Sources: Reuters
The death toll from torrential rains and floods caused by remnants of Typhoon Gaemi in Hunan, China, increases to 22. 2024-07-30
Police use tear gas to disperse protesters after the governor of Malaita province, Daniel Suidani, is removed in a no-confidence vote. Suidani was one of the strongest critics of the government's approach to China. 2023-02-7
Around 200 anti-government militants block a road in Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan, which links the country to China. Some of the militants, armed with firearms and petrol bombs, later ambush a security convoy on the same road. Eight militants and one officer are killed, while 13 officers are injured and more than 70 militants are arrested. The Tajik interior ministry later say the attack was an attempt to "destabilise the social and political situation" in the region. 2022-05-18
Sri Lanka receives a shipment of 300,000 doses of the Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV vaccine donated from China's People's Liberation Army. 2021-08-28
U.S. President Joe Biden and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi make their first global appearance at a virtual G7 meeting as the countries discuss COVID-19 recovery, trade, social media, free speech, and their approach to China. The countries also commit to offer $7.5 billion in funding for vaccination rollouts in poor countries. 2021-02-19
Archaeologists in China uncover 2,800-year-old tombs (Eastern Zhou dynasty) in Hubei province. 2015-01-7
The International Court of Arbitration in The Hague urges China to respond to "Philippines v. China", the case filed by the Philippines regarding the Nine-dotted line. 2014-06-4
Six Chinese Marine Surveillance ships are reported near the disputed Senkaku Islands by the Japanese Coast Guard. China says "two surveillance ship fleets" are in the waters "around" the islands for "patrols and law enforcement". 2012-09-14
China warns the U.S. against performing any military acts within their exclusive economic zone, ahead of joint South Korean-U.S. military exercises aimed at threatening North Korea. 2010-11-26
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into China rose for the sixth consecutive month in January, up 7.79 percent year-on-year to $8.13 billion, Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced. 2010-02-21