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Five people are killed when a barge collides with the Lixinsha Bridge in Guangzhou, China.
2024-02-22

Seven people are killed by flooding caused by heavy rainfall in Pengzhou, Sichuan, China.
2022-08-14

Royal Caribbean Cruises bans China, Hong Kong or Macau passport holders from boarding its ships amid concerns over the pandemic.
2020-02-7

The Chinese government warns residents in Northern China to prepare for a wave of choking smog arriving over the weekend and lasting through Tuesday, with Beijing affected hardest. The capital city issues its second-ever "red alert" -- the first was announced on December 7, 2015. This alert triggers the odd-even license plate system to halve cars on the road, and recommends schools close. China's National Meteorological Center reports the pollution will stretch from Xi'an, across part of Central China, through Beijing and up into Shenyang and Harbin in China's frigid northeast.
2015-12-18

The capitals of the world’s two most populous nations, China and India, are blanketed in hazardous, choking smog. Beijing, on the second-highest pollution alert, is closing highways, halting or suspending construction while warning residents to stay indoors. The U.S. New Delhi embassy’s monitoring station recorded an air quality index of 372, putting air pollution levels into “hazardous” territory. No action by the New Delhi government.
2015-11-30

A standoff between Chinese and Filipino ships at the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea continues.
2012-04-13

10 Chinese sailors are missing and 14 others are rescued after the cargo ship MV Hong Wei founders off the southeast coast of China.
2010-12-4

British Prime Minister David Cameron begins an official visit to the People's Republic of China. China, UK seek closer ties as economic dialogue opens in Beijing.
2010-11-9

The People's Republic of China begins its first census in ten years.
2010-11-1

China's Xinhua launches a global 24-hour English TV news channel.
2010-07-1