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The British government announces 56 sanctions on individuals and entities based in countries including China and Turkey, as well as on the Africa Corps mercenary group, in order to target Russia's military-industrial complex and restrict the supply of military equipment to Russia.
2024-11-7

The United States Treasury Department imposes sanctions on more than 400 individuals and entities, including Chinese firms that are allegedly aiding Russia in order to avoid western sanctions.
2024-08-23

Ten people are killed and seven are injured after a mountainside slope collapses in Jingtai County, Gansu, China.
2022-07-23

The United Nations Security Council has resoundingly rejected a United States bid to extend a global arms embargo on Iran. In a Security Council vote, United States only got support from the Dominican Republic for its resolution to indefinitely extend the arms embargo on Iran, leaving it far short of the minimum nine "yes" votes required for adoption. Eleven members on the 15-member body, including France, Germany and the United Kingdom, abstained while Russia and China opposed extending the ban but did not need to use their vetoes.
2020-08-14

The World Health Organization says China reporting zero domestic cases of COVID-19 for two days in a row should "give the world hope."
2020-03-20

Eighteen people were killed and 14 others injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a truck on a highway in central China.
2018-06-29

In Hong Kong, police clash with protesters after more than 10,000 locals march against the Chinese government interpretation of the Basic Law in the Legislative Council oath-taking controversy.
2016-11-6

The United States State Department criticizes Thailand for deporting ethnic Uyghur back to China. The predominantly Uyghur Xinjiang province is the site of an ongoing political and religious crackdown in response to a wave of Muslim terrorist attacks in China.
2015-07-10

Typhoon Rammasun, which has killed at least 54 people in the Philippines, approaches the southern China provinces of Hainan and Guangdong.
2014-07-18

The Chinese icebreaker "Xuě Lóng", or "Snow Dragon", was only six nautical miles away from the Russian-flagged vessel "Akademik Shokalskiy" when it too became obstructed by heavy ice in Antarctica.
2013-12-28