The FBI publicly confirmed that they believed COVID-19 originated in a lab in Wuhan, China.
Shenzhen became the first Chinese city to ban eating cats and dogs.
A COVID-19 quarantine hotel collapsed in China, leaving 70 people trapped.
One hundred million people were placed in lockdown in Wuhan, China, amid the Covid-19 outbreak.
More than 100,000 people attended a vigil in Hong Kong to commemorate the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
Xi'an, China, introduced a pedestrian lane for people who walk while looking at their phones.
In the Global Carbon Project, it was reported that CO2 emissions reached an all-time high (up 2.7%) driven by coal use in China and the consumption of oil.
A five-day pollution red alert was declared in Beijing and 21 other Chinese cities.
A Chinese Long March rocket launched the Belarussian government's Belintersat-1 satellite into orbit.
China successfully landed its moon rover.
Eleven kindergarten children were killed after a minivan plunged into a roadside pond in Jiangxi, China.
Russia and China began their first-ever joint military exercise.
China's Shenzhou spacecraft launched on its fourth and final uncrewed flight.
Up to 800 civilians and 12 soldiers died during a student protest for democracy at Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China.
China lifted the country's ban on literature by Aristotle, Shakespeare, and Dickens.
One hundred thousand rioters gathered at Tiananmen Square in Beijing to protest against the Chinese government.
China's famous Terracotta Army was uncovered by a group of farmers near Xi'an, China.
US President Richard Nixon met with Chinese leader Mao Zedong in Beijing to finalize a peace deal between their two countries.
China performed its first thermonuclear test.
The Dalai Lama received political asylum in India after fleeing from China.
