown foreign attacker. The diplomat was taken to a hospital for treatment and is in stable condition. The incident is being treated as a terrorist attack.
2023-10-13

Honduras opens its first embassy in Beijing, China, after breaking off relations with Taiwan in March.
2023-06-11

The United States accuses China of "a clear violation of sovereignty" after a suspected meteorological high altitude balloon is noted hovering over Montana. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken postpones his official visit to Beijing, initially scheduled for February 5, in response to the incident.
2023-02-3

The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party closes in Beijing, China. The party's new 205-member Central Committee, elected by delegates at the end of the week-long congress, did not include outgoing Premier Li Keqiang or former Guangdong party secretary Wang Yang, who had been seen as a potential replacement as premier. The Сongress has been described as strengthening the power of Xi Jinping, who is likely to be re-elected as General Secretary tomorrow.
2022-10-22

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells Congress that Hong Kong is "no longer autonomous from China" following Beijing's plans to impose a new security law on the territory, and no longer meets its special designation for trade under U.S. law that was established in the United States–Hong Kong Policy Act.
2020-05-27

North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-un meets with China's paramount leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, on what is his first known travel outside North Korea since assuming office in 2011.
2018-03-27

China summons Kaye Lee, the U.S. deputy chief of mission in Beijing, to protest Washington's announcement that it is selling two warships to Taiwan as part of a $1.83 billion arms deal. U.S. state department spokesman John Kirby says the sale is consistent with the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act while Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Zheng Zequang threatens to impose sanctions on U.S. firms because the proposed sale "severely damaged China's sovereignty and security interests."
2015-12-17

Panasonic will stop making lithium-ion batteries for phones and cameras in Beijing, China, with a cut of 1,300 jobs. The company will instead refocus on higher-margin products such as electric car batteries.
2015-08-27