TIL Tag: china
200 headlines found.
- China says tickets for Winter Olympics will not be sold to general public due to Covid-19
January 17, 2022 - Winter Olympics burner phones
January 19, 2022 - Peng Shuai t-shirts confiscated at Australian open which supports Peng Shuai's safety.
January 23, 2022 - Peng Shuai T-shirt ban reversed after outcry.
January 25, 2022 - The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics officially kick off.
February 4, 2022 - Thousands of photos and documents from a data hack of police files, show the extent of Beijing's highly secretive system of Uyghur mass incarceration.
May 24, 2022 - Hong Kong's Jumbo floating restaurant sinks at sea.
June 21, 2022 - Owners of Jumbo Floating Restaurant backtrack on sinking claims as authorities investigate
June 26, 2022 - Long March 5B: Debris from Chinese rocket falls back to Earth.
July 31, 2022 - Chinese influencer who ate great white shark investigated by police.
August 2, 2022 - Pelosi visits Taiwan in defiance of Chinese warnings.
August 2, 2022 - China launches ballistic missiles during Taiwan drills.
August 4, 2022 - Five state-owned Chinese companies to delist from New York Stock Exchange.
August 14, 2022 - Chinese authorities are attempting to induce rainfall in parts of central and southwest China amid a severe drought and record-breaking heatwave.
August 17, 2022 - China's treatment of Uyghurs may be crime against humanity, says UN human rights chief.
September 1, 2022 - Xi and Putin to meet face-to-face next week, Russian envoy says.
September 7, 2022 - US bans 'advanced tech' firms from building facilities in China for a decade.
September 7, 2022 - Hong Kong court sentences speech therapists to 19 months in prison over 'seditious' children's books.
September 11, 2022 - Xi Jinping opens Chinese Communist party congress with vow to take over Taiwan.
October 16, 2022 - China's plans to annex Taiwan moving 'much faster' under Xi, says Blinken.
October 18, 2022 - Xi Jinping tightens grip on power as China's Communist party elevates his status.
October 22, 2022 - China Covid: Record number of cases as virus surges nationwide.
November 24, 2022 - Protests erupt across China in unprecedented challenge to Xi Jinping's zero-Covid policy.
November 27, 2022 - Protests against strict Covid measures in China have spread to the biggest cities with protests late into the evening. Demonstrators gathered in the capital Beijing and the financial hub Shanghai, where some called for President Xi Jinping to resign.
November 28, 2022 - China police move to deter zero-Covid demonstrations and trace protesters.
November 29, 2022 - Jiang Zemin, former leader who paved the way for China's rise, dies at 96
November 30, 2022 - Chinese bypass censors to remember Jiang Zemin.
December 1, 2022 - How a deadly fire ignited dissent over China's zero-Covid policy.
December 3, 2022 - China's Xi Jinping 'unwilling' to accept western Covid vaccines says US intelligence chief.
December 4, 2022 - Chinese astronauts return to Earth after six-month mission.
December 5, 2022 - China scraps tracking app amid widespread dismantling of zero-Covid policy.
December 12, 2022 - China diplomats leave UK over Manchester protester attack.
December 14, 2022 - Chinese doctors and nurses reportedly told to work while infected as Covid surges. Some Beijing hospitals have as many as 80% of staff infected, according to one doctor, leading to serious staff shortages.
December 15, 2022 - Leaked notes from Chinese health officials estimate 250 million Covid-19 infections in December.
December 24, 2022 - China ends Covid quarantine for travellers in January.
December 27, 2022 - Trump tax returns show China bank account as six years of records released.
December 31, 2022 - Jack Ma to relinquish control of Ant group
January 7, 2023 - Nearly 60,000 people have died of Covid in China in past five weeks
January 14, 2023 - China's population falls for first time in more than 60 years
January 17, 2023 - US tracking suspected Chinese surveillance balloon
February 2, 2023 - US halts Blinken China visit after spy balloon row
February 3, 2023 - Second spy balloon spotted over Latin America, says Pentagon, as Blinken postpones China trip
February 4, 2023 - China balloon: US shoots down airship over Atlantic
February 5, 2023 - Spy balloon part of a broader Chinese military surveillance operation, US intel sources say
February 7, 2023 - Australia to remove Chinese surveillance cameras amid security fears
February 9, 2023 - Chinese balloon was 'clearly' for spying, says US
February 10, 2023 - The sensors from a suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down after crossing the US have been recovered from the Atlantic Ocean, the US military says.
February 14, 2023 - Bao Fan: Billionaire tech banker in China reported missing
February 17, 2023 - Biden says objects shot down over North America last week appear to not be part of China's spy balloon operation
February 17, 2023 - China may be on brink of supplying arms to Russia, says Blinken
February 19, 2023 - Zelensky wants Xi Jinping meeting following China's peace plan
February 25, 2023 - Bao Fan: Missing Chinese billionaire assisting authorities, firm says
February 27, 2023 - Zelenskiy warns fighting 'increasingly difficult' in Bakhmut; China has clearly taken a side, US says
February 28, 2023 - China foreign minister warns of potential for conflict with US and hails Russia ties
March 7, 2023 - Li Qiang: Xi Jinping, China's president, names next premier
March 11, 2023 - Jiang Yanyong: Whistleblower doctor who exposed China's Sars cover-up dies
March 15, 2023 - 'Good old friend': Putin offers praise for Xi ahead of first trip to Russia since Ukraine invasion
March 20, 2023 - TikTok boss faces tough questions at US Congress
March 23, 2023 - Sam Bankman-Fried accused of Chinese bribe
March 28, 2023 - Macron arrives in Beijing to discuss Ukraine with Xi; Zelenskiy arrives in Poland
April 5, 2023 - Taiwan monitoring Chinese strike group off the coast after president meets US speaker
April 6, 2023 - China simulates hitting 'key targets' on Taiwan
April 9, 2023 - FBI arrests two alleged Chinese agents and charges dozens with working inside US to silence dissidents
April 17, 2023 - Ukraine's Zelensky holds first war phone call with China's Xi
April 26, 2023 - End of an era as China loses population title
April 29, 2023 - China eyes Blinken's imminent visit with deep distrust and low expectations
June 16, 2023 - China is erasing mention of its former foreign minister. But it still hasn't said why
July 26, 2023 - China's Evergrande files for bankruptcy
August 17, 2023 - China bans seafood from Japan after Tokyo begins releasing treated radioactive water
August 24, 2023 - China was hoping for a Golden Week consumption boom. It didn't happen
October 10, 2023 - Xi Jinping arrives in the US as his Chinese Dream sputters
November 15, 2023 - Biden hails productive talks with Xi as agreements reached on fentanyl and military communication
November 16, 2023 - Jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai faces his biggest trial yet
December 18, 2023 - Rescuers battle sub-zero temperatures as more than 100 killed by China's deadliest quake in nearly a decade
December 19, 2023 - Lai's Democratic Progressive party, which rejects China's territorial claims over island, wins unprecedented third term
January 13, 2024 - China: Snowstorms spoil Lunar New Year travel for millions
February 7, 2024 - Russia and China veto draft resolution; Israeli PM says he hopes for US support, but will go into Rafah without it
March 22, 2024 - Chinese owner denies it's willing to sell TikTok as US ban looms
April 26, 2024 - Xi Jinping to visit France, Hungary and Serbia amid EU trade tariff row
May 4, 2024 - China spacecraft to try to land on Moon's far side
June 1, 2024 - China says its spacecraft lands on Moon's far side
June 2, 2024 - China's far-side Moon mission begins journey back
June 4, 2024 - Four US college instructors injured in 'brutal' China stabbing attack
June 10, 2024 - China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe returns world's first samples from far side of the moon
June 25, 2024 - NORAD intercepts Russian and Chinese bombers operating together near Alaska in first such flight
July 25, 2024 - TikTok founder becomes China's richest man
October 29, 2024 - China megaport opens up Latin America as wary US looks on
November 15, 2024 - Alleged Chinese spy had 'unusual degree of trust' with Andrew
December 13, 2024 - Man admits running secret Chinese 'police station' in NYC
December 19, 2024 - US Treasury says it was hacked by China in 'major incident'
December 31, 2024 - US designates Tencent a Chinese military company
January 7, 2025 - TikTok says it will go dark on Sunday unless Biden intervenes 'immediately'
January 18, 2025 - TikTok users posting cat videos do not threaten UK national security, minister says
January 19, 2025 - TikTok is back online after Trump pledged to restore it
January 19, 2025 - CIA says lab leak most likely source of Covid outbreak
January 26, 2025 - 'Sputnik moment': $1tn wiped off US stocks after Chinese firm unveils AI chatbot
January 28, 2025 - Trump announces significant new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, sparking retaliatory actions
February 2, 2025 - Rubio demands Panama 'reduce China influence' over canal
February 3, 2025 - China announces retaliatory action as Trump tariffs take effect
February 4, 2025 - US Postal Service stops accepting parcels from China and Hong Kong
February 5, 2025 - Trump to announce 25% aluminum and steel tariffs as China's levies against US come into effect
February 10, 2025 - US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say
February 28, 2025 - Markets sink as Trump confirms tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China
March 3, 2025 - China vows it will 'fight to the end' with US in trade war – or any other war
March 6, 2025 - Dalai Lama says his successor will be born outside China in the 'free world'
March 11, 2025 - 'Several people' arrested in EU bribery investigation linked to Huawei
March 14, 2025 - China blasts 'spineless' plan to sell Panama Canal ports to BlackRock
March 15, 2025 - Musk arrives at Pentagon amid reports he will be briefed on China war plans
March 21, 2025 - JD Vance says US needs control of Greenland to fend off China and Russia
March 29, 2025 - China hits back at Trump tariffs with extra 34% tax on US goods, deepening market turmoil
April 4, 2025 - Trump to extend TikTok ban enforcement deadline after China tariffs derail deal
April 5, 2025 - Trump threatens additional 50% tariff on China as trade war escalates
April 7, 2025 - China calls Trump's new tariff threat 'a mistake upon a mistake' and looks for opportunity in global trade war
April 8, 2025 - US will impose 104% tariffs on some Chinese goods from tonight, White House confirms
April 8, 2025 - China hits back with 84% tariffs on US goods as markets fall
April 9, 2025 - Trump pauses higher tariffs for dozens of countries, but hikes China rate to 125%
April 9, 2025 - Meta whistleblower alleges company worked with China on censorship
April 10, 2025 - US hitting Chinese goods with 145% tariff, White House confirms
April 10, 2025 - Dow tumbles 2,000 points after White House clarifies higher tariffs on China
April 10, 2025 - China defiantly hits back at US with 125% tariff on goods
April 11, 2025 - Warnings from Beijing trigger dissolution of Democratic Party in Hong Kong
April 20, 2025 - Trump says China tariffs will drop 'substantially – but it won't be zero'
April 23, 2025 - China quietly rolls back retaliatory tariffs on some US-made semiconductors, import agencies say
April 25, 2025 - US and China reach agreement to cut tariffs, US treasury secretary says
May 12, 2025 - Seventeen arrest warrants issued over Bangkok skyscraper collapse
May 16, 2025 - Chinese paraglider survives accidental 8,000-metre-high flight above the clouds
May 29, 2025 - TikTok Getting Yet Another Ban Delay as Trump Fails to Reach Deal With China
June 6, 2025 - US and China agree on plan to ease export controls after trade talks in London
June 11, 2025 - Trump declares deal with China is 'done'; US inflation rises to 2.4%
June 11, 2025 - Trump says China will face 55% tariffs as he endorses trade deal
June 11, 2025 - Trump to extend US TikTok ban deadline, White House says
June 18, 2025 - China partially lifts ban on Japanese seafood imports
June 30, 2025 - China tells EU it can't accept Russia losing its war against Ukraine, official says
July 4, 2025 - Trump to start TikTok sale talks with China, he says, with deal 'pretty much' reached
July 5, 2025 - Trump threatens extra 10% tariff on nations siding with Brics
July 7, 2025 - Labubu firm sees profit soaring by at least 350%
July 16, 2025 - China offers parents $1,500 in bid to boost births
July 29, 2025 - Nvidia and AMD to pay 15% of China chip sales to US
August 11, 2025 - Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Ted Hui reportedly granted asylum in Australia
August 17, 2025 - North Korea's Kim Jong Un to join Putin at China military parade
August 28, 2025 - National security or xenophobia? Texas restricts Chinese owning and renting property
August 29, 2025 - India's Modi to meet Xi and Putin on first China trip in seven years as US tariffs bite
August 29, 2025 - Hot mic catches Xi and Putin discussing organ transplants and immortality
September 3, 2025 - Nasa blocks Chinese nationals from working on its space programs
September 11, 2025 - US and China reach deal to transfer TikTok ownership, trade officials say
September 15, 2025 - Mass evacuations as southern China braces for strongest storm of the year
September 23, 2025 - Russia may be helping China prepare for Taiwan invasion, leaked documents suggest
October 7, 2025 - Trump threatens 'massive' China tariffs as Beijing restricts rare-earth exports
October 10, 2025 - US reaches a 'substantial framework' with China to avert tariffs
October 26, 2025 - Donald Trump says rare earths dispute 'settled' after Xi Jinping meeting in South Korea
October 30, 2025 - China's Xi Jinping raises future of Taiwan in call with Donald Trump
November 25, 2025 - At least 36 killed in Hong Kong fire with 279 still missing, authorities say
November 26, 2025 - Rescue operations at Hong Kong apartment complex 'almost complete', as death toll reaches 128
November 28, 2025 - Chinese navy task force captured by new satellite images in Philippine Sea
December 4, 2025 - Trump greenlights exports of Nvidia H200 chips to China
December 9, 2025 - Hong Kong's last major opposition party disbands amid Chinese pressure
December 14, 2025 - TikTok owner signs agreements to avoid US ban
December 19, 2025 - China hits EU dairy industry with tariffs of up to 42.7%
December 22, 2025 - China announces war games around Taiwan after hitting out at major US arms deal
December 29, 2025 - China's BYD set to overtake Tesla as world's top EV seller
January 2, 2026 - Japanese PM's Taiwan comments prompt China to ban certain exports to Japan
January 6, 2026 - Trump says US needs to 'own' Greenland to prevent Russia and China from taking it
January 10, 2026 - China pressing European countries to bar Taiwan politicians or face crossing a 'red line'
January 13, 2026 - Trump 'immediately' imposes 25% tariffs on countries that do business with Iran. That could include China
January 13, 2026 - Britain approves 'mega' Chinese embassy in London despite national security fears
January 20, 2026 - Ai Weiwei quietly returns to China after a decade: 'It felt like a phone call suddenly reconnecting'
January 22, 2026 - Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariffs over China trade deal
January 24, 2026 - China executes 11 members of Myanmar scam mafia
January 29, 2026 - Man who exposed human rights abuses in China granted US asylum
January 29, 2026 - Green energy sector drove more than 90% of China’s investment growth last year, analysis finds
February 5, 2026 - China critic Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison
February 9, 2026 - ‘Wake-up call’ for Greece as air force officer accused of spying for China
February 10, 2026 - Japan seizes Chinese fishing boat inside its economic waters amid rift with Beijing
February 13, 2026 - ByteDance to curb AI video app after Disney legal threat
February 16, 2026 - Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai wins appeal against fraud conviction
February 26, 2026 - Partner of sitting Labour MP among three arrested on suspicion of spying for China
March 4, 2026 - China sets lowest economic growth target since 1991
March 5, 2026 - China and North Korea to reopen passenger train service after pandemic halt
March 11, 2026 - China approves 'ethnic unity' law requiring minorities to learn Mandarin
March 12, 2026 - Co-founder of tech company charged with diverting $2.5 billion in Nvidia AI chips to China in violation of export laws
March 20, 2026 - HK police can now demand phone passwords under new national security rules
March 23, 2026 - US bans new foreign-made consumer internet routers
March 24, 2026 - China to ban storing remains of dead in ‘bone ash apartments’
March 31, 2026 - Taiwan opposition leader meets Xi Jinping in Beijing
April 10, 2026 - China to ban drone sales in Beijing citing security concerns
April 30, 2026 - Flight data bolsters claim China Eastern plane was deliberately crashed in 2022
May 4, 2026 - China gives suspended death sentences to two former defense ministers
May 7, 2026 - Southern California mayor resigns, will plead guilty to acting as agent for Chinese government
May 12, 2026 - US citizen convicted of running secret Chinese 'police station' in NYC
May 14, 2026 - Xi Jinping warns US and China could ‘come into conflict’ if Taiwan issue mishandled
May 14, 2026 - Trump leaves China, short on deliverables but with signs of a stabilized relationship
May 15, 2026 - Taiwan insists it is independent after Trump warning
May 16, 2026 - Xi Jinping prepares to welcome Vladimir Putin to China, four days after hosting Donald Trump
May 18, 2026 - Trump says he will speak to Taiwan's president in break from protocol
May 21, 2026 - First Hong Kong astronaut launches into space onboard Chinese mission
May 25, 2026 - South Korea detains dissident who fled China in rubber boat
May 27, 2026 - Man executed for fatally poisoning billionaire who helped bring ‘3 Body Problem’ to Netflix
May 28, 2026 - China’s Xi Jinping to make rare trip to North Korea next week
June 5, 2026 - US adds BYD to list of firms with alleged Chinese military ties
June 9, 2026 - EU introduces €3 customs charge on small parcels to curb cheap Chinese imports
June 29, 2026