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Japan's Ministry of Defense reports that it scrambled fighters to intercept foreign military aircraft 1,004 times in 2021, in 722 of these cases the foreign aircraft were from the People's Republic of China.
2022-04-16

At least 18 people die and two more are injured in a bus accident in Hubei, China.
2016-12-2

Rescue efforts continue for people on board the ship that sank on the Yangtze River in China's Hubei province with over 450 people on board. So far, fewer than 12 have been rescued and five bodies recovered.
2015-06-2

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il reportedly visits China, the third such visit in a year.
2011-05-20

There is a near riot in the Beijing Apple Store as the Apple iPad 2 goes on sale in the People's Republic of China.
2011-05-8

China outlaws smoking in public places, affecting one third of smokers internationally.
2011-05-1

The People's Republic of China detains Ai Weiwei, a leading artist and dissident, as part of a crackdown on dissenting views.
2011-04-3

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

Chinese officials seize 64 tonnes of raw dairy materials contaminated with melamine.
2010-07-9

Chinese human rights activist Feng Zhenghu, stranded at Japan's Narita International Airport after being refused entry to China for three months, returns home.
2010-02-12