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India and China reach a breakthrough in discussions on disengagement and border patrol along the disputed Line of Actual Control.
2024-10-21

A report by the United Nations Population Fund estimates that India will surpass China as the most populous country in the world by the middle of this year.
2023-04-19

Floods continue in Henan, China, triggering several landslides which result in the deaths of 13 more people, bringing the total death toll to 25.
2021-07-21

Police in China detain 75 people in connection with a service that determined the female gender of unborn babies for the purpose of abortion. Authorities say that at least 300 people were involved in the illegal service in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang. Expectant parents wanting male children smuggled fetal blood samples to Hong Kong for gender testing. China ended its one-child policy last year.
2016-10-15

The European Union sides with the United States over Tuesday's U.S.-Chinese patrolling incident in the South China Sea.
2015-10-30

China completes the construction of two lighthouses on the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea according to Chinese state media. The U.S. and the Philippines have opposed the construction efforts.
2015-10-10

Panasonic will stop making lithium-ion batteries for phones and cameras in Beijing, China, with a cut of 1,300 jobs. The company will instead refocus on higher-margin products such as electric car batteries.
2015-08-27

The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is opened in Beijing, during which current Paramount Leader Hu Jintao is expected to step down to make way for presumptive leader Xi Jinping.
2012-11-8

A landslide buries at least 19 people in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan with 18 later confirmed dead and one missing.
2012-10-4

China raises deposit rate for 1st time since 2007, the People's Bank of China said in a statement.
2010-10-19