China’s plan to raise water level of Three Gorges dam stalled amid drought, landslide concerns
China’s plan for Three Gorges’ water level stalled China sentences gang ‘godmother’ to 18 years in prison amid crackdown
China sentences gang ‘godmother’ to 18 years’ jail Lurid mob trials transfix Chinese as Communist government cracks down on gangsBEIJING — After she refused a corrupt cop’s demand that she turn her teahouse into an illegal casino, three thugs beat Chen Yanling with electric batons, sending her to the hospital for nearly a month. Total solar eclipse in most of ChinaCHONGQING - A total solar eclipse was observed at many places in China Wednesday morning, officials said. Seven drown in flash flood in ChinaCHONGQING - Seven people were drowned in a flash flood triggered by rainstorms in southwest China, officials said Sunday. China landslide toll reaches nineCHONGQING - The toll in a landslide in southwest China last week has risen to nine after rescuers recovered two more bodies as search for 63 other missing people continues. Landslide buries over 50 people in ChinaCHONGQING - Three people were rescued while 56 others remained buried under rocks Friday following a landslide in a mining area in southwest China. Death toll in Chinese mine blast rises to 30CHONGQING - The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal mine in China’s southwesten Chongqing region rose to 30 as rescuers recovered five more bodies, authorities said Sunday. Molten iron kills four in China factoryCHONGQING - Four workers were killed and 14 injured after molten iron spilled out of an electric furnace at a smelting factory in southwest China early Friday, an official said. |