Sources: CNN
Chinese state media announces that Foreign Minister Qin Gang has been replaced by his predecessor Wang Yi. 2023-07-25
The National Health Commission announces that China will suspend their COVID-19 quarantine requirements for passengers arriving from abroad beginning on January 8. 2022-12-26
The European Union imposes sanctions against several officials in China for human rights abuses in Xinjiang. These sanctions are Europe's first since the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. 2021-03-22
The number of confirmed cases worldwide increased over 350,000, sets a new record since the beginning of the outbreak in China, according to World Health Organization. 2020-10-9
The Vatican signs a provisional agreement with China on the process used to appoint bishops, a breakthrough after years of contentious negotiations on the management of Catholic leadership in the communist country. 2018-09-22
Super Typhoon Mangkhut (Ompong), one of the strongest in the history of the Philippines, kills at least 59 people. The typhoon struck also Hong Kong, injuring more than 200 people while four persons died in China. A woman died in Taiwan after being swept out to sea. 2018-09-15
An explosion at a chemical plant in Sichuan, China, kills 19 people and injures 12 others. 2018-07-13
Taiwan and China brace for the impact of Typhoon Nepartak, the first major typhoon of 2016. Thousands of people have been evacuated in Taiwan while over 35,000 military personnel have been placed on standby to help with relief efforts. 2016-07-7
Thirty-six people are killed in a bus crash near Yan'an, Shaanxi province of China. 2012-08-26
Sri Lanka arrests 37 Chinese fisherman for illegally fishing in Sri Lankan waters. 2012-08-6