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China's General Administration of Customs announces a ban on food imports from ten Japanese prefectures, citing safety concerns over Japan's plan to discharge treated radioactive waste water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean.
2023-07-7

At least 16 people are killed and 66 others are injured in a multiple-vehicle collision along a highway in Changsha, Hunan, China.
2023-02-4

At least 18 people die and two more are injured in a bus accident in Hubei, China.
2016-12-2

Stock markets around the world fall as a result of fears about China's economy with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling by 1000 points at the opening of trading on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Index closes down 588.40 points, or 3.6 percent.
2015-08-24

Russia and China have blocked a proposal by the United States and France to impose U.N. sanctions on Central African Republic's former President François Bozizé and two other people linked to the conflict.
2014-04-23

The United States trade deficit widens 8.5% during April as growth in imports outpaces growth in exports.
2013-06-4

Two Chinese provinces pass restrictions on house sales designed to dampen a booming housing market.
2013-03-31

Eleven people are killed and 23 injured in Minquan County, Henan province, China, after a passenger bus swerves off the road and falls in a roadside pond.
2012-12-10

A freight elevator crashes 100 meters and kills 19 construction workers in Wuhan, Hubei province, China.
2012-09-13

Chinese scientists use quantum teleportation to transmit photons over a distance of 97 km – a world record for quantum teleportation.
2012-05-11