Sources: CNN
Five people are killed and another is injured in a fire at a shop in Qidong County, Hunan, China. 2026-05-24
Foreign ministers from Japan, China, and South Korea meet in Tokyo to discuss cooperation on shared challenges like aging populations and climate change, seeking to improve relations and prepare for a leaders' summit. Japan raises security concerns about North Korea while China criticizes protectionism and the politicization of science. 2025-03-22
The United Nations Security Council votes against a resolution introduced by Russia and China banning member states from placing weapons in outer space. 2024-05-22
The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs files a diplomatic complaint against China for the continued presence of Chinese maritime and fishing vessels near Thitu Island, making this the 84th diplomatic complaint the Philippines has filed against China since the start of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's administration in 2016. 2021-05-29
The US Department of the Treasury imposes sanctions on all 14 Vice Chairpersons of the National People's Congress of China, for "undermining Hong Kong's autonomy and restricting the freedom of expression or assembly." 2020-12-7
At least 56 people have been killed and more than a million forced from their homes as Typhoon Lekima hits eastern China. 2019-08-10
China informs India that it must withdraw its troops for any dialogue to occur as tensions rise between China and India and Bhutan over the disputed territory of Doklam. 2017-06-30
Two Japanese cabinet ministers Keiji Furuya and Yoshitaka Shindo visit the Yasukuni Shrine to mark the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender at the end of World War II. This visit upsets China and South Korea as the shrine contains the graves of war criminals. 2014-08-15
Former Chinese Politburo member Bo Xilai is expelled from the Communist Party of China. 2012-09-28
President Hu officially receives Egypt's president Morsi, who is in China for in-depth discussion and cooperation talks. 2012-08-29