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China and India agree to cooperate in withdrawing all their troops from their disputed border, with aims of peacefully achieving "complete disengagement" from the border conflict as quickly as possible.
2024-07-26

Amnesty International says that the number of executions recorded globally in 2023 was the highest since 2015 and up more than 30% from 2022, with Iran carrying out 74% of the global total. The figures exclude China, because execution numbers are considered a state secret.
2024-05-29

Two people are killed and 21 others are injured in a mass stabbing at a hospital in Zhenxiong County, Yunnan, China. A suspect has been detained.
2024-05-7

China's National Medical Products Administration gives a conditional approval to Sinovac's Coronavac vaccine for general use.
2021-02-6

A carbon monoxide leak kills at least 18 miners at a coal mine in Yongchuan District, Chongqing, China. A search and rescue effort is underway to find six other missing miners.
2020-12-5

China launches three military surveillance satellites on a Long March 2C rocket.
2020-03-24

New Zealand closes its borders to all foreign visitors from China and bolsters screenings at its airports in response to the pandemic. The travel ban will be in place for at least fourteen days.
2020-02-2

Japan opens its first military arms show, as it tries to improve its military technology to combat external threats from China and North Korea.
2019-11-18

The newly-built Yangmingtan Bridge in Harbin City in China collapses, killing three and injuring five people.
2012-08-24

The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, begins a three-day visit to China.
2012-06-5