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Heavy rain leaves 30 dead in Chinese capital
AFP, Published on 29/07/2025
» BEIJING — Heavy rain in the Chinese capital Beijing has killed 30 people and prompted authorities to evacuate 80,000, state media said Tuesday.
Four killed in landslide as heavy rain drenches northern China
AFP, Published on 28/07/2025
» MIYUN, China - Torrential rain soaking northern China triggered a deadly landslide, burst riverbanks and washed away cars on Monday, with thousands of people forced to evacuate the days-long deluge.
2024 China’s hottest year on record
AFP, Published on 02/01/2025
» BEIJING - Last year was China’s warmest on record, its weather agency said, as the world experiences a surge in extreme weather fuelled by climate change.
China's frigid northeast thrives on 'little potato' tourism boom
AFP, Published on 31/12/2024
» HARBIN, China - Animal ears and pom-poms on fuzzy hats adorn tourists' heads on the streets of the frigid northeastern Chinese city of Harbin, which is enjoying a surge in visitors driven by social media.
Survivors brave freezing cold after China quake kills 131
AFP, Published on 20/12/2023
» JISHISHAN (CHINA) - Survivors of China's deadliest earthquake in years huddled in aid tents on Wednesday after overnight temperatures plunged well below zero, with the death toll rising to 131.
At least 116 dead in northwest China earthquake
AFP, Published on 19/12/2023
» BEIJING - At least 116 people were killed when an earthquake collapsed buildings in northwest China, state media reported Tuesday, as rescue workers raced to start digging through rubble in freezing conditions.
Hard to bear: UK's only pandas return to China
AFP, Published on 04/12/2023
» LONDON: The UK's only giant pandas left Edinburgh for China on Monday after spending 12 cubless years in the Scottish capital.
Chinese company gives leftover hotpot oil second life as jet fuel
AFP, Published on 21/11/2023
» CHENGDU (CHINA) - At an upmarket restaurant in the hotpot-loving Chinese city of Chengdu, diners plunge sliced meat and vegetables into cauldrons of spicy, oily broth, largely unaware that their leftovers are set to take on a second life as jet fuel.
China lithium boom harming fragile Tibetan plateau: report
AFP, Published on 01/11/2023
» BEIJING - China's booming electric vehicle industry is fuelling a lithium rush in the Tibetan plateau that risks damaging the troubled region's fragile ecology and deepening rights violations, research published Wednesday said.
China rains death toll rises to 78 as new storm approaches
AFP, Published on 11/08/2023
» BEIJING - The death toll from record-breaking rains across northern China rose to at least 78 on Friday, as authorities warned of more flooding and another storm approached the country.