News: China

We have started to collect the most important news related to China in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to China – overview

• 1. by date ↓
• 2. by title ↑

• January 1st 2010 – December 9th 2009
• December 9th 2009 – November 9th 2009
• November 9th 2009 – October 14th 2009
• October 13th 2009 – September 22nd 2009
• September 22nd 2009 – August 30th 2009
• August 28th 2009 – August 3rd 2009
• August 3rd 2009 – July 12th 2009
• July 11th 2009 – June 21st 2009
• June 18th 2009 – May 19th 2009
• May 19th 2009 – April 23rd 2009
• April 21st 2009 – March 27th 2009
• March 26th 2009 – March 5th 2009
• March 4th 2009 – February 10th 2009
• February 9th 2009 – January 12th 2009
• January 12th 2009 – December 16th 2008
• December 16th 2008 – November 22nd 2008
• November 21st 2008 – October 28th 2008
• October 28th 2008 – October 6th 2008
• October 4th 2008 – September 10th 2008
• September 10th 2008 – August 18th 2008
• August 18th 2008 – August 8th 2008
• August 7th 2008 – July 23rd 2008
• July 22nd 2008 – July 2nd 2008
• July 1st 2008 – June 11th 2008
• June 11th 2008 – May 18th 2008
• May 17th 2008 – April 25th 2008
• April 25th 2008 – April 4th 2008
• April 3rd 2008 – March 16th 2008
• March 16th 2008 – February 20th 2008
• February 20th 2008 – January 16th 2008
• January 16th 2008 – December 7th 2007
• December 7th 2007 – October 31st 2007
• October 31st 2007 – September 27th 2007
• September 27th 2007 – August 21st 2007
• August 21st 2007 – July 20th 2007
• July 20th 2007 – June 15th 2007
• June 14th 2007 – May 21st 2007
• May 21st 2007 – April 12th 2007
• April 11th 2007 – March 3rd 2007
• March 2nd 2007 – January 25th 2007
• January 25th 2007 – December 21st 2006
• December 21st 2006 – November 1st 2006
• October 31st 2006 – September 27th 2006
• September 25th 2006 – August 11th 2006
• August 11th 2006 – July 1st 2006
• July 1st 2006 – May 17th 2006
• May 16th 2006 – April 8th 2006
• April 8th 2006 – February 27th 2006
• February 26th 2006 – January 20th 2006
• January 19th 2006 – December 8th 2005
• December 7th 2005 – November 14th 2005
• November 14th 2005 – November 11th 2005

China: news

China in $3bn Blackstone deal

Monday, May 21st 2007, 14:17
related countries: United States
related places: Blackstone

The Chinese government pays $3bn for a 10% stake in US private equity company Blackstone.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

China's F1 track chief dismissed

Monday, May 21st 2007, 8:20
related places: Shanghai

The head of China's Formula One track and two others are fired over Shanghai's ongoing pension corruption scandal.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Coke says no China jail labour

Monday, May 21st 2007, 2:52
related countries: United Kingdom

Coca Cola says there is "no evidence" to support a UK man's claim that its Chinese supplier used prison labour.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

China confirms bird flu outbreak

Saturday, May 19th 2007, 14:18
related places: Hunan

China confirms a new outbreak of the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus in the central province of Hunan.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Olympic boycott calls 'will fail'

Friday, May 18th 2007, 9:34
related countries: Sudan

China warns its critics that attempts to boycott the 2008 Beijing Olympics over its Sudan policy will fail.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Two die in China school stabbing

Thursday, May 17th 2007, 11:00

Two pupils are killed at a school in southern China after a teenager launches a knife attack, reports say.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

China defends its role in Africa

Wednesday, May 16th 2007, 9:32

Chinese PM Wen Jiabao says China is committed to helping Africa, and urges other rich nations to do the same.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

China launches Nigerian satellite

Monday, May 14th 2007, 8:31
related countries: Nigeria

A Nigerian satellite, expected to boost broadband internet services in Africa, is launched by China.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

DJs dropped over 'offensive' call

Sunday, May 13th 2007, 16:10

Two DJs from New York lose their show after making lewd remarks in a phone call to a Chinese restaurant.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Fire damages iconic Mao portrait

Saturday, May 12th 2007, 16:39
related places: Beijing

The portrait of Chairman Mao in Beijing's Tiananmen Square has been damaged and a man has been arrested.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Call for hospital police in China

Friday, May 11th 2007, 9:35

The Chinese health ministry wants to station police in hospitals to protect medical workers from attacks by patients.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Guilty verdict in US 'spy trial'

Thursday, May 10th 2007, 21:01
related countries: United States

A Chinese-born engineer working for a US defence firm is found guilty of acting as an agent for China.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Warning on Chinese share values

Thursday, May 10th 2007, 11:09

Goldman Sachs warns there are "risks of market euphoria" in China and that a correction may be the outcome.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

China warns over climate change

Thursday, May 10th 2007, 6:33

China says it is likely to be hit by more adverse weather this year than in the past decade, due to climate change.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

China warns of population growth

Monday, May 7th 2007, 7:49

China's top family planning body warns of a 'population rebound' as couples flout the strict one child policy.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Motorsport: Stoner powers to win

Sunday, May 6th 2007, 8:09

Ducati's Casey Stoner saw off the challenge of Valentino Rossi to win the China Grand Prix and extend his MotoGP series lead to 15 points.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Motorsport: Rossi clinches pole

Saturday, May 5th 2007, 7:26
related places: Shanghai

Five-time world champion Valentino Rossi claimed pole position for the China Grand Prix in Shanghai.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Singapore PM warns US on China

Saturday, May 5th 2007, 0:17
related countries: Japan, Singapore, United States
related places: Washington

Singapore's prime minister urges the US to maintain ties with both China and Japan, after talks in Washington.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

China claims major oil field find

Friday, May 4th 2007, 8:54

China's largest oil firm, PetroChina, says it has made the country's largest crude discovery in a decade.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

China chip use in dog crackdown

Thursday, May 3rd 2007, 10:50
related places: Beijing

Part of Beijing pilots a project to implant digital chips into dogs in a bid to control the city's canine population.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Rare Macau protest turns violent

Tuesday, May 1st 2007, 11:12
related countries: Macau

Protesters clash with police in a rare demonstration over illegal labour in the Chinese territory of Macau.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Chinese object to climate draft

Tuesday, May 1st 2007, 7:41
related countries: Thailand
related places: Bangkok

China leads objections to a major report on climate economics being discussed by the IPCC in Bangkok.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

China miners risk deadly disease

Monday, April 30th 2007, 12:18

Thousands of miners in China are dying each year from a lung disease known as "black lung", state media reports.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Games 'catalyst for China abuses'

Sunday, April 29th 2007, 23:18

China is using the 2008 Olympic Games as a catalyst for suppressing dissent, Amnesty International says.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Chinese workers freed in Ethiopia

Sunday, April 29th 2007, 13:49
related countries: Ethiopia

Seven Chinese oil workers and two Ethiopians kidnapped by Ethiopian rebels are freed, Red Cross officials say.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Beijing urges closer Taiwan ties

Saturday, April 28th 2007, 5:07
related countries: Taiwan
related places: Beijing

China's Hu Jintao calls for closer economic and cultural ties between China and Taiwan at a forum in Beijing.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

China and Taiwan in Olympics row

Friday, April 27th 2007, 10:51
related countries: Taiwan

China's government expresses surprise at Taiwan's rejection of its position on the Olympic torch relay route.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

China names new foreign minister

Friday, April 27th 2007, 4:09

China appoints Yang Jiechi, a former ambassador to Washington, as its new foreign minister.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Everest climb for Olympic torch

Thursday, April 26th 2007, 18:29
related countries: Taiwan
related places: Beijing

The Olympic torch will reach the top of Everest en route to Beijing, but other planned visits spark controversy.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Ethiopia rescue attempt warning

Thursday, April 26th 2007, 11:05
related countries: Ethiopia

Ethiopia's ONLF rebels warn the government against sending a mission to rescue seven Chinese oil workers.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

China boom 'threatens minorities'

Wednesday, April 25th 2007, 15:24

China's minority groups are becoming alienated and missing out on the economic boom, a rights report finds.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Ethiopia launches rescue mission

Wednesday, April 25th 2007, 11:49
related countries: Ethiopia

Ethiopia is sending a rescue mission to the remote Somali region where seven Chinese oil workers were kidnapped.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

China tops US over Japan trade

Wednesday, April 25th 2007, 5:40
related countries: Japan, United States

China has overtaken the US as Japan's main trade partner for the first time since World War II, official data shows.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Scores die in Ethiopia oil attack

Tuesday, April 24th 2007, 16:21
related countries: Ethiopia, Somalia

An attack by gunmen in eastern Ethiopia leaves 65 Ethiopians and nine Chinese oil workers dead, officials say.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

US radio DJs in fresh racism row

Tuesday, April 24th 2007, 16:17
related countries: United States

CBS Radio in the US suspends two DJs for a prank on-air call that angered Chinese groups.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Pollution 'hits China's farmland'

Monday, April 23rd 2007, 7:21

Some 10% of China's arable land is polluted, threatening food production, state media reports.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Castro resumes official business

Saturday, April 21st 2007, 17:56
related countries: Cuba

Cuba's Fidel Castro meets a Chinese delegate in what is thought to be his first official act since illness.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Canada angry at Uighur sentence

Friday, April 20th 2007, 4:23
related countries: Canada

Canada condemns Chinese authorities for sentencing a Canadian Uighur rights activist to life imprisonment.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Chinese growth heating up economy

Thursday, April 19th 2007, 13:31

China's economy picks up pace, stoking fears it may be overheating and sending shares sharply down.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Olympics: Beijing smog worries

Thursday, April 19th 2007, 11:58
related places: Beijing

Olympic officials are worried about the air quality in Beijing ahead of the 2008 Games.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

China criticises mine cover-ups

Thursday, April 19th 2007, 6:33

A senior Chinese official accuses coal mine operators of hiding at least 12 accidents so far this year.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Molten metal kills China workers

Wednesday, April 18th 2007, 11:15

At least 32 people die at a steel factory in China, after being showered with molten metal.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

China launches high-speed trains

Wednesday, April 18th 2007, 6:51

China begins a new high-speed train service capable of speeds of over 200km/h, in a bid to boost capacity.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

China criticised for 'tiger wine'

Wednesday, April 18th 2007, 5:33

China comes under fire for allowing thousands of tigers to be bred for the production of "tiger bone wine".
Read the full article » | View on the map »

China border casino crackdown

Tuesday, April 17th 2007, 9:07

More than 100 casinos along China's borders close due to a major crackdown, Chinese media reports.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Explosion traps Chinese miners

Tuesday, April 17th 2007, 6:18
related places: Henan

At least 33 people are trapped in a coal mine in Henan province, central China, according to state media.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Beijing Olympics tickets on sale

Sunday, April 15th 2007, 13:58
related places: Beijing

Some seven million tickets for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing are going on sale to the public.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

N Korea still unsure over funds

Friday, April 13th 2007, 14:18
related countries: North Korea, United States
related places: Pyongyang

N Korea says it is still waiting to confirm whether a funding row has been resolved, as a nuclear deadline looms.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Milan police in Chinatown clash

Friday, April 13th 2007, 1:00
related countries: Italy
related places: Milan

A riot breaks out in the northern Italian city of Milan as Chinese residents claim discrimination.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

China PM seeks war reconciliation

Thursday, April 12th 2007, 10:12
related countries: Japan

China's prime minister uses a landmark address in Japan's parliament to urge Tokyo to face up to its wartime past.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

January 1st 2010 – December 9th 2009December 9th 2009 – November 9th 2009November 9th 2009 – October 14th 2009October 13th 2009 – September 22nd 2009September 22nd 2009 – August 30th 2009August 28th 2009 – August 3rd 2009August 3rd 2009 – July 12th 2009July 11th 2009 – June 21st 2009June 18th 2009 – May 19th 2009May 19th 2009 – April 23rd 2009April 21st 2009 – March 27th 2009March 26th 2009 – March 5th 2009March 4th 2009 – February 10th 2009February 9th 2009 – January 12th 2009January 12th 2009 – December 16th 2008December 16th 2008 – November 22nd 2008November 21st 2008 – October 28th 2008October 28th 2008 – October 6th 2008October 4th 2008 – September 10th 2008September 10th 2008 – August 18th 2008August 18th 2008 – August 8th 2008August 7th 2008 – July 23rd 2008July 22nd 2008 – July 2nd 2008July 1st 2008 – June 11th 2008June 11th 2008 – May 18th 2008May 17th 2008 – April 25th 2008April 25th 2008 – April 4th 2008April 3rd 2008 – March 16th 2008March 16th 2008 – February 20th 2008February 20th 2008 – January 16th 2008January 16th 2008 – December 7th 2007December 7th 2007 – October 31st 2007October 31st 2007 – September 27th 2007September 27th 2007 – August 21st 2007August 21st 2007 – July 20th 2007July 20th 2007 – June 15th 2007June 14th 2007 – May 21st 2007May 21st 2007 – April 12th 2007April 11th 2007 – March 3rd 2007March 2nd 2007 – January 25th 2007January 25th 2007 – December 21st 2006December 21st 2006 – November 1st 2006October 31st 2006 – September 27th 2006September 25th 2006 – August 11th 2006August 11th 2006 – July 1st 2006July 1st 2006 – May 17th 2006May 16th 2006 – April 8th 2006April 8th 2006 – February 27th 2006February 26th 2006 – January 20th 2006January 19th 2006 – December 8th 2005December 7th 2005 – November 14th 2005November 14th 2005 – November 11th 2005