Sources: CNN
The Kachin Independence Army captures the town of Lweje and its nearby border crossings in Kachin State, Myanmar, after junta forces abandoned their posts and fled across the border into China. 2024-03-28
Sixteen people are killed by a fire at a coal mine in Panzhou, Guizhou, China. 2023-09-24
The Chinese government reports that the fishing vessel "Lu Peng Yuan Yu 028" capsized in the central Indian Ocean on Tuesday. China and other countries are conducting search operations for 39 sailors, including Chinese, Indonesian, and Filipino nationals. 2023-05-17
China's state-run "Global Times" newspaper reports the launching of the first Type 055 destroyer, a 10,000-ton "new generation" warship, at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. 2017-06-28
U.S. officials say the U.S. Navy deliberately avoided military drills or other actions that could have further inflamed tensions with Beijing during the USS Lassen's patrol in the South China Sea last week. For instance, the Lassen turned off its fire-control radars while transiting within 12 nautical miles of Subi Reef. On its part, the Chinese destroyer following the Lassen was, "very cordial the entire time … before and after the Spratly Islands transit," said the Lassen's commanding officer, Commander Robert Francis. 2015-11-6
China's President Xi Jinping vows to intensify ties with Africa, as he addresses leaders in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on his first trip to the continent. 2013-03-25
Hand, foot and mouth disease kills 149 people in Hunan, China. [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-asia-302561-china-on-alert-as-disease-outbreak-kills-112-in-june ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019 2012-07-15
A blast at a steel plant in Liaoning, northeastern China, kills 13 people and injures 17. [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-asia-280848-china-factory-blast-kills-13-injures-17 ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019 2012-02-21
The United Nations Human Rights Council condemns Syria for using deadly force against peaceful protesters and calls for an investigation into the killing of civilians and other alleged crimes; China, Russia and Pakistan vote against measures as "meddling in Syria's internal affairs".2011-04-29
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presses China to back Iran sanctions for its nuclear program. 2010-02-1