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Indonesian police arrest 88 Chinese nationals in Batam, Riau Islands, after receiving a tip from Chinese police, for allegedly operating a cyber extortion scheme involving romance scams targeting victims in China.
2023-08-29

Italy and the United States announce that they will require travelers from China to present a negative COVID-19 rapid antigen test in order to enter their countries.
2022-12-28

The world's highest elevation expressway, between Lhasa and Nagqu in Tibet, China, opens. The average elevation of the 295 km expressway is more than 4500 m above sea level.
2021-08-21

A court in China upholds the death sentence of a Canadian man convicted of drug smuggling. The man, originally sentenced to 15 years imprisonment, had his sentence upgraded on appeal. Canadian authorities say that the sentence is in retaliation for the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, the CFO of Huawei, in Vancouver in 2018.
2021-08-10

Takuma Sakuragi, a 76-year-old former Japanese assemblyman from Inazawa, Aichi, is sentenced to life in prison by the Guangzhou City First Intermediate Court in southern China for smuggling drugs hidden in his suitcase at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in October 2013. He had been detained by Chinese authorities since then.
2019-11-8

Liu Xiaoming, Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom, announces he has sent a team to Essex to verify the identities of the 39 bodies found in a lorry this week, who are thought by UK authorities to be Chinese nationals. Post-mortems are due to begin today. The Northern Irish driver remains in police custody, suspected of murder.
2019-10-25

Indonesia announces the capture of MV "STS-50", a stateless vessel wanted by Interpol for illegal fishing, and her crew following a chase. MV "STS-50" previously evaded capture in Mozambique and escaped after being detained in China. Following the ship's detention Indonesia launches a slavery investigation into working conditions on board.
2018-04-10

China's government-owned Comac launches the Comac C919 as part of its efforts to challenge Boeing and Airbus.
2015-11-2

Eleven (11) of 15 United Nations Security Council members approve placing North Korea's human rights record on the Council's agenda. Russia and China oppose the decision while Chad and Nigeria abstain. This is the first time this issue has been debated by the Security Council. Procedurally, once a topic makes the agenda, that issue can be brought up again at any time.
2014-12-22

The People's Republic of China jails 113 people in Xinjiang autonomous region for terrorism and other offences.
2014-06-30