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Chinese Catholic Bishop Stephen Yang Xiangtai, the retired leader of the Handan diocese, died at the age of 99 after a long illness. Bishop Yang was arrested in 1954 and again in 1966, and served more than a decade in labor camps before being released in 1980. He became Bishop of Handan in 1999.
2021-10-14

China launches the Shenzhou 12 spacecraft carrying three astronauts on the first flight to the Tianhe core module.
2021-06-17

The outgoing Trump administration declares that China has committed genocide against Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minority groups.
2021-01-19

A ~8 m asteroid falls over Nangqên, in western China on the Qinghai-Tibet border. This was the largest asteroid to hit Earth since the Kamchatka meteor in 2018, and the largest to fall over land since the Chelyabinsk meteor in 2013.
2020-12-23

Two people die of bubonic plague in the region of Inner Mongolia, China. Authorities have sealed off a village.
2020-08-7

In Hong Kong, soldiers belonging to China's People's Liberation Army are spotted in the streets helping clear debris left by protesters.
2019-11-16

China, which administers the Kashmir territories of Aksai Chin and the Trans-Karakoram Tract, voices opposition to this "unacceptable" Indian move and, along with Turkey, reaffirms their support for a peaceful resolution.
2019-08-6

Pakistan, Iran, China, and Russia agree on joint efforts against the Islamic State group in Afghanistan, in an effort to ensure peace and eliminate terrorism from the region.
2018-07-13

Chinese meat processing company Shuanghui buys the world's largest meat processing company Smithfield Foods for $4.72 billion.
2013-05-29

Details of U.S. collaboration with at least 10 foreign intelligence agencies emerge, with Chinese, Tunisian, Moroccan, Russian, Saudi, Tajik, Jordanian, Algerian, Yemeni and Kuwaiti delegations assisting the U.S. with interrogations at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, and China and Russia vowing to prosecute and punish any repatriated Uighurs or Uzbeks.
2011-04-25