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Ecuador's foreign ministry announces that it is reinstating a visa requirement for travelers from China, citing an increase in irregular migratory flows from China.
2024-06-18

Twenty-eight people are killed and 53 others are rescued during an avalanche at a tunnel in Nyingchi, Tibet, China.
2023-01-20

The price of copper exceeds US$10,000 per tonne for the first time since February 2011. Analysts cite a strong demand in China and the weakening of the U.S. dollar for the increase in price.
2021-04-29

A man detonates a bomb in a government building in Guangzhou, China, killing four people and himself, along with injuring five others.
2021-03-22

A bus carrying students to an exam plunges into a reservoir in Anshun, Guizhou, China, killing 21 and leaving 16 injured.
2020-07-7

China arrests a man, Yang Qingpei, for killing his parents and then killing 17 neighbors in an attempt to cover up his crime in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province.
2016-09-30

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake hits China's Yunnan province with at least one death reported.
2014-10-7

Myanmar drug lord and convicted murderer Naw Kham is executed by lethal injection in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China.
2013-03-1

Four climbers from Canada, China, Germany and South Korea die whilst returning from the summit of Mount Everest; a Nepalese guide is missing.
2012-05-21

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