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Thirteen people are killed and three others are injured when an overloaded passenger bus crashes into a large truck on G40 Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway in Nanyang, Henan, China.
2026-05-28

One person is killed, five others are rescued and nine are reported missing when a pickup truck falls off a bridge in Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County, Guangxi, China.
2026-05-17

The Afghan foreign ministry says that talks between the Taliban–led government of Afghanistan and Pakistan in Ürümqi, China, to end the conflict have been "useful".
2026-04-7

The intermediate people's court in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, China, sentences 11 people, including three from a powerful family in Kokang, Myanmar, to death for murder, running an illegal gambling and scamming crime syndicate. The court also sentences 12 other people to prison sentences between five and 24 years.
2025-09-29

China announces it will no longer claim special and differential treatment benefits under current and future World Trade Organization agreements.
2025-09-23

At least five people are killed, nineteen others are injured and six are reported missing after an explosion at a chemical plant in Gaomi, Shandong, China.
2025-05-27

California Governor Gavin Newsom and California Attorney General Rob Bonta file a lawsuit against U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration over the tariffs, making California the first U.S. state to do so. The lawsuit also targets the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, the law used by Trump to impose tariffs against Canada, China, and Mexico.
2025-04-16

China responds to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs with a 34% reciprocal tariff on imports of American goods. The tariffs will take effect on April 10.
2025-04-4

Environmental investigators determine that the February 2025 failure of a tailings dam owned by a Chinese copper mining company dumped 50 million liters of highly toxic waste into the Kafue River basin, killing ecosystems up to 100 km (62 mi) downstream and impacting the water supply, fishing activities, and irrigation of 60% of Zambia's population.
2025-03-15

The U.S. Treasury Department sanctions a cybersecurity company and hacker, both with ties to China's Ministry of State Security, for their alleged roles in hacking American telecommunications companies.
2025-01-17