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Twelve people are killed in an explosion and fire at a fireworks shop in Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
2026-02-18

China threatens tariffs of 25% on the import of 106 U.S. products, including soybeans and Boeing aircraft in reaction to a previous U.S. threat of tariffs worth up to $50 billion.
2018-04-4

The Philippine government places more than two dozen provinces on alert before Typhoon Haima makes landfall over Luzon. Haima, downgraded by the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System to a Category 4 storm, landfalls Cagayan province in the island's northeast. Weather forecasters expect the storm to impact up to 2.7 million people before veering northwest toward the Chinese coast on October 21.
2016-10-19

Typhoon Megi makes landfall in eastern China a day after killing four people and injuring 260 on Taiwan.
2016-09-28

Taiwan authorities close schools and offices as Typhoon Megi approaches the island.
2016-09-27

Taiwan and China brace for the impact of Typhoon Nepartak, the first major typhoon of 2016. Thousands of people have been evacuated in Taiwan while over 35,000 military personnel have been placed on standby to help with relief efforts.
2016-07-7

North Korea accuses South Korea of kidnapping its citizens and demands their immediate return after Seoul's Ministry of Unification said 13 of them had defected to South Korea from China, where they worked in a Pyongyang-operated restaurant. China says that the 13 people, a male manager and 12 young female employees, had legitimate passports and had freely exited China.
2016-04-12

China's former security chief Zhou Yongkang is given a life sentence for bribery, leaking state secrets and abuse of power.
2015-06-11

Police in Vietnam break up anti-China protests over gas and oil claims in the South China Sea.
2012-12-9

Violence in the Xinjiang region of China leaves 20 people dead.
2012-02-29