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An early morning fire in the Chinese city of Changshu in Jiangsu province kills 22 people and injures three.
2017-07-16

Sales of live poultry are banned in eastern China after 19 people die from the strain this year.
2014-01-28

China launches the Chang'e 3 lunar probe incorporating a robotic lander and Jade Rabbit rover.
2013-12-1

Manufacturer Foxconn closes a factory in Taiyuan in China's Shanxi province after a fight breaks out between thousands of workers.
2012-09-24

A former official of the central bank of the People's Republic of China states that the People's Bank of China could lower the country's reserve requirements in 2012.
2011-12-24

Nineteen coal miners are rescued from a flooded pit in China's Heilongjiang Province.
2011-08-30

Floods leave 1 dead, 3 missing, 33,000 evacuated in the Chinese province of Hainan.
2010-10-6

The People's Republic of China demands an apology from Japan after a recently detained fishing boat captain returns. Japan's Foreign Ministry rejects the call.
2010-09-25

A U.S. report claims that the Chinese military has been secretly expanding; the U.S. asks for dialogue with China to avert a "miscalculated" response.
2010-08-17

A Chinese dissident lawyer, Gao Zhisheng, who has been missing for over a year, says he is "free" and wanting to spend time away from media attention.
2010-03-28