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Beijing

Arcs in and about Beijing from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Place · 818 stories · 3,136 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 2, 2023

Right nowactive arcs, newest development first

All arcs6 named arcs in 2025

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every arc in 2025 at its own dates · opens on month
Dec 1 – Dec 31, 20253 arcs shown · 1 more this December
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  • A mark is a story, on the day it was first reported
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The Russia-Ukraine war: the peace talks

25 of 297 stories this December · 2 about Beijing

US Envoy Witkoff Will Meet Putin in Moscow While Zelenskyy Tours Europe as Peace Efforts Press Ahead · 37 articles, Dec 1Europeans accuse Putin of feigning interest in peace after talks with US envoys · 18 articles, Dec 2Putin Says There Are Points He Can't Agree To in the US Proposal to End Russia's War in Ukraine · 10 articles, Dec 3Russia-US talks on Ukraine peace deal end without breakthrough, Putin aide says · 10 articles, Dec 3Ukraine to give new peace plans · 12 articles, Dec 6Russia unleashes massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine as talks to end war continue · 17 articles, Dec 6Zelensky to huddle with European leaders in London as Kremlin praises Trump’s new security strategy · 19 articles, Dec 8Zelenskyy will hold urgent talks with 30 countries as Trump pushes for swift peace deal with Russia · 17 articles, Dec 8Pope Leo meets Zelenskyy, calls for 'just and lasting' peace in Ukraine · 20 articles, Dec 8Ukraine’s Zelensky refuses to give up land to Russia: ‘Precisely what we are fighting for’ · 11 articles, Dec 9US proposes ‘free economic zone’ in parts of Donbas after Ukrainian pullback, Zelensky says · 6 articles, Dec 11Ukraine war briefing: US envoy to meet Zelenskyy, Europe leaders in Berlin · 10 articles, Dec 122 killed in Russia while Ukraine’s energy infrastructure is targeted as peace talks press on · 6 articles, Dec 13Zelenskyy offers to drop NATO bid for security guarantees · 12 articles, Dec 14US officials say Washington has agreed to give Ukraine security guarantees in peace talks - Boston News, Weather, Sports · 5 articles, Dec 15Russia Indicates It’s Open to Ukraine Joining EU as Part of Peace Deal to End War, US Officials Say · 7 articles, Dec 15Zelensky says peace proposals to end the war in Ukraine could be presented to Russia within days · 19 articles, Dec 16Trump says Ukraine peace deal is ‘closer than ever’ after Berlin talks, but is it? Here are the key sticking points · 12 articles, Dec 16U.S. to meet with Russian and Ukrainian teams in Miami for new peace talks · 9 articles, Dec 18Russia says talks on U.S. peace plan for Ukraine 'are proceeding constructively' · 22 articles, Dec 21Zelenskyy says he’s open to creating demilitarized zone in Ukraine’s industrial heartland - Boston News, Weather, Sports · 10 articles, Dec 24U.S. and Ukraine reach consensus on key issues aimed at ending the war · 7 articles, Dec 24Zelenskyy says he will meet with Trump in Florida on Sunday for talks on Ukraine security guarantees · 58 articles, Dec 26Trump says Ukraine and Russia are 'closer than ever' to peace after talks with Zelenskyy · 84 articles, Dec 26Zelensky says US offering Ukraine 15-year security guarantee in latest peace plan · 33 articles, Dec 29
The law forcing TikTok's sale or ban, from Congress to the 2025 deal

1 of 84 stories this December · 2 about Beijing · gone quiet

TikTok signs deal to sell US unit to 3 investors, including this Bay Area company · 57 articles, Dec 19
Trump's tariff war with China and the truces that followed

1 of 75 stories this December · 8 about Beijing

Trump is giving farmers $12B in aid. They’ve been hit hard by his trade war with China - Boston News, Weather, Sports · 52 articles, Dec 8
Nvidia's fight to sell advanced AI chips to China · Apr 15, 2025 – Jan 14, 2026

Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold

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Sep 25, 20232306
Oct 2, 2023815787
Oct 9, 202314227102
Oct 16, 202315289115
Oct 23, 2023164010182
Oct 30, 2023113135
Nov 6, 202382610133
Nov 13, 2023153514192
Nov 20, 2023513647
Nov 27, 2023812442
Dec 4, 2023720885
Dec 11, 20239191376
Dec 18, 2023719470
Dec 25, 2023615863
Jan 1, 202499233
Jan 8, 2024153811173
Jan 15, 20241122582
Jan 22, 2024410241
Jan 29, 2024223510177
Feb 5, 2024711437
Feb 12, 20240103
Feb 19, 2024264311230
Feb 26, 202422111
Mar 4, 202415293110
Mar 11, 2024334720293
Mar 18, 2024813544
Mar 25, 2024142911147
Apr 1, 20248267107
Apr 8, 20248247107
Apr 15, 2024244517263
Apr 22, 2024306115374
Apr 29, 202413318128
May 6, 2024718664
May 13, 2024143114165
May 20, 20241123786
May 27, 2024214811211
Jun 3, 2024616552
Jun 10, 202411239107
Jun 17, 2024423876
Jun 24, 2024922473
Jul 1, 2024613235
Jul 8, 20249309123
Jul 15, 2024312137
Jul 22, 202411419174
Jul 29, 202418125
Aug 12, 202417123
Aug 19, 2024813454
Aug 26, 2024724797
Sep 2, 20241124994
Sep 9, 202447129
Sep 16, 2024616450
Sep 23, 2024417861
Sep 30, 20247161560
Oct 7, 202458228
Oct 14, 2024410329
Oct 21, 202438523
Oct 28, 202424215
Nov 4, 2024417662
Nov 11, 2024219579
Nov 18, 2024510241
Nov 25, 2024193119211
Dec 2, 2024103315167
Dec 9, 2024426896
Dec 16, 2024410745
Dec 23, 2024810964
Dec 30, 202405011
Jan 6, 2025719981
Jan 13, 2025285526396
Jan 20, 20251209
Jan 27, 202510244113
Feb 3, 2025918474
Feb 17, 20250101
Feb 24, 202536116
Mar 3, 2025213311153
Mar 10, 202548218
Mar 17, 202533216
Mar 24, 202546626
Mar 31, 2025193414198
Apr 7, 2025367325665
Apr 14, 202592611108
Apr 21, 20251015994
Apr 28, 2025716557
May 5, 2025132512115
May 12, 20259279104
May 19, 2025173015190
May 26, 2025153112154
Jun 2, 202510258117
Jun 9, 2025623792
Jun 16, 202566529
Jun 23, 20250407
Jun 30, 2025620585
Jul 7, 202512311
Jul 14, 2025211530
Jul 21, 202554416
Jul 28, 202516227
Aug 11, 2025516650
Aug 18, 20250205
Aug 25, 2025412636
Sep 1, 2025815683
Sep 8, 202549424
Sep 15, 2025114112186
Sep 22, 2025112111105
Sep 29, 20252119
Oct 6, 20256191281
Oct 13, 202541311
Oct 20, 2025710639
Oct 27, 2025142613140
Nov 3, 202546219
Nov 10, 202523111
Nov 17, 202549641
Nov 24, 202536519
Dec 1, 202539136
Dec 8, 2025510848
Dec 15, 20251114874
Dec 22, 202536324
Dec 29, 20251122491
Jan 5, 20261216
Jan 12, 20261014985
Jan 19, 20269269150
Jan 26, 202676549
Feb 2, 202617201095
Feb 9, 202689543
Feb 16, 2026516039
Mar 9, 20261105
Mar 16, 202669751
Mar 23, 202604312
Mar 30, 20260205
Apr 6, 202642514
Apr 13, 202616721
Apr 20, 202656223
Apr 27, 202636623
May 4, 2026713962
May 11, 2026153313276
May 18, 20264275104
May 25, 20261429
Jun 1, 20260202
Jun 8, 202636323
Jun 22, 202668533
Jun 29, 20261013497
Jul 6, 2026163324192
Jul 13, 2026356542684
Jul 20, 2026142818182
Jul 27, 202691912132
Aug 3, 202610151161
Aug 10, 2026917579
Aug 17, 2026112412122
Aug 24, 2026254524261
Aug 31, 2026193020202
Sep 7, 2026122814158
Sep 14, 2026143820202
Sep 21, 2026337526533
Sep 28, 202617219148

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else105 stories in 2025 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Beijing that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Dec 28– 29Top diplomats of China, Cambodia and Thailand meet as Beijing seeks to strengthen role in dispute11 articles · 8 independent sources
    2 left, 3 center, 0 right
  2. Nov 2Canada and Philippines to sign a defense pact to boost combat drills and deter China’s aggression5 articles · 5 independent sources
    2 left, 2 center, 0 right
  3. Sep 21– 23US and China Are 'Talking Past Each Other' on Key Issues, Says US Lawmaker Visiting Beijing13 articles · 10 independent sources
    2 left, 3 center, 0 right
  4. Sep 1– 2Kim Jong Un heads to Beijing in famous armored train used by generations of North Korean leaders22 articles · 20 independent sources
    2 left, 6 center, 0 right
  5. Aug 28– Sep 3Xi, Putin and Kim stand united at Beijing military parade in historic show of authoritarian strength49 articles · 27 independent sources
    5 left, 10 center, 3 right
  6. Aug 14– 15World's first humanoid robot games begin in China11 articles · 10 independent sources
    2 left, 5 center, 1 right
  7. Jul 28– 29Streets turn to rivers as deadly flooding inundates northern Beijing23 articles · 21 independent sources
    1 left, 5 center, 0 right
  8. Jul 1– 2Justice Department says 2 Chinese nationals charged with spying inside the US for Beijing12 articles · 12 independent sources
    0 left, 4 center, 3 right
  9. May 24– 27Apple's iPhone exports from India to US jumped 76% in push to avoid China tariffs5 articles · 4 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 1 right
  10. Apr 294 former Hong Kong lawmakers freed after years in prison under a Beijing-imposed security law9 articles · 9 independent sources
    2 left, 4 center, 0 right

Stories that name Beijing

  1. Dec 30China fires a warning to the U.S. and simulates Taiwan blockade; Trump says he's 'not worried'7 articles · 4 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 1 right
  2. Dec 30– 31New search aims to solve enduring mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappearance12 articles · 10 independent sources
    2 left, 4 center, 1 right
  3. Dec 29– 30China stages military drills around Taiwan to warn 'external forces' after US, Japan tensions53 articles · 34 independent sources
    8 left, 15 center, 4 right
  4. Dec 26China sanctions 20 U.S. defense companies and 10 executives over massive arms sales to Taiwan14 articles · 13 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 2 right
  5. Dec 26Japan's Cabinet OKs Record Defense Budget That Aims to Deter China12 articles · 12 independent sources
    1 left, 3 center, 1 right
  6. Dec 18China sues after Missouri seeks to collect on $25 billion court judgement, prosecutor says7 articles · 6 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 0 right
  7. Dec 18– 19US announces massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion45 articles · 35 independent sources
    3 left, 10 center, 7 right
  8. Dec 14– 16Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai convicted on conspiracy charges34 articles · 28 independent sources
    7 left, 6 center, 5 right
  9. Dec 8China's trade surplus hits $1 trillion for first time ever12 articles · 12 independent sources
    1 left, 3 center, 3 right
  10. Dec 5– 7Hong Kong votes in legislative election after deadly fire7 articles · 6 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 0 right

Local coverage

  1. Nov 15China warns citizens against Japan travel as Taiwan spat escalates6 articles · 6 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 0 right
  2. Oct 28China pitches itself as alternative to US protectionism after signing expanded ASEAN free trade pact6 articles · 5 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 0 right
  3. Apr 7Asian markets plunge with Japan's Nikkei diving nearly 8% after big Wall St. meltdown5 articles · 4 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 1 right
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