The Communist Party of China announces that Bo Xilai, former Party chief of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, has been expelled from the Party and removed from public office. He also faces criminal charges
Yunnan Landslide
Eighteen students in class are killed in a landslide in southwest China's Yunnan Province
Christian Campaign
The China Christian Council (CCC) and the National Committee of Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China launch a theological exchange campaign
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CPC CONGRESS TO OPEN
On September 30, a mother and son pass by a flower bed in Beijing set up for the upcoming 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (WANG XIANG)
LAST RESPECTS
Officials of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region observe three minutes of silence for the victims of a fatal ferry crash in front of the city government's headquarters on October 4 (WONG PUN-KEUNG)
SEEKING TRUTH
Readers leaf through the Chinese version of Diaoyu Dao, an Inherent Territory of China white paper at Xidan Bookstore in Beijing on September 28 (SHI GANG)
   
PMI Contraction
China's manufacturing activity continues to contract in September but the rate of deterioration eases slightly compared with the previous month. The September index ends the manufacturing PMI's continuous decline for four straight months
Tax Reform
Two more Chinese provinces, Jiangsu and Anhui in the country's east, start a pilot reformb to replace turnover tax with value-added tax in the transport sector and some areas of the service industries, following Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai
Growing Wealth
The China Investment Corporation, the nation's sovereign wealth fund, announces that the annualized yield of its overseas investment stands at 3.9 percent since it was founded five years ago
  • SYRIA
    Rescue teams and security forces search at the scene of car bomb explosions that hit the northern city of Aleppo on October 3. Three car bombs killed at least 35 people and wounded 70 others (XINHUA/AFP)
  • SPAIN
    Police vans block a street leading to the parliament building in Madrid on September 29, during a demonstration against a political system that protesters say deprives ordinary Spaniards of a voice in the crisis (XINHUA/AFP)
  • THE UNITED STATES
    U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on October 3 in Denver, Colorado, at the start of the first of three presidential debates (XINHUA/AFP)
  • LIBYA
    Benghazi residents and activists make a human chain in the shape of a "pink ribbon" lit by a central firework during a rally to mark international breast cancer awareness month on October 1 (XINHUA/AFP)
  • INDONESIA
    A ranger inspects a 10-day-old baby elephant at Sarah Deu conservation response unit in Sampoiniet, Aceh Jaya, on September 27. There are fewer than 3,000 Sumatran elephants remaining in the wild, a 50-percent drop in number since 1985 (XINHUA/AFP)
  • THE EUROPEAN UNION
    An Ariane 5 rocket carrying two satellites, ASTRA 2F and GSAT-10, blasts off on September 28 from the European space center of Kourou, French Guiana. The ASTRA 2F will provide satellite TV links to Africa, Europe and the Middle East. The GSAT-10 carried equipment for GPS and GEO navigation systems (XINHUA/AFP)
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