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2007 in China

Events in the year 2007 in China.

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January

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July

  • July 4 – A tornado kills 14 people and injures at least 146 near Tianchang, Anhui Province, in eastern China.
  • July 5 – Twenty-five people died and 33 are injured in an explosion in a karaoke bar in Tianshifu in northeast China. An investigation conducted the next day concludes that the explosion was caused by improperly stored explosives.
  • July 7 – Over 800 landslides occurred following heavy rains in eastern Sichuan, leaving thousands of villagers in Daxian homeless.
  • July 10 – China executes the former head of the State Food and Drug Association Zheng Xiaoyu for corruption.
  • July 16 – China punishes 95 officials for allowing workers and children to labour in slave-like conditions in brick kilns.
  • July 18 – the city of Chongqing is hit with the largest rainstorm in the city's meteorological records, killing 32. 12 people are reported missing.
  • July 20 – China shuts down a chemical plant associated with deaths in Panama from tainted medicine and two petfood plants associated with the deaths of pets in the United States.
  • July 22 – More than 100 people die in floods and landslides in China.
  • July 30 – Sixty-nine miners are trapped in a flooded coal mine in Henan province in central China.
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  • Storm Online – a free-to-play 2.5D fantasy role playing game is first released in China.

August

  • August 5 – Thirty-four rail workers building a tunnel in Hubei province China are trapped 200 metres underground following a landslide.
  • August 8 – China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region celebrates its 60th anniversary. Chinese Vice-President Zeng Qinghong visits its capital, Hohhot, and participates in a series of large celebration events.
  • August 9 – China temporarily bans exports from two toy manufacturers whose products were banned or recalled in the United States and other countries.
  • August 13 – Flooding caused by Tropical Storm Pabuk causes widespread flooding in Guangdong Province in southern China affecting up to 1.2 million people.
  • August 14 – A bridge under construction completely collapses in Fenghuang County, Hunan Province, China, killing at least 47 people. 21 workers are injured, 13 are still missing.
  • August 14 – Mattel recalls over 18 million toys made in China that may potentially be harmful to children.
  • August 14 – China establishes a minimum living standard system to cover all rural residents in 2007. The system is designed to pull poor villagers out of poverty.
  • August 17 – 172 coal miners are trapped in a flooded mine in Shandong province in eastern China.
  • August 17 – 2007 Pacific typhoon season: Southeast China and Taiwan prepare for typhoon Sepat.
  • August 19 – Typhoon Sepat spawns a tornado that kills nine people in Zhejiang Province, China. More than a million people have been evacuated as a result of the typhoon.
  • August 20 – A China Airlines Boeing 737 airplane explodes less than a minute after all passengers and crew are evacuated shortly after landing at Naha, Japan.
  • August 22 – Typhoon Sepat has killed at least 36 people in southeast China in the past week.

September

  • September 1 – New laws come into effect giving China more control over the selection of the Dalai Lama.
  • September 3 – Four cargo ships carrying methanol sink on the Hanjiang River, the source of the water supply for Wuhan, China, with environmental authorities monitoring water quality.
  • September 12 – Thousands of ex-soldiers are rioting in the People's Republic of China in the cities of Baotou, Wuhan, and Baoji, breaking into cars, destroying classrooms, and setting fires. The riot is the largest protest since the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest.
  • September 18 – China confirms a bird flu outbreak in Guangzhou.
  • September 18 – 2007 Pacific typhoon season: Hundreds of thousands of people are evacuated from Shanghai, China as Typhoon Wipha approaches.
  • September 19 – Typhoon Wipha (Goring) makes landfall in eastern China before weakening to a Category 2 typhoon as it heads inland.

October

November

December

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