Recent Political, Economic and Other Events in China
President Hu Jintao came to power in 2002 replacing Jiang Zemin. In 2003 China was hit by the deadly SARS virus that filled the entire world with fears of a similar outbreak. China, which has a long-standing border dispute with India, reached a settlement over the status of Sikkim and Tibet.

China became member of ASEAN+3 in 2004 thus giving a big boost to regional trade and commerce. China also passed a strict law enabling the use of armed force in the event of Taiwan declaring independence from it.

2006 saw a number of landmark events such as the second manned space flight aboard the Shenzou VI, the operation of the China-Tibet Rail line and the landmark China-Africa Heads of State Business Summit in Beijing.

China had to face considerable flak from world powers in 2007 over the missile test in space in which an old weather satellite was shot down, giving rise to fears of a space war with neighbours like India.

Tibet witnessed high-pitched anti-China protests in 2008 before the start of the Beijing Olympics. These protests consequently spread to other parts of the world. The year also witnessed a massive earthquake in Sichuan, which killed thousands of civilians, apart from this Russia and China also resolved all their outstanding border issues.

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US, Iran to discuss nuke program - 09 Apr 2009
of talks, which would include Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China. It also

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No such thing as advanced developing country: India - 09 Apr 2009
that major developing countries such as India and China ought to make specific...;The Japanese delegation said India and China are now 'advanced developing countries

Singapore busts illegal labour supply syndicate - 09 Apr 2009
Singapore, April 9 (DPA) Singapore authorities have busted an illegal labour supply syndicate which used to recruit workers from India, Bangladesh and China... and China, the Straits Times said.    Shamsul faces 125 charges for abetting

'Smart' Miley Cyrus blasts her critics - 09 Apr 2009
move for the schoolgirl star their young daughters idolize, reports The China

Robot to dig for historic treasures in China - 09 Apr 2009
New Delhi, April 9 (ANI): Archaeologists in China are taking the help of a robot specially designed for underground exploration, which is opening up a lost... a 1,300-year old tomb in Xi'an, China's ancient capital in the northwestern

Thai anti-government protesters threaten to mob ASEAN summit - 09 Apr 2009
are to meet this weekend along with their dialogue partners China, Japan, South Korea

China warns against Pak based 'terror movement' threatening strikes inside Mainland - 09 Apr 2009
London, Apr.9 (ANI): China has asked Pakistan to take action against the East... in the Tribal Areas, and is planning to attack China on the 60th anniversary... in February, China's Public Security Minister Meng Jianzhu had also discussed about

China sentences four Tibetans to death for March 2008 Lhasa riots - 09 Apr 2009
for their part in rioting in Lhasa last year.  Fierce anti-China riots broke out in Lhasa in March last year and spread across Tibet as China was preparing...: China's state media claimed the trials were open and the defendants were

US' China threat theory rejected by Beijing military experts - 09 Apr 2009
that China was engaged in spying and forging secret nuclear deals with foreign countries, saying these were induced by the perceived "China threat" worrying Washington... the threat posed by China for their own gains, the China Daily quoted experts

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