Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi tells Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh that both countries should refrain from unilateral actions regarding the South China Sea disputes that could complicate the situation and magnify the dispute. 2021-09-11
The outgoing Trump administration declares that China has committed genocide against Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minority groups. 2021-01-19
The United States formally revokes Hong Kong's special trade status; it is now seen as equivalent to mainland China. 2020-06-29
The People's Republic of China rejects an attempt by the Philippines to seek international arbitration over conflicting claims to the South China Sea. 2013-02-19
The government of the Philippines announces that it will file a complaint against China before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea seeking arbitration for the territorial disputes in the South China Sea. 2013-01-22