Sources: AP
Chinese supertanker "Yuan Hua Hu", which carries 2 million barrels of Iraqi crude, crosses the Strait of Hormuz after previously being stranded in the Gulf for two months following the Iran war. 2026-05-13
Five people are killed and two others are injured after a fire at a residential building in Hengyang, Hunan, China. 2026-05-12
One person is killed and at least 28 others are missing in a landslide in a village near Yibin, Sichuan, China. 2025-02-9
A Houthi missile hits Panamanian-flagged, Chinese-owned and operated oil tanker "Huang Pu". It suffers minimal damage and a fire on board is quickly extinguished. No casualties are reported, and the vessel resumes its course. 2024-03-23
China reports only one domestic case of COVID-19, but found 20 cases that were imported abroad. 2020-03-17
Wang Huning, a senior official of the Communist Party of China, meets with Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé in Beijing, China. 2018-09-5
Typhoon Megi causes landslides in China and leaves at least 32 people missing. 2016-09-29
China's paramount leader Xi Jinping announced a major overhaul of China’s military to make the world’s largest army more combat ready and better equipped to project force beyond the country’s borders. Under the reorganization, all branches of the armed forces would come under a joint military command. The Chinese Communist leader said the reform aimed to "build an elite combat force" and called on the officials to make "breakthroughs" on establishing the joint command by 2020, Xinhua said. 2015-11-27
An explosion at a plastics factory in Nanjing, China, kills at least 12 people and injures hundreds. 2010-07-28
The United Kingdom plans to reduce or eliminate international aid to countries such as the "powerhouses" of Russia and China, as well as South American and eastern European countries. The government plans aid increases to some poorer nations including a 40% increase to Afghanistan. 2010-07-18