Fourteen flights from Hainan 's provincial capital Haikou were cancelled Change_event_time and rail ferry service to China was suspended Process_end .

The strike-slip rupture originated Coming_to_be on the Red River Fault , which had not experienced an earthquake above magnitude 7 since 1700 , and affected Influence Tonghai County , Yunnan province , China .

It was cited Adducing as one of the reasons behind creating the largest earthquake monitoring system in China , 25 years later .

The arrest Arrest occurred Presence just after Gates returned Arriving home to Cambridge after a trip to China to research the ancestry of Yo-Yo Ma for `` Faces of America '' .

The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict Violence fought Hostile_encounter primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from July 7 , 1937 , to September 2 , 1945 .

Some sources in the modern People 's Republic of China date the beginning Process_start of the war to the Japanese invasion Attack of Manchuria in 1931 .

China fought Hostile_encounter Japan with aid from the Soviet Union and the United States .

After the Japanese attack Attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 , the war merged Cause_to_amalgamate with other conflicts of World War II as a major sector known as the China Burma India Theater .

From 1931 to 1937 , China and Japan continued to skirmish in small , localized engagements , so-called `` incidents '' .

While Japan ruled Control the large cities , they lacked sufficient manpower to control Control China 's vast countryside .

During this time , Chinese communist forces launched Process_start a counter offensive in Central China while Chinese nationalist forces launched Process_start a large scale winter offensive .

The United States began Process_start to aid China by airlifting Bringing material over the Himalayas after the Allied defeat Conquering in Burma that closed the Burma Road .

In 1945 , the Chinese Expeditionary Force resumed Recovering its advance in Burma and completed Process_end the Ledo Road linking India to China .

Despite continuing to occupy part of China 's territory , Japan eventually surrendered Surrendering on September 2 , 1945 , to Allied forces following the atomic bombings Attack of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet invasion Attack of Japanese-held Manchuria .

China was recognized Know as one of the Big Four of the Allies during the war and became Becoming one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council .

The Copenhagen Accord was drafted Writing by the United States , China , India , Brazil and South Africa on 18 December , and judged Legal_rulings a `` meaningful agreement Commitment '' by the United States government .

The Qinghe Special Steel Corporation disaster was an industrial disaster Catastrophe that occurred Coming_to_be on April 18 , 2007 , in Qinghe District , Tieling , Liaoning , China .

Sun Huashan , deputy head of the State Administration of Work Safety , said Statement that it was `` the most serious accident Catastrophe to hit Attack China 's steel industry since 1949 . ''

Typhoon Rammasun , known Know in the Philippines as Typhoon Glenda , was one of the only two Category 5 super typhoons on record in the South China Sea , with the other one being Pamela in 1954 .

Rammasun had destructive impacts Influence across the Philippines , South China , and Vietnam in July 2014 .

Two major contending powers emerged Coming_to_be , Western Chu and Han , which engaged Hostile_encounter in a struggle Hostile_encounter for supremacy over China .

Typhoon Fanapi , known in the Philippines as Typhoon Inday , was a damaging Damaging and deadly typhoon Catastrophe that struck Attack Taiwan and southeastern China in September 2010 .

Later that day made a final landfall Self_motion in Fujian , China .

The storm dissipated Dispersal on September 21 over southern China .

However , impacts were worst in Taiwan and mainland China .

Later , the threat from Fanapi caused Causation 264,000 people to evacuate Removing their homes in southeastern China .

The farewell tour Traveling consisted Cause_to_be_included of 8 dates in China and 33 in the UK and Ireland culminating in 2 nights at Croke Park in June .

North Vietnam was supported Supporting by the Soviet Union , China , and other communist allies ; South Vietnam was supported by the United States , South Korea , the Philippines , Australia , Thailand and other anti-communist allies .

North Vietnam was heavily backed Self_motion by the People 's Republic of China , which in addition to supplying arms as the USSR did , also sent hundreds of thousands of PLA servicemen to North Vietnam to serve in support roles .

The storm Catastrophe rapidly deteriorated Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale overland , but was still believed to have been a typhoon when it emerged Coming_to_be into the South China Sea .

It was the first tournament Competition played Competition separately in Australia , China and the United States .

The French were caught off guard and all of the garrisons were overrun Attack with some then having to escape Escaping to Nationalist China where they were harshly interned Arrest .

The US sanctions which prevented Preventing_or_letting trade with the United States ( which had occupied Control the Philippines around the same time ) resulted in Causation Japan furthering their expansion in the territory of China and Southeast Asia .

The battle Military_operation took place Process_start about a month after the People 's Republic of China entered the conflict Hostile_encounter and sent Sending the People 's Volunteer Army ( PVA ) 9th Army to infiltrate Attack the northeastern part of North Korea .

It is frequently listed Recording as the third deadliest earthquake Catastrophe in history , following on from the Shensi and Tangshan earthquakes Catastrophe in China .

The tournament Competition was held Defending in China between 18–29 August 2015 .