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The Wall Street Journal discloses that cryptocurrency exchange Binance continues to do business within the People's Republic of China despite a formal prohibition of such activity by PRC authorities in 2021; WSJ says that more-or-less open trading totals US$90 billion per month.
2023-08-2

United States President-elect Donald Trump holds a telephone conversation with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, the first known contact between a U.S. president or president-elect with a Taiwanese leader since the United States recognized the People's Republic of China in 1979.
2016-12-2

Australia, Malaysia and the People's Republic of China reach an agreement about the costs and direction of the ongoing search for the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 which is believed to have crashed in the Indian Ocean southwest of Western Australia.
2014-08-28

A rain-triggered landslide in southern China's Sichuan Province buries between 30-40 people.
2013-07-10

East Timor rejected Chinese plans to build a radar on its territory in 2007, due to fears it would be used for intelligence purposes, according to Wikileaks.
2011-05-10

Chinese state media warn against protests inspired by Arab Spring.
2011-03-6

The People's Republic of China orders makers of films and television programs to limit the amount of smoking shown on-screen. [http:--www.philstar.com-Article.aspx?articleId=657684&publicationSubCategoryId=200 (AP via Phil Star)]date=August 2019
2011-02-15

A 2,400-year-old pot of soup is unearthed in China near the ancient capital Xi'an.
2010-12-13

At least 16 miners are killed during a fire at a gold mine in Zhaoyuan, Shandong, in China. 23 others are still trapped inside.
2010-08-7

Two Chinese singers become the country's first to be punished for lip-synching nearly two years after the Beijing Olympiad.
2010-04-11