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A protective panel over an industrial flotation tank is believed to have given way moments before six engineering students fell to their deaths in China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region. Photo: Handout
Safety in China

Questions grow as China mourns 6 engineering students lost in mine accident

Details emerge of the hours-long rescue effort while state media and the online public demand a full investigation and accountability.

Science

China sets out ethical guidelines for autonomous driving technology

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Mainland China

6 Chinese university students drown on mine field trip in Inner Mongolia

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Video | Chinese passengers arrested for fighting on plane

The argument escalated quickly into a physical fight.

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Chinese passengers arrested for fighting on plane
China food safety

Chinese lead poisoning scandal raises fresh questions over local governance

The authorities in Gansu have said that 10 officials are under investigation for their alleged role in covering up the case.

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Hong Kong

Typhoon Wipha forces evacuation of hundreds of thousands in southern China

The storm is battering Guangdong province and Hong Kong with wind speeds of up to 150 km/h.

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Video | Shanghai metro passengers evacuated after train malfunctions

Passengers said they noticed a strong burning smell after the train stopped.

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Shanghai metro passengers evacuated after train malfunctions
China society

Opinion | Lead poisoning scandal in China shows tendency to cover up is still strong

Suppression of information in such cases is part of a familiar pattern of local government response.

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China ‘luckiest driver’ survives after truck balances on edge of collapsed bridge

You was carrying 22 tonnes of mineral powder that day; the weight of truck ultimately helped stop it from falling.

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Video | Tiger walks on highway in China, shocking motorists

The tiger went back to the woods shortly after.

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Tiger walks on highway in China, shocking motorists
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Video | Chinese man smashes train window after collision traps passengers on hot day

The man was later taken to the police station and was released after being reprimanded.

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Chinese man smashes train window after collision traps passengers on hot day
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Chinese scavenger donates tonnes of supplies to flood victims, keeps nothing

Charity giver, known across the nation by his nickname ‘Kneeling Giant’, gives US$140,000 over 15-year period.

Crime in China

Chinese pilot stabs colleagues, jumps to death over workplace dispute: report

China Southern Airlines captain leaps from building after failed work evaluation in country’s northeast, according to TV report.

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Japan

Chinese passengers describe aircraft’s violent plunge before emergency landing

The budget Spring Airlines Japan flight from Shanghai to Tokyo diverted to Kansai where it landed safely on Monday night.

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Passengers reported that oxygen masks dropped as their flight from Shanghai to Tokyo made a rapid descent before diverting to another Japanese airport for an emergency landing. Photo: Weibo/ 林萍在日本
Mainland China

Southwest China on alert for more deadly floods as downpours threaten county

At least six people have died in Rongjiang in Guizhou province as water levels have risen to record levels.

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Record floods submerge parts of Rongjiang county in Guizhou province on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters
Earthquakes

Video | Hungry boy in China undeterred by quake

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Chinese man cares for girlfriend who has IQ of 5-year-old after car accident

Shen says he never finds caring for her to be a burden, is committed to providing her with the best life possible.

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China soldier saves 5 people from lake, even when exhausted, defies mum’s stop plea

Worn-out People’s Liberation Army man returns to water to save last of group of 5 in trouble, says saving lives is ‘instinctive’.

A exhausted Chinese People’s Liberation Army soldier saved five people from drowning in a lake after defying his worried mother’s plea for him to stop his heroics. Photo: SCMP composite/163.com
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Video | Chinese boy rescued after drifting on paddleboard amid typhoon

The boy had been drifting on the sea for five hours.

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Crime

1 dead, 4 injured in Chongqing after driver runs into crowd: district police

Xiong, 38, detained by officers after allegedly driving into onlookers following a dispute over blocked path.

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Video | Sinkhole in China swallows cars, injuring 3 people

Water leakage from pipes under the road caused the sinkhole, authorities said.

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Sinkhole in China swallows cars, injuring 3 people
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Video | Riverside houses collapse after heavy rainfall hits southwestern China

No casualties were reported, authorities said.

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Riverside houses collapse after heavy rainfall hits southwestern China
Malaysia

China flight turns back after smoke found coming from camera battery, power bank

Hong Kong regulator and Asian airlines crack down on lithium batteries and in-flight charging after string of safety incidents.

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Video | Woman getting off wrong train in China trapped by door

Staff members managed to pry the door open.

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Mainland China

5 dead and 6 missing after chemical plant blast in Chinese province of Shandong

The explosion at a site in Gaomi city left a further 19 people injured, creating a giant fireball and blowing in windows.

The blast produced a large fireball and sent plumes of smoke hundreds of metres into the air. Photo: Weibo

Video | Roof of historic tower collapses in China’s Fengyang county

The Fengyang Drum Tower’s roof fell just months after renovation work was finished on the Ming dynasty site

Collapse of historic Chinese building’s roof revives concerns about construction standards
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‘Miracle’: Chinese woman survives 12-floor fall, will walk in 6 months

Factory cleaner plunges while not wearing safety gear, shouts ‘I am not dead yet’ to husband after hitting ground.

Chinese culture

Historic Chinese building’s roof fall revives concerns about shoddy construction

The Fengyang Drum Tower’s roof fell in just months after the conclusion of renovation works on the Ming dynasty site.

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