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China reports a record 5,280 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours.
2022-03-15

Chinese automobile company Geely, the current owners of the Volvo Cars brand, withdraws its application to open a second listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's STAR Market.
2021-06-25

A chain reaction of exploding trucks triggered by a blast during the delivery of acetylene gas at a chemical plant in Zhangjiakou, China, kills 23 people and injures at least 22 others.
2018-11-28

A Chinese rescue team recovers two bodies from the Sanchi and salvages the voyage data recorder from the bridge.
2018-01-13

The bodies of 21 coal miners are retrieved from an unlicensed coal mine in the Chinese city of Qitaihe in the province of Heilongjiang. Four people have been arrested including the owner of the mine and three managers.
2016-12-2

Police in China detain 75 people in connection with a service that determined the female gender of unborn babies for the purpose of abortion. Authorities say that at least 300 people were involved in the illegal service in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang. Expectant parents wanting male children smuggled fetal blood samples to Hong Kong for gender testing. China ended its one-child policy last year.
2016-10-15

The two-child policy takes effect in China, allowing couples in the country to have at most two children, replacing the controversial one-child policy. The change in law was announced by the ruling Communist Party on October 29 and passed the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on December 27, five days prior to its effect.
2016-01-1

China has decided to end its controversial one-child policy after 36 years. It is to be replaced by a new two-child policy.
2015-10-29

China dispatches 2,500 People's Liberation Army soldiers to Yunnan province to search for hundreds of people missing after the earthquake.
2014-08-4

Vietnam accuses a Chinese vessel of firing on one of its fishing boats in disputed waters in the South China Sea, setting it on fire.
2013-03-26