Sources: BBC
China arrests three Filipinos suspected of espionage near Chinese military facilities as part of a network recruited by Philippine intelligence to gather sensitive information. The Philippines say the arrests are related to previous arrests of Chinese nationals for similar offences. 2025-04-3
A Russian missile strike on a Liberian-flagged vessel entering the Pivdennyi Port in Odesa Oblast kills one crew member and injures four others. The vessel was being used to transport iron ore to China. 2023-11-8
A Chinese court jails Canadian Michael Spavor for 11 years over alleged spying. 2021-08-11
Major floods in Henan, China, caused by 20cm of rain per hour, affect subways and kill at least 12 people in the underground rail system of Zhengzhou. 2021-07-20
The death toll from Typhoon Rammasun reaches 94 in the Philippines and 18 in southern China. 2014-07-20
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