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Two Chinese boys travelled 80km in bus undercarriage |
| Aug.23 |
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12 dead as strong typhoon floods Macau, southern China |
| Aug.8 |
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Rescuers gather bodies in China earthquake that killed 13 |
| Jul.2 |
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South China Sea: China calls USS Stethem warship 'a provocation' |
| Jun.23 |
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Over 140 people feared buried by China landslide
Map of Xinmo Mao County Sichuan China Sichuan: A landslide unleashed huge rocks and a mass of earth that crashed into their homes in southwestern China early Saturday | |
| Mar.2 |
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China congress: BBC team forced to sign confession |
| Feb.13 |
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8 dead, 3 missing after central China coal mine blast |
| Feb.4 |
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Teenage girl dies after being thrown off ride at amusement park
| Jan.29 |
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Visitor mauled to death by tiger in Ningbo zoo in China |
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| Dec.17 |
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China accuses US of 'hyping-up' seizure of underwater drone
| Nov.23 |
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Construction site collapse in China kills at least 40 |
| Oct.31 |
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Chinese coal mine rescue bit after deadly blast |
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China J-20 fighter jet in public debut |
| Sep.28 |
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Typhoon Megi: Search for missing after China landslides |
| Sep.14 |
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Typhoon Meranti slams southern China after battering Taiwan |
| Sep.12 |
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Wukan protests: Police raid homes to arrest villagers |
| Sep.4 |
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G20 leaders told 'avoid empty talk' by China's Xi Jinping |
| Sep.2 |
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China's Zhangjiajie glass bridge closes after two weeks |
| Jul.21 |
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Ex-chief of China protest village arrested |
| Jul.4 |
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Flooding kills more than 180 people in central and southern China |
| May.18 |
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Chinese jets intercept US spy plane over South China Sea
| May.11 |
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China navy plane hits buildings, no casualties reported |
| May.4 |
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China deploys folk singer to disputed Spratly Islands |
| Apr.29 |
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Overturned truck carrying stones kills 14 in China |
| Apr.13 |
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Crane collapse at China construction site kills 18 |
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| Dec.22 |
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China landslide: Man rescued alive in Shenzhen after 60 hours |
| Dec.20 |
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22 buildings collapse in landslide in Shenzhen industrial park
Map of Guangming New District Shenzhen China About 900 people have been evacuated, with four people pulled alive from rubble with minor or no injuries. At least 91 remain missing | |
| Oct.26 |
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US Navy destroyer to near disputed China islands
USS Lassen will sail near artificial islands built by China in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, US defence officials have said
| Oct.25 |
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More than 120 hurt in high-speed ferry accident off Macau |
| Aug.9 |
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Typhoon Soudelor: Trail of damage in south-east China
At least 12 people have died in south-eastern China after a powerful typhoon caused floods and mudslides
| Aug.8 |
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Typhoon Soudelor lashes southeast China
Map of Putian Fujian China A typhoon was pounding southeast China late Saturday, leaving more than a million homes without power after lashing Taiwan
| Jun.6 |
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Yangtze ship disaster: 396 confirmed dead |
| Jun.5 |
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Yangtze ship disaster: 331 confirmed dead
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Workers turn capsized China ship upright
Top-deck cabins poked out of the water from a capsized river cruise ship on the Yangtze after disaster teams righted the vessel to quicken the...
| Jun.3 |
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China boat capsize: Relatives stage protest |
| Jun.2 |
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Hopes fade of finding Yangtze survivors
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Cries for help heard from capsized boat in Yangtze River
Rescuers were racing to rescue people after hearing cries for help from the wreckage of a passenger ship that capsized in a storm
| Jun.1 |
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5 people dead and hundreds missing in Yangtze River
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Boat with more than 400 people aboard sinks in Yangtze River
Map of Jianli Hubei China Passenger ship The Eastern Star carrying more than 444 people sank overnight in southern China, and seven people have been rescued | |
| Apr.6 |
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China paraxylene chemical plant hit by explosion |
| Feb.8 |
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China executes 'mafia-style' mining tycoon Liu Han. Sichuan
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| Nov.26 |
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11 killed in second deadly coal mine explosion in as many days |
| Nov.22 |
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Strong earthquake strikes China killing at least 4 |
| Oct.7 |
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Hundreds injured at magnitude 6.0 earthquake
| Sep.8 |
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Chinese city kills 5,000 dogs to control rabies |
| Aug.22 |
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Chinese fighter jet flies dangerously close to U.S. Navy plane |
| Aug.5 |
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Officials say death toll from weekend earthquake rises to 589 |
| Aug.3 |
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China troops join earthquake search |
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Strong earthquake kills at least 367 in southern China
Map of Ludian Yunnan China The magnitude-6.1 quake in Yunnan province toppled thousands of homes on Sunday, killing at least 175 people and injuring more than 1,400
| Jul.18 |
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Highway collision in southern China kills 43 people
A truck loaded with flammable liquid collided with a passenger bus. The truck rear-ended the bus around 3 a.m. Saturday on the Hukun Express...
| Jul.10 |
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Van falls into pond, killing 8 children in China |
| Jun.18 |
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China jails corruption activists |
| Mar.1 |
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Death toll rises to 33 in knife attack on China train station
More than 10 knife-wielding attackers slashed people at a southwestern city in what authorities called a terrorist attack by ethnic separati...
| Feb.4 |
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New strain of 'deadly' bird flu |
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| Dec.10 |
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Market fire in China's Shenzhen kills 16 |
| Oct.7 |
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Typhoon Fitow kills five in China
| Oct.6 |
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China evacuates 417,000 people ahead of typhoon |
| Sep.23 |
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Typhoon Usagi hits southern China, killing at least 25 |
| Jul.10 |
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China landslide 'buries up to 40' |
| Jun.7 |
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Dozens dead in China bus fire
| May.27 |
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Rescuers save a newborn from sewer pipe in China
Chinese state media say firefighters and medics have rescued a newborn boy from a sewer pipe below a squat toilet
| May.17 |
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Southern China rains kill 55, leave 14 missing
| May.11 |
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China colliery blast kills 27 miners. Sichuan
| Apr.21 |
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Chinese teams reach quake-hit region. Sichuan
| Apr.20 |
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China battles to bring quake aid. Sichuan
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Earthquake has killed more than 150 people
Map of Lushan Sichuan China Sichuan: A powerful 6.6-magnitude earthquake has killed more than 150 people and injured several thousand in China's rural south west
| Apr.19 |
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At least 41 dead after earthquake strikes Sichuan region
| Jan.7 |
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Chinese journalists in rare protest against censorship |
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| Dec.25 |
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China opens longest bullet route
| Sep.23 |
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Bo scandal policeman Wang jailed
| Sep.7 |
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China's quake death toll rises
| Aug.29 |
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Death toll rises in China coal mine blast. Sichuan
| Aug.9 |
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Police on trial for Gu 'cover-up' |
| Aug.8 |
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Gu Kailai's murder trial begins
| Aug.3 |
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Back-to-back typhoons hit China
| Apr.6 |
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Arrests over kidney sold for iPad |
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| Dec.31 |
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Chinese man dies of bird flu |
| Oct.20 |
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Chinese hit-and-run toddler dies |
| Jul.23 |
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Bullet train derails, cars fall off bridge
Map of Zhejiang China At least two cars of a high-speed bullet train fell off a bridge late Saturday after a derailment in eastern Zhejiang province
| Jun.17 |
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Deadly floods hit China
Another round of torrential rains has flooded a once drought-stricken region, killing 25 people and leaving 25 missing
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| Jul.27 |
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Dozens missing in China landslide |
| Jul.21 |
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Flooding fears intensify |
| Jul.20 |
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Death toll rises in floods |
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| Aug.10 |
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Landslide crushes buildings
| Aug.9 |
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Typhoon Morakot slams into China |
| Jun.5 |
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Massive landslide buries dozens |
| May.7 |
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2008 quake killed 5,335 students |
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22 dead from Saturday quake |
| Aug.5 |
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Deadly earthquake hits China |
| Jun.14 |
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1 million flee from floods; 55 dead |
| Jun.12 |
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China on alert for unrest in quake zone |
| Jun.9 |
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Quake lake 'now draining' |
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Water rising too fast at quake lake |
| Jun.5 |
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Aftershocks threaten quake lake |
| Jun.4 |
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Water behind 'quake lake' at top of dam. Sichuan
| Jun.3 |
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Quake children return to tent schools |
| May.31 |
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Race against time to drain 'quake lake' |
| May.27 |
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Aftershocks demolish homes. Sichuan
| May.22 |
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Quake death toll passes 50,000 |
| May.18 |
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China to mourn quake victims; toll mounts |
| May.17 |
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Quake effort resumes after panic |
| May.16 |
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'Five million' homeless in quake. Sichuan
| May.15 |
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President Hu Jintao visits quake area Sichuan: Chinese President has flown to south-western Province, where it is feared up to 50,000 people may have died in the earthquake
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Quake death toll could reach 50,000 |
| May.14 |
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Girl pulled from rubble after 50 hours |
| May.13 |
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Rescuers reach epicentre. Sichuan
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Quake death toll tops 12,000 |
| May.12 |
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Death toll rises in quake |
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Quake death toll 50,000 
Sichuan: 80 percent of the buildings collapsed in the Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County after the 7.8-magnitude quake
Several hundred students are also feared to be buried in collapsed school buildings. 'Five million' homeless in quake. A frightened schoolgirl was pulled safely from the rubble of a school dormitory. More than 4.3 million homes collapsed or sustained damage
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1.4 million flee deadly storm
| Jun.2 |
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Two dead from quake |
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| Jun.23 |
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Flood death toll 'over 500'
Summer floods have forced over one million from their homes. Southern China submerged beneath muddy waters
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| Aug.12 |
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115 killed as typhoon slams coast |
| Apr.17 |
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Mass evacuation in Chongqing |
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| Dec.25 |
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233 died in gas disaster
Thousands flee the disaster. A gas well burst in the Chuan Dongbei gas field, releasing natural gas and sulfurated hydrogen
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| Aug.22 |
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Million people battling lake
Map of Lake Dongting Hunan China Families living nearby China's second largest freshwater lake have begun to flee their homes.
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| Apr.11 |
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U.S. spy plane crew released |
| Apr.1 |
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U.S. spy plane lands in China
Map of Hainan China Navy reconnaissance plane made an emergency landing. It collided with a Chinese fighter jet
before year 2000
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Mao Tse-Tung born
Map of Shaoshan Xiangtan Hunan China Chairman Mao was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and the founding father of the People's Republic of China | |
| Dec. 22, 1552 |
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St. Francis Xavier died
Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta was a Basque Roman Catholic missionary born in Kingdom of Navarre, and a co-founder of the Society of Jesus