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The Kachin Independence Army captures the town of Lweje and its nearby border crossings in Kachin State, Myanmar, after junta forces abandoned their posts and fled across the border into China.
2024-03-28

Representatives from Myanmar's ruling military junta hold talks with three rebel groups, facilitated by China, amid an ongoing rebel offensive.
2023-12-11

China calls for an "immediate ceasefire" in Myanmar after rebels capture several towns near the Chinese border.
2023-11-2

Heavy rains cause floods and landslides in Gapyeong, South Korea, killing at least 14 people and forcing the evacuation of more than 1,000. The rains have also battered China, Thailand, India and Myanmar. Neighboring North Korea warns of possible floods, while the New Zealand government reports the deaths of three of its citizens in the South Korean floods.
2020-08-4

China arrests a man, Yang Qingpei, for killing his parents and then killing 17 neighbors in an attempt to cover up his crime in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province.
2016-09-30

China says Chinese passengers flying from the Chinese cities of Nanchang, Kunming, and Chongqing, will be allowed to stop at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport before flying to a third destination. Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou applauded this step toward normalizing relations between the two states. Taiwan's opposition party expressed concern that Beijing is trying to interfere with the country's January 16, 2016, presidential and legislative elections.
2016-01-5

A landslide in China's Yunnan Province leaves three people dead and eight missing.
2015-08-22

The People's Republic of China claims that the Golden Triangle regions of Laos, Myanmar and Thailand are the source of most of its imports of heroin and methamphetamine. The region has been known for drug cultivation for centuries. [http:--abcnews.go.com-International-wireStory-china-golden-triangle-source-dangerous-drugs-31984860 (AP via ABC News America)]date=August 2019
2015-06-24

A Myanmar air raid aimed at rebels on its border with China drops bombs on the Chinese city of Lincang killing four people.
2015-03-13

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake hits China's Yunnan province with at least one death reported.
2014-10-7