Sources: BBC
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake strikes on the border between Yunnan and Sichuan, China, injuring 22 people. 2022-01-2
China rejects the next stage of a World Health Organization (WHO) investigation into COVID-19. Chinese Deputy Minister of Health Zeng Yixin rebuffed the proposal to investigate the origins in Wuhan as "disrespect for common sense and arrogance towards Science". WHO experts said it was very unlikely that the virus escaped from a Chinese lab, but the theory has endured. 2021-07-22
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
A restaurant building in Linfen, Shanxi, China, collapses, killing at least 29 people. 2020-08-29
Amid a stalemate between India and China over Doklam, disputed between the latter and Bhutan, China renews a call for India to withdraw its troops from Doklam. It follows reports claiming China held live firing drills in the region. "[http:--www.arabnews.com-node-1131641-world (Arab News)]"2017-07-19
A seven-year-old girl is confirmed as the first person in Beijing, China, to catch the Influenza A virus subtype H7N9 bird flu. 2013-04-13
A sixth person dies in the People's Republic of China from the Influenza A virus subtype H7N9, after the closure of poultry markets in the city of Shanghai and a mass culling of 20,000 birds. 2013-04-5
The death toll from the recently discovered H7N9 bird flu rises to six. China begin slaughtering birds in hopes of containing the disease. 2013-04-4
Authorities in China report four more critical cases of the H7N9 strain of bird flu, taking the total of known cases to seven. 2013-04-2
Two people die in China from H7N9 avian influenza infection – a sub-type that had not previously been transmitted to humans. 2013-03-31