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China friends save crash driver, share story with shop boss who turns out to be dad
Karma comes quick as car-crash Good Samaritans stop off at eatery after accident, are given extra free food then truth emerges about victim.
16 Mar 2025 - 6:00PM
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Chinese girl rescued after being stranded on window ledge
11 Mar 2025 - 6:00PM
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At least 11 dead after Chinese river ferry hit by larger vessel
1 Mar 2025 - 3:28PM
Taiwan
2 Macau residents among 4 dead in Taiwan department store blast
Taichung fire department says explosion may have been linked to renovations on 12th floor of building.
13 Feb 2025 - 9:15PM
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6 dead in highway bus fire in southern China
Other passengers injured in the incident are not in a life-threatening condition, authorities say.
12 Feb 2025 - 8:12PM
China society
Rescuers in China sift through landslide debris for 28 missing villagers
Rain and fog hamper recovery efforts in area close to recently revived coal mine site.
9 Feb 2025 - 8:56PM
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30 missing, homes buried in landslide in southwest China
Two people have been pulled from the debris in the village of Jinping in Sichuan province.
8 Feb 2025 - 9:25PM
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Lunar New Year
China faces ‘another test’ as travellers shiver through annual holiday rush
Transport officials urged to be alert and prepared as world’s biggest annual migration of humanity heads home during Spring Festival.
28 Jan 2025 - 5:54PM
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Communist Party politics
China hands out punishments over deadly May Day highway collapse
Four government offices and 32 officials have been held accountable over tragedy in which more than 50 people died.
25 Jan 2025 - 8:30PM
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Artificial intelligence
AI, big data and space tech: China’s plan to beef up emergency communications
Beijing calls for progress on key technologies to improve the country’s emergency responses.
24 Jan 2025 - 12:00PM
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Taiwan
Taiwan braces for more shocks after magnitude 6.4 earthquake terrifies residents
Dozens of homes and structures damaged in Tainan and Chiayi, where the epicentre was recorded.
21 Jan 2025 - 6:11PM
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Cooking-oil truck in China catches alight, causing ‘firefall’ from overpass
No injuries were reported as a result of the incident.
20 Jan 2025 - 5:15PM
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Crime in China
China executes 2 after back-to-back mass killings that shook the nation
Fan Weiqiu, 62, and Xu Jiajin, 21, were convicted of carrying out deadly public attacks that investigators attributed to personal problems.
20 Jan 2025 - 9:19PM
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Chinese tourist killed in jet ski crash in Thailand
The tourist’s jet ski collided with another on the holiday resort of Phuket.
14 Jan 2025 - 10:20PM
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Massive icicles fall on tourists at popular waterfall in China, injuring 1
Visitors had been warned to stay away from the potential danger.
14 Jan 2025 - 5:30PM
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Huge cement-dust cloud blankets streets in China after silo rupture
Pedestrians and streets were blanketed in dust.
9 Jan 2025 - 5:07PM
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Tibet
Tibet earthquake rescuers race against time, cold to find trapped survivors
A day after deadly earthquake strikes southern Tibet, more than 465,000 people have been evacuated to temporary shelters, reports say.
8 Jan 2025 - 8:28PM
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Natural disasters
China’s Tibet rocked by magnitude 6.8 earthquake
President Xi Jinping orders search and rescue efforts as villages report several people trapped under rubble and extensive damage
7 Jan 2025 - 5:30PM
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Tibet
Earthquake death toll in China’s Tibet region rises to 126 as temperatures plunge
Hundreds of emergency workers have been deployed amid reports of extensive damage.
7 Jan 2025 - 10:35PM
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Aviation
China steps up air safety after deadly Azerbaijani, South Korean plane crashes
Aviation authority urges measures to avoid bird strikes and assess risks in response to Jeju Air and Azerbaijan Airlines disasters.
3 Jan 2025 - 5:13PM
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Crime in China
Chinese city investigates reports of baby trafficking by hospital worker
Cleaner at Datong medical facility accused of arranging sales of newborns, and whistle-blower says doctor also helped sell infant.
2 Jan 2025 - 9:00PM
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China banks on festive handouts and tighter security to ward off social instability
Authorities around the country are on alert for risks over Lunar New Year after series of deadly attacks on the public.
31 Dec 2024 - 6:00PM
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Crime in China
Chinese court sentences Zhuhai car attack driver to death for killing 35 people
A court said Fan Weiqiu deliberately drove into a group of people exercising last month because he was angered by his divorce settlement.
27 Dec 2024 - 9:16PM
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Shanghai
Construction crane falls onto train in Shanghai
No injuries were immediately reported after an arm of a tower crane hit a running metro train in Shanghai
23 Dec 2024 - 12:46PM
Science
Chinese space defence expert Zhang Xiaoxin dies in car crash in Beijing
Zhang, 62, a pioneer in China’s space weather sector, is remembered for his outstanding contribution to monitoring and warning technology.
17 Dec 2024 - 8:44PM
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Shenzhen
Gas blast causes fire at luxury apartments in Chinese city of Shenzhen
One dead but no other fatalities or injuries reported after blaze caused extensive damage at one of the city’s most exclusive addresses.
11 Dec 2024 - 10:34PM
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China seafood vendor praised for putting out blaze, losing pricey marine products
Courageous act garners outpouring of admiration, with some affectionately referring to him as ‘Fish Dealer Brother’.
10 Dec 2024 - 2:00PM
China’s Communist Party
Zhuhai car attack: senior heads roll in south China city where dozens died
The mayor and public security director, along with district officials, have been replaced in rare cluster of appointments.
9 Dec 2024 - 3:09PM
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