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Pastor Jin Mingri, founder of Beijing Zion Church, is released after detention since October 2025.

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome global outbreak originating in southern China.

The Korean War was an armed conflict fought on the Korean Peninsula between North Korea and South Korea, with North Korea supported by China and the Soviet Union, while South Korea…

A skirmish near Beijing between Japanese and Chinese forces, marking the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

A conflict between Japan and China in Shanghai, marking the beginning of the January 28 Incident.

A catastrophic flood of the Yangtze and Huai Rivers in 1931, resulting in an estimated 422,000 deaths due to drowning and subsequent starvation and disease.

A staged explosion by the Japanese military used as a pretext for invading Manchuria.

Zhang Zuolin, a warlord in China, is killed by Japanese agents.

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The Republic of China terminates diplomatic relations with Germany.

A Chinese troop transport ship capsizes off the coast, resulting in at least 1,000 deaths.

A short-lived rebellion in Chongqing, China, quickly suppressed by Republican forces.

A devastating typhoon struck parts of China, causing significant loss of life.

A force of 2,000 Chinese troops marched into Lhasa, forcing the 13th Dalai Lama to flee.

Japanese politician Itō Hirobumi is assassinated by An Jung-geun in Harbin, Manchuria.

Thailand's criminal court sentences two Uyghur men to death for the 2015 Erawan Shrine bombing.

CSRB review faulting Microsoft security culture after PRC-attributed intrusion into U.

The Manchu Qing dynasty ended with the abdication of Emperor Puyi, leading to the establishment of the Republic of China.