Sources: AP
China's finance ministry announces an increase from the previous 34% tariff to an 84% tariff on all goods imported from the U.S. 2025-04-9
Eleven people are killed after a fire breaks out in a warehouse in Cang County, Hebei, China. 2023-03-27
Chinese IT company ByteDance agrees to divest from the U.S. branch of TikTok, in light of U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to ban the app within the country. If the deal is approved, Microsoft will handle the app's personal data rather than ByteDance, averting a main source of contention with U.S. officials. 2020-08-1
The Vatican signs a provisional agreement with China on the process used to appoint bishops, a breakthrough after years of contentious negotiations on the management of Catholic leadership in the communist country. 2018-09-22
China resumes diplomatic ties with São Tomé and Príncipe two weeks after the African island nation broke diplomatic ties with Taiwan. 2016-12-26
Australia, the UK, France, and the United States, all issue security alerts for westerners in Sanlitun in the Chaoyang District of Beijing, a popular diplomatic and entertainment district. Chinese officials indicate they have taken appropriate measures in response to this information. 2015-12-24
The death toll in China from Typhoon Soudelor rises to at least 22 people with more missing and millions without power. 2015-08-9
The President of the United States, Barack Obama, meets with the Dalai Lama despite warnings from China to cancel the meeting. 2014-02-21
China cracks down on dissenters, banning two leading human rights lawyers from practicing and exiling a leading HIV-AIDS campaigner from the country. 2010-05-11
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has repeatedly called on the DPRK to re-engage in the Six-Party Talks that also involve the Republic of Korea, Japan, China, Russia and the United States. 2010-02-12