Google map sightseeing
easy as never before.
easy as never before.
We have started to collect the most important news related to China in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
VietnamChina frees 21 Vietnamese fishermen whose detention last month near disputed islands sparked a diplomatic row, officials say.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Dark allegations in China's Bo Xilai scandal
Read the full article » | View on the map »
United KingdomChongqing police knew UK man Neil Heywood had been murdered and a cover-up began immediately, a senior Chinese journalist tells the BBC.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
What India's missile launch means for the region
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Two Tibetan men die after setting themselves on fire in front of a monastery in Sichuan province, south-west China, rights groups say.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
North KoreaA missile vehicle seen in a North Korean military parade has become the focus of attention amid suggestions the design or technology may have come from China.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
The website of Chinese newspaper, People's Daily, raises 1.4bn yuan ($222m; £138m) via its initial public offering.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Small electric vehicles with rechargeable batteries are becoming more popular in China.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
United StatesUS carmaker Ford announces further investment in China, with plans for a $760m factory in Hangzhou.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
North KoreaA Chinese fisherman is sentenced to 30 years in jail for stabbing a South Korean coast guard to death at sea last year.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Thieves steal 18 "valuable and culturally significant" items of Chinese art, thought to be worth millions of pounds, from a Cambridge University museum.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Over the past year, 32 Tibetans have set fire to themselves as a protest against what they say is China's worst crackdown on the region since the Cultural Revolution.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Hong Kong, United KingdomHSBC is to issue benchmark bonds in London in the Chinese currency, the first time it has been done outside mainland China or Hong Kong.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Another 100,000 people may be moved from the area around China's huge Three Gorges Dam because of landslides and bank collapses, state media say.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Property prices in China fall for a sixth consecutive month amid government efforts to control prices and curb speculation.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
United KingdomChina promises a "thorough" investigation into a top politician linked to the death of a UK businessman, after PM David Cameron holds talks with envoy.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
JapanTokyo's governor Shintaro Ishihara says he plans to use public money to buy a group of islands at the centre of a dispute with China.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
United KingdomPrime Minister David Cameron offers help to China in its investigation into the death of British businessman Neil Heywood.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
IndiaIndia may be willing to give ground in its China border dispute
Read the full article » | View on the map »
PhilippinesThe Philippines and China accuse each other of further maritime intrusions in disputed waters following a stand-off last week.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
United StatesChina increases its holding of US debt for the second month in a row as its foreign exchange reserves continue to rise.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
United KingdomThe death of British businessman Neil Heywood is set to be discussed when UK Prime Minister David Cameron meets a senior Chinese official.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
The next Iron Man film will be co-produced in China, Disney announces.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
An influential Chinese journal reprints comments from China's premier calling for tougher anti-corruption rules, as a political scandal intensifies.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Philippines, United StatesJoint US-Philippine military exercises get under way in the South China Sea, with Manila locked in a stand-off with Beijing over a disputed shoal.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
SingaporeSingapore's Temasek Holdings agrees a deal to buy $2.3bn worth of Goldman's shares in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
China loosens its currency controls in a move that may spur gains in the value of the yuan.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
BermudaMercedes' Nico Rosberg wins his first race at the Chinese GP, with Jenson Button second and Lewis Hamilton third for McLaren.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Unconfirmed rumours on the internet about the death of Briton Neil Heywood in China suggest he was poisoned with potassium cyanide.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
United KingdomThe Foreign Office defends itself over its response to the suspected murder of a British businessman in China.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
BermudaMercedes' Nico Rosberg takes his first pole position as he beats Lewis Hamilton to the fastest time in Chinese GP qualifying.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
BermudaMercedes driver Michael Schumacher beats McLaren's Lewis Hamilton to set the fastest time in practice at the Chinese Grand Prix.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
China reports weaker-than-expected growth figures for the first three months of the year, hit by a slowdown in foreign sales.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
The Chinese widow of Briton Neil Heywood says she is too sad to talk publicly yet about her husband's death, which led to the downfall of popular politician Bo Xilai.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
PhilippinesThe Philippines sends a second ship to join its largest warship in a stand-off with two Chinese ships, even as both sides commit to diplomacy.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
United StatesThe US regains top spot from China as the biggest investor in clean energy in 2011, according to global rankings.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
BermudaMcLaren's Lewis Hamilton will be given a five-place grid penalty for the Chinese Grand Prix after the team changed his gearbox.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
United StatesUS watchdog the Securities and Exchange Commission sues AutoChina and 11 investors over alleged stock manipulation.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Democratic Republic of the CongoTracing the secret trade from Congo to China
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Hailstorms kill three people and injure dozens in China, with large stones damaging hundreds of homes.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
United KingdomPM David Cameron welcomes an investigation by China into the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood, found dead in the country last year.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
United KingdomChina urges support for its dismissal of disgraced leader Bo Xilai, after the linking of his wife to the death of a British man shocked the country.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Germany, United StatesGerman carmaker BMW reports record sales for the first quarter of 2012, a period in which it sold more cars in China than in the US for the first time.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
PhilippinesThe Philippines says its largest warship is engaged in a stand-off with two Chinese surveillance ships in the South China Sea.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
United KingdomChinese authorities are treating the death of a British businessman in China as murder, and have implicated the wife of a prominent politician.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
The wife of Bo Xilai, the disgraced politician once tipped as a future Chinese leader, is detained over the suspected murder of a British national.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
China's cabinet has published a school bus safety regulation after a series of deadly crashes sparked public anger across the nation.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
China's trade data for March unveils a mixed picture of growth in the world's second-largest economy.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
China's trade data for March unveils a mixed picture of growth in the world's second-largest economy.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Disabled Chinese lawyer and land rights activist Ni Yulan and her husband Dong Jiqin are jailed, a year after they were detained.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Disabled Chinese lawyer and land rights activist Ni Yulan and her husband Dong Jiqin are jailed, a year after they were detained.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
China sets up a rare earth association in a bid to streamline the sector as it continues to face criticism over its policies.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
China's inflation rate jumps more-than-forecast in March as higher fuel costs push up consumer prices.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Chinese dissident Fang Lizhi, whose speeches helped inspire the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, has died aged 76, in the United States.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Five people are arrested in southern China after a teenager sold his kidney so he could buy an iPhone and iPad computer, state media say.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Iran, 
OmanThe crew of a Chinese cargo ship seized by pirates off Iran are rescued, China's state media say, citing its embassy in Tehran.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
China's official military newspaper has warned soldiers to ignore internet rumours and maintain absolute loyalty to the party, following online rumours of a coup last week.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
CanadaThe suspected head of a massive smuggling ring in China, Lai Changxing, goes on trial in Xiamen after his extradition from Canada, Chinese media say.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Almost 500 websites in China have been defaced in a large scale attacked staged by the Anonymous hacking group.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei says he was forced to shut the webcams in his Beijing home, following orders from the Chinese authorities.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei says he has been ordered to shut down four live webcams at his home, which he set up as a nod to the 24-hour police surveillance he has lived under for the last year.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
China, the world's second-largest economy, is looking to increase investment and competition in its financial and banking sectors.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
North Korea, 
South KoreaA group of North Korean refugees arrives in Seoul after three years in a South Korean diplomatic mission in China, South Korean media reports say.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
United StatesChina is now the world's largest market for food and grocery retail, surpassing the US, a study showed.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei sets up four live webcams in his Beijing home and studio, referring to his constant surveillance by the state.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest memory chip maker, unveils plans to invest $7bn (£4.4bn) to build its first chip factory in China.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Services on two of China's biggest micro-blogging sites are back after being partially suspended three days ago to "clean up" coup rumours.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Firefighters have rescued a two-year-old boy who fell down a well in south-west China's Yunnan Province.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Six people have been arrested and more than a dozen websites closed down in China, as the government moves to quell rumours about a coup in Beijing.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
China arrests six people and disciplines websites over online rumours of a coup, the latest fall-out from a high-level politician's sacking.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
CanadaChinese forestry firm Sino-Forest, accused last year of inflating its revenues and exaggerating its holdings, files for bankruptcy protection in Canada.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Apple says it will work to improve conditions at its manufacturer's plants in China, after an independent probe it requested found "significant issues".
Read the full article » | View on the map »
China's manned submersible Jiaolong is getting ready for a 7,000 meters dive in the Pacific.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
A senior Chinese politician calls for foreign companies to "pay more attention" to workers as Apple chief executive Tim Cook visits a supplier.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
IndiaThe main emerging economies meet in the Indian capital, Delhi, to look at ways of strengthening their position against Europe and the United States.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Bo Xilai, the politician at the centre of China's biggest political scandal in years, is the victim of a smear campaign, a source close to his family tells the BBC.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
United Kingdom, United StatesThe policeman at the centre of a major Chinese political scandal sought talks with UK officials hours before he fled to a US mission, the BBC has learnt.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
United Kingdom, United StatesThe policeman at the centre of a major Chinese political scandal sought talks with UK officials hours before he fled to a US mission, the BBC learns.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
IndiaA Tibetan activist who set himself alight at a protest in the Indian capital, Delhi, ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit dies.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
This content is from the BBC News website. Date and time information is related to GMT.
Maplandia.com is not sponsored by or affiliated with Google.
Copyright © 2005 maplandia.com. All rights reserved. | news | faq | contact us | RSS | XHTML & CSS