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Ecuador's foreign ministry announces that it is reinstating a visa requirement for travelers from China, citing an increase in irregular migratory flows from China.
2024-06-18

Twenty-eight people are killed and 53 others are rescued during an avalanche at a tunnel in Nyingchi, Tibet, China.
2023-01-20

The price of copper exceeds US$10,000 per tonne for the first time since February 2011. Analysts cite a strong demand in China and the weakening of the U.S. dollar for the increase in price.
2021-04-29

A bus carrying students to an exam plunges into a reservoir in Anshun, Guizhou, China, killing 21 and leaving 16 injured.
2020-07-7

A highway bridge collapses onto cars in Wuxi, China, trapping multiple vehicles. Search and rescue operations commence.
2019-10-10

An explosion at a chemical plant in Sichuan, China, kills 19 people and injures 12 others.
2018-07-13

China delimits an "air-defence identification zone" over an area of the East China Sea, covering Diaoyu-Senkaku Islands, also claimed by Japan.
2013-11-23

Four climbers from Canada, China, Germany and South Korea die whilst returning from the summit of Mount Everest; a Nepalese guide is missing.
2012-05-21

China's Xinhua launches a global 24-hour English TV news channel.
2010-07-1

China and Taiwan sign a trade deal in the southern mainland city of Chongqing.
2010-06-29