2011 in China

March 2 – 2011 Gyeongryeolbi island fishing incident
March 10 – 2011 Yunnan earthquake: At least 24 people are killed and 207 injured following a 5.4 magnitude earthquake in Yingjiang County of the Yunnan province near the Burma border.^[4]^[5]^[6]
March 16 – Phuntsog self-immolation incident
March 29 – 2011 Yunnan protest

April 5 – The Ministry of Health dismissed media coverages about Yinzibing (HIV-negative AIDS).^[7]
April 13 – 2011 Shanghai riot
April 14 – 2011 BRICS summit
April 20 – 2011 Shanghai Truckers Strike
April 22 – Wang Jia-zheng (汪家正) self-immolation incident^[8]
April 28 – Xi'an China International Horticultural Exposition 2011

May 10 – 2011 Xilinhot incident
May 13 – Yang Xianwen (杨显文) Tianzhu bank bombing case^[9]
May 20 – 2011 Chengdu Foxconn explosion incident
May 26 – 2011 Fuzhou, Jiangxi bombings
May – My Heart Sings Loud television variety show is launched by Dragon TV.^[10]

June 1 – Painting Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains reunify the two halves of the painting held by Republic of China and the People's Republic of China^[11]
June 6 – 2011 Chaozhou riot
June 7 – Wang Meng assault incident
June 10 –
- Tianjin bombing^[12]
- 2011 Zengcheng riot
June 11 – 2011 China floods (est.)
June 11 – 17 – 3rd Straits Forum
June 16 – Mutiny on Lurongyu 2682, a fishing trawler in the South Pacific. After a month-long killings from this day, 11 of the 33 crew returned to China.
June 26 – National Red Games, celebration of 90th anniversary of founding of Communist party

September 1 – First China-Eurasia Expo
September 16 – Line 2, The first line of the Xian Subway was completed.
September 23 – 2011 Lufeng city riot
September 26 – Lobsang Kalsang and Lobsang Konchok self-immolation incident^[14]
September 27 – Shandong Foxconn fire incident
September 29 – Launch of Tiangong 1

October 5 – 13 Chinese crew members of two ships are murdered in the Mekong River massacre
October 10 – 100th Anniversary of Xinhai Revolution
October 13 – Death of Wang Yue and public outcry in the aftermath
October 19 – Seventh Chen-Chiang summit
October 21 – 2011 Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident^[15]^[16]^[17]
October 26 – 2011 Zhili riot
October 31 – Announcement of Sunway BlueLight, first supercomputer to use domestic processors^[18]^[19]

November 1 – Launch of Shenzhou 8
November 12 – 2011 Zhongshan riot
November 14 – Xi'an gas explosion^[20]
November 16 – 2011 Gansu school bus crash
November 20 – North Korean guards cross to Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County after death of Kim Jong-il^[21]
November 27 – Billionaire real estate tycoon Huang Nubo is rejected to purchase parts of Iceland

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