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Nepal and China agree that the height of Earth's highest mountain, Mount Everest, is 8848.86 m.
2020-12-8

U.S. President Donald Trump signs the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act into law despite strong opposition from China. The bill means the U.S. will only trade with Hong Kong if it retains enough autonomy and bans the export of crowd-control munitions to Hong Kong Police Force.
2019-11-27

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes Sichuan in southwest China, killing at least thirteen people and injuring more than 175.
2017-08-8

Export restrictions placed by the commerce department of the United States against China's state-owned ZTE for alleged violations of U.S.-imposed export controls on Iran takes effect.
2016-03-8

A day after Sunday's trilateral summit between China, Japan, and South Korea, South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are meeting in Seoul. The two countries haven't met in over three years. Expected topics include trade ties, North Korea's pursuit of nuclear bombs, and long-running disputes over Japanese wartime aggression and behavior.
2015-11-2

Chinese police kill six attacking militants wearing explosive devices in Xinjiang.
2015-01-12

China's National Meteorological Center of CMA warns of heavy smog in northern and central China over the next two days.
2014-02-25

At least 11 people are killed and 50 people are injured after a fire destroys a hotel in Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
2013-04-14

Police in China crack down on political activists marking the 23rd anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
2012-06-3

Volunteers use their hands to clean an oil spill in the Yellow Sea after pipelines burst off Dalian in Northeastern China's Liaoning Province, spilling 1,500 tonnes of oil and covering an area close to 1,000 km 2 and about 90 km of coast.
2010-07-22