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The early 2010s including 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 can be used to examine regions of China including Shanghai. |
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2011 including the first quarter 2011, second quarter 2011, third quarter 2011, and fourth quarter 2011 can be connected.
2012 including the first quarter 2012, second quarter 2012, third quarter 2012, and fourth quarter 2012 can be connected.
The first quarter 2012 including January 2012, February 2012, and March 2012 can be connected. The second quarter 2012 including April 2012, May 2013, and June 2012 can be connected. A spacecraft with three Chinese astrononauts docked with an orbiting module. The third quarter 2012 including July 2012, August 2012, and September 2012 can be connected. I have few details of China in this quarter. The fourth quarter 2012 including October 2012, November 2012, and December 2012 can be connected. I have few details of China in this quarter.
2013 including the first quarter 2013, second quarter 2013, third quarter 2013, and fourth quarter 2013 can be used to examine China.
The first quarter 2013 including January 2013 can be connected. February 2013 including 2013 week 5, 2013 week 6, 2013 week 7, 2013 week 8, and 2013 week 9 can be connected. March 2013 including 2013 week 9, 2013 week 10, 2013 week 11, 2013 week 12, can be connected. Xi Jinping succeeded Hu Jintao as President of China in March 2013. 2013 week 13 can be connected. 2014 week 14 can be connected.
The second quarter 2013 including April 2013, May 2013, and June 2013 can be used to examine China.
April 2013 including 2013 week 14, 2013 week 15, 2013 week 16, 2013 week 17, and 2013 week 18 can be used to examine China. 2013 week 14 can be connected. 2013 week 15 can be connected. 2013 week 16 can be connected. 2013 week 17 can be connected. 2013 week 18 can be connected.
May 2013 including 2013 week 18, 2013 week 19, 2013 week 20, 2013 week 21, and 2013 week 22 can be connected. 2013 week 18 can be connected. 2013 week 19 can be connected. 2013 week 20 can be connected. 2013 week 21 can be connected. 2013 week 22 can be connected.
June 2013 including 2013 week 22, 2013 week 23, 2013 week 24, 2013 week 25, 2013 week 26, and 2013 week 27 can be connected. 2013 week 22 can be connected. 2013 week 23 can be connected. 2013 week 24 can be connected. 2013 week 25 can be connected. 2013 week 26 can be connected.
2013 week 27 had no major reported events.
The third quarter 2013 including July 2013, August 2013, and September 2013 can be used to examine China.
July 2013 including 2013 week 27, 2013 week 27, 2013 week 29, 2013 week 30, and 2013 week 31 can be used to examine China.
2013 week 27 had no reported major events
July 8, 2013 Former Chinese Railways Minister Liu Zhijun is given a suspended death sentence for corruption. (BBC)
July 10, 2013 A rain-triggered landslide in southern China's Sichuan Province buries between 30-40 people. (Xinhua)
July 11, 2013 Heavy rain in southwest China causes floods and landslides with at least 9 people dead and 62 missing. (AFP via Channel News Asia)
July 12, 2013 China issues emergency alerts for the provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang for Typhoon Soulik which is expected to hit the mainland tomorrow after passing through Taiwan. (Xinhua)
July 12, 2013 The toll of dead and missing people from the 2013 Southwest China floods rises above 40 with Sichuan province worst affected. (Reuters)
July 14, 2013 Typhoon Soulik kills three people in China's Guangdong province after having killed two people in Taiwan. (BBC)
July 17, 2013 At least 58 people are dead and 175 missing in floods in China's Sichuan province. (xinhuanet)
July 20, 2013 A man sets off homemade black powder explosive in Beijing Capital International Airport, injuring himself. No one else was hurt in the explosion. (CNN)
July 22, 2013 Two earthquakes strike Gansu province, China, killing at least 89 people and injuring over 500. (CNN) (Reuters) (NBC News) (BBC)
July 23, 2013 China announces a five-year ban on the construction of new government buildings, as part of a major effort to curtail state corruption and overspending. (The Guardian)
July 25, 2013 China begins a major effort to boost its economic growth with business tax breaks and export liberalization, amid an increasing industrial slowdown. (BBC)
July 25, 2013 Disgraced Chinese Communist Party official Bo Xilai is charged with corruption and abuse of office, in the culmination of one of China's most significant political scandals in recent years. (Financial Times)
July 26, 2013 Landslides caused by heavy rain kill at least nine people and trap eight others south of Dingxi, China. (AP via Fox News)
July 31, 2013 At least ten people die as a result of a heatwave in the Chinese city of Shanghai which has reached its hottest temperatures in at least 140 years at 41 degrees Celsius (106 degrees Fahrenheit). (AFP via France 24)
August 2013 including 2013 week 31, 1013 week 43, 2013 week 33, 2013 week 34, and 2013 week 35 can be used to examine China.
2013 week 31 had no events reported for August.
August 9, 2013 Liu Tienan, the deputy head of China's National Development and Reform Commission, is expelled from the Communist Party for corruption. (BBC)
2013 week 33 has no events reported so far.
2013 week 34 can be connected.
2013 week 35 can be connected.
September 2013 including 2013 week 36, 2013 week 37, 2013 week 38, 203 week 39, and 2014 week 40 can be used to examine China.
The fourth quarter 2013 including October 2013, November 2013, and December 2013 can be used to examine China.
October 2013 including 2013 week 40, 2013 week 41, 2013 week 42, 2013 week 43, and 2013 week 44 can be connected.
November 2013 including 2013 week 44, 2013 week 45, 2013 week 46, and 2013 week 47 can be connected. 2013 week 48 can be connected.
December 2013 including 2013 week 49 can be connected
December 13, 2013 -- Territorial disputes in the South China Sea: Warships of the United States and China confront each other in international waters within the South China Sea. (CNN)
December 13, 2013 -- International relations A three-day summit is held in Tokyo between the leaders of Japan and ASEAN that will likely discuss the recent encroachment of China. (BBC)
December 13, 2013 -- Science and technology Chang'e-3: China's mission begins the descent phase to the moon that will likely make it one of only three countries to reach it. The landing is estimated to occur at 8:40 a.m. EST, December 14. (CNN) (Universe Today)
December 14, 2013 -- Science and technology Chang'e 3: China's mission carrying Yutu, China's first lunar rover, lands on the Moon. It is the first "soft" landing on the Moon since 1976 and the third ever robotic rover. (Reuters)
December 18, 2013 -- Arts and culture Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi settles out of court a U.S. sex scandal libel lawsuit against the U.S.-based overseas alternative news source website Boxun. (BBC)
December 18, 2013 -- Business and economy China launches a crackdown against the internet currency BitCoin, plunging its value by 35%. (Bloomberg)
December 20, 2013 -- China successfully launches the Bolivian Túpac Katari from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. (BNamericas)
December 28, 2013 The Chinese icebreaker Xue Lóng, or "Snow Dragon", was only six nautical miles away from the Russian-flagged vessel Akademik Shokalskiy when it too became obstructed by heavy ice in Antarctica. (CNN)
December 30, 2013 Eight people are killed by police in Xinjiang, western China, after an apparent terrorist attack. (Al Jazeera)
2014 including the first quarter 2014 can be used to examine China.
The first quarter 2014 including January 2014, February 2014, and March 2014 can be used to examine China.
January 2014 including 2014 week 1, 2014 week 2, 2014 week 3, 2014 week 4, and 2014 week 5 can be used to examine China.
No events have yet been reported.
January 10, 2014 International relations China imposes a "fishing permit" rule in the South China Sea, much to the chagrin of the United States, the Philippines, and Vietnam. (FOX News) (The Guardian)
January 11, 2014 A district in the ancient town of Dukezong in Shangri-La County, Yunnan, China, burns down. (ABC News)
January 13, 2014 An explosion at an illegal gambling hall in Kaili City, China, kills fourteen people and injures seven. Police believe it was intentional and are investigating it as a crime. (CNN) (ABC News)
January 13, 2014 Science China conducts the test of a new hypersonic missile vehicle, dubbed the "WU-14", which has top speeds of Mach 8 to Mach 12. The weapon was launched on an ICBM. (Newsmax)
January 20, 2014 China's 2013 economy figures show the slowest rate of growth since 1999. However, the 7.8% growth figure was higher than the predicted number of 7.5%. (The Australian)
January 21, 2014 The US National Academy of Sciences found that pollution from China’s manufacturing industry drifts across the Pacific Ocean and affects US cities. (ABC Online)
January 25, 2014 Science and technology Yutu, China's lunar rover, suffers an unspecified "mechanical control abnormality" shortly before going dormant for the two-week-long lunar night. The solar-powered vehicle has been on the Moon since 15 December and had survived one lunar night. (Xinhua, abc.net.au)
January 28, 2014 Bird flu in China: Sales of live poultry are banned in eastern China after 19 people die from the strain this year. (News Limited)
January 30, 2014 Chinese technology company Lenovo buys Motorola Mobility from Google for $3 billion to create its own mobile device unit. (BBC News)
February 2014 including 2014 week 5, 2014 week 6, 2014 week 7, 2014 week 8, and 2014 week 9 can be used to examine China.
2014 week 5 has no reported events.
February 6, 2014 Chinese media criticizes Philippine President Benigno Aquino III for his remarks the previous day. (CNN)
February 11, 2014 The first governmental meetings occur between the People's Republic of China (China) and the Republic of China (Taiwan) after a 65 year hiatus. (AFP via Google News)
February 13, 2014 South China Sea dispute: The United States says that it is ready to defend its allies in case of an armed conflict. (Voice of America)
February 13, 2014 China's Yutu rover, after being pronounced dead the day previously, leaves dormancy one day late after malfunctioning prior to the Lunar night.(wired.co.uk) (BBC)
February 19, 2014 Dongfeng Motor, a Chinese auto company, is buying a $1.1 billion equity stake in PSA Peugeot Citroen for 800 million euros, part of a broader effort to bail out the struggling French concern. (Reuters)
February 24, 2014 -- South China Sea dispute: Chinese vessels reportedly harassed Filipino fishermen off the coast of the Philippines last January 27, according to the Philippine military. (BBC News)
February 25, 2014 -- China's National Meteorological Center of CMA warns of heavy smog in northern and central China over the next two days. (Xinhua)
March 2014 including 2014 week 11, 2014 week 12, 2014 week 13, and 2014 week 14 can be connected. 2014 week 10 can be connected.
March 1, 2014 -- Kunming station massacre A group of knife-wielding terrorist suspects attacks people at the Kunming Railway Station in the city of Kunming in Yunnan province, south-western China. At least 29 people are killed and 130 others injured. (xinhuanet.com)(BBC)
The second quarter 2014 including April 2014, May 2014, and June 2014 can be connected. The third quarter 2014 including July 2014, August 2014, and September 2014 can be connected. The fourth quarter 2014 including October 2014, November 2014, and December 2014 can be connected.
2015 including the first quarter 2015, second quarter 2015, third quarter 2015, and fourth quarter 2015 can be connected.
The first quarter 2015 including January 2015, February 2015, and March 2015 can be connected. The second quarter 2015 including April 2015, May 2015, and June 2015 can be connected. The third quarter 2015 including July 2015, August 2015, and Septmber 2015 can be connected. The fourth quarter 2015 including October 2015, November 2015, and December 2015 can be connected.
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Created 17 May 2016 Last updated 10 May 2017