Sources: Reuters
Fifteen people are killed and six others are injured by a landslide caused by remnants of Typhoon Gaemi in Hengyang, Hunan, China. 2024-07-28
Sixteen people are killed and 10 others injured by a gas explosion in Chongqing, China. 2022-01-7
A man is sentenced to death for murdering a doctor in Beijing on New Year's Eve. The murder was the latest in a string of attacks on medical staff in China by angry relatives blaming them for the lack of medical resources and services. 2020-01-17
American consumer goods company Post Holdings agrees to acquire British cereal maker Weetabix Limited from China's Bright Food for $1.8 billion. 2017-04-18
Russia postpones a transfer of missile engines to China. There is concern the technology could be passed on to a third country, such as North Korea. China is not a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime, a voluntary, informal partnership between 34 countries to prevent proliferation of missile delivery systems that could carry weapons of mass destruction. 2016-04-8
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
China's first lunar vehicle is named 'YuTu' (Chinese:"ηε ", a pet rabbit of Moon goddess in Chinese myth "see Jade rabbit") and is planned to launch from Xichang Satellite Launch Center before December 10, 2013. 2013-11-28
The James Bond film "Skyfall" opens in China with censored scenes, prompting criticism from fans. [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-asia-332072-chinese-film-fans-decry-censors-cuts-in-skyfall ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019 2013-01-22
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) asks China to pressure Israel to have its nuclear sites inspected during the forthcoming international nuclear conference, saying "world silence on the issue of the Israeli nuclear capabilities is creating tension in the region, especially with the relentless international focus on Iran and North Korea". 2010-04-11