Sources: Reuters
Ecuador's foreign ministry announces that it is reinstating a visa requirement for travelers from China, citing an increase in irregular migratory flows from China. 2024-06-18
Representatives for China and the United Arab Emirates deliver a joint statement following a UN Security Council meeting, calling for a humanitarian ceasefire, and adding that "wars have laws and they must be upheld" as "civilians in Gaza cannot even find safety in UN facilities, hospitals and refugee camps". 2023-11-7
China announces that it will replace their existing two-child policy with a new three-child policy, allowing couples to have three children, in order to increase the country's declining birth rates. China's fertility rate is currently 1.3, which is below the level needed to maintain a stable population. 2021-05-31
The Swedish Foreign Ministry summons the Chinese ambassador after the Chinese government sentences bookseller and Swedish citizen Gui Minhai to ten years in prison for espionage. 2020-02-25
China temporarily suspends plans to cross-link companies on the London and Shanghai Stock Exchange due to increased political tensions between the two nations, particularly Britain's stance on the Hong Kong protests. 2020-01-2
China's Shenzhou 11 returns to Earth after completing China's longest manned space mission to date. 2016-11-18
China arrests a man, Yang Qingpei, for killing his parents and then killing 17 neighbors in an attempt to cover up his crime in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province. 2016-09-30
China officially opens the world's longest high-speed rail route, which links Beijing and Guangzhou. 2012-12-26
China loosens controls on the yuan, allowing it to fluctuate up to 1% in trading against the United States dollar, up from 0.5%. 2012-04-15
Fire destroys a high-rise apartment building in Shanghai, China, killing at least 42 people, injuring more than 90 and forcing some residents to jump from windows to escape. 2010-11-15