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Annie Glenn, widow of astronaut John Glenn and disability rights advocate, dies of COVID-19 in a nursing home in Minnesota.
2020-05-19

Xi Jinping is chosen as the General Secretary and Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party and the next leader of the People's Republic of China.
2012-11-15

Rescuers are working to save 57 coal miners trapped in Sanmenxia in China's Henan province.
2011-11-4

Chinese activist Zhao Lianhai is back home after being detained for campaigning for victims of the 2008 Chinese milk scandal.
2011-05-27

The People's Republic of China gets rid of the death penalty for 13 non-violent economic crimes.
2011-02-25

26 people are confirmed dead after a gas explosion at a coal mine in Henan Province in central China.
2010-12-8

A gas explosion in a Chinese coal mine in Henan province kills at least 20 workers. Another 17 are declared missing.
2010-10-16

Tropical Storm Meranti is forecast to bring heavy rains to Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan provinces in the People's Republic of China, as well as in Taiwan.
2010-09-9

China has a day of mourning to commemorate the victims of last weekend's Zhouqu landslide.
2010-08-15

Chinese exports rose by 43.9% this past June, compared to the same time last year.
2010-07-10