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China sends surveyors to top of Mount Everest in a bid to measure the world’s tallest mountain

A Chinese surveying and mapping team set out to climb Mount Everest on May 6, in order to accurately measure the height of the world's highest mountain.

May 7, 2020
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Mount Everest had the deadliest climbing season since 2015. 11 people have died, including nine on the Nepal side and two on the Tibet side. Nick Hollis, a 45-year-old British mountaineer recounted...01:52
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‘Incompetent climbers’ drive Everest death toll
June 6, 2019
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Mount Everest had the deadliest climbing season since 2015. Eleven people have died, including nine on the Nepal side and two on the Tibet side. Nick Hollis, a 45-year-old British mountaineer...01:52
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‘Incompetent climbers’ drive Everest death toll
June 6, 2019
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SCMP Chief News Editor Yonden Lhatoo gives an insider’s perspective on the madness and tragedy of human traffic jams at the top of the world’s highest mountain.04:08
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Does climbing Everest mean anything anymore?
May 30, 2019
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At least 11 people have died while climbing Mount Everest since the start of the 2019 spring climbing season. The world’s highest mountain is swamped with climbers, leading to deadly queues for a...01:32
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Traffic jam on Mount Everest
May 28, 2019
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Mount Everest is the world’s highest peak and attracts hundreds of climbers each year. At least 600 people have climbed the mountain this year - but on their way up to the summit, they’ve left...01:23
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Mount Everest: The world’s highest garbage dump
June 18, 2018
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Pakistan
Mountaineer's mission: Restoring the majestic beauty of K2
August 15, 2023
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Nepal
Sherpa saves climber in rare Everest 'death zone' rescue
June 2, 2023
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Gurkha veteran is first double amputee to climb Mount Everest
May 24, 2023
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A Chinese expedition team has successfully summited Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world. They will set up the world's highest weather station at 8,800 metres (28,871ft). The expedition...01:22
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Chinese team climbs Everest
May 4, 2022
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A team of 14 researchers and mountaineers has scaled the world’s tallest mountain, Everest, or Qomolangma, as it’s known in China, to install new weather-monitoring equipment that will provide...01:45
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A weather station for Mount Everest
April 29, 2022
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Standing on the border between Nepal and China, Mount Everest is Earth's highest mountain and a huge draw for climbers from around the world. Ahead of the 2022 season, a team of eight Nepali...01:59
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Nepal guides fix ropes on Everest
March 21, 2022
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A woman from Hong Kong set a new world record this week by reaching the world’s highest peak in just 25 hours and 50 minutes. Ada Tsang Yin-hung set out from base camp at 1.20pm local time on May...02:06
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Hong Kong woman sets Mount Everest record
May 31, 2021
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Mountaineers are using oxygen-deprivation tents ahead of their expeditions to the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest. As Covid-19 infections surge in Nepal, a growing number of climbers are pre...02:08
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Everest climbers ‘camp’ at home
May 21, 2021
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Mount Everest has grown, at least in terms of the official height according to new measurements agreed by China and Nepal. The Himalayan neighbours announced on December 8, 2020, that they have...01:58
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China, Nepal settle Everest height debate
December 9, 2020
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Society
Tourist injured after slipping headfirst down snowy mountain trail in China
March 5, 2025
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Parents of a 16-month-old boy were criticised for bringing their son to work out at the gym in eastern China’s Jiangxi province. The toddler started hanging around gyms when he was just one month...01:30
Society
Chinese parents slammed for taking 16-month-old son to gym
March 18, 2025
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Watched by up to a billion people, CCTV’s 315 Gala highlights consumer rights abuses in China02:07
Consumers
China’s 315 gala: a night of scandals
March 18, 2025
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Regulators approve medical centres wholly owned by overseas investors in top cities, but healthy returns will be a long time coming02:11
China society
China opens first wholly foreign-owned hospital
March 14, 2025
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A 26-year-old man earned over 300,000 yuan (US$41,000) last year by offering hiking-related services to tourists to Mount Tai in China. Apart from route planning and photo taking, Chen would also...01:17
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Chinese hiker earns US$41,000 a year guiding tourists up popular mountain
March 14, 2025
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SCMP and Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis co-hosted a webinar to discuss key developments from the annual Two Sessions. ...13:28
China
SCMP Webinar | Two Sessions 2025 Key Takeaways: Insights into China's economic strategy
March 13, 2025
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The new move threatens to drive up prices on a broad range of consumer and industrial goods   01:44
China economy
China vows to retaliate as US steel tariffs take effect
March 13, 2025
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A truck was seen loaded with two cargo containers side by side, blocking traffic as it took up two lanes on a highway in western China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.  01:10
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Truck in China carries 2 containers side by side, blocking traffic on highway
March 12, 2025