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Duan Baoyan theorises that microwave beams from outer space could “alter regional atmospheric circulation and change a typhoon’s intensity and path”. Photo: Shutterstock
Science

China team mulls hitting typhoons with an energy beam from space

Scientist Duan Baoyan says the Zhuri project could also act as a ‘space-based power bank’ to charge satellites and other facilities.

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Mainland China

Tributes paid to 6 firefighters killed in China after truck veers off cliff

Mainland China

12 killed in China’s second deadly Lunar New Year fireworks explosion

Lunar New Year

8 dead in fireworks shop blast at start of China’s Lunar New Year holiday

Urgent call for all regions to step up safety checks on pyrotechnics, which are at their most popular at this time of year.

Eight people have died and two were injured in an explosion at a fireworks shop in Jiangsu province, eastern China, on Sunday. Photo: Weibo
Mainland China

8 dead in biotech workshop blast in central China

Emergency crews remain at the site in Shanxi province as smoke continues to billow from the wreckage.

Mainland China

Recovery of missing workers brings China bridge collapse fatalities to 5

Two people pulled from the wreckage died soon after from their injuries, with a search for three co-workers ending tragically on Tuesday.

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Rare earths

Death toll rises to 9 after explosion at north China rare earth steel plant

The safety practices of Baotou Steel Group, the factory’s owner, have frequently come under criticism from authorities.

Smoke rises from the site of an explosion at a steel factory in Baotou, Inner Mongolia autonomous region in north China on Sunday. Photo: Xinhua via AP
Environment

How Beijing’s clean air success left China’s rural farmers in the cold

In neighbouring Hebei province, rural residents say they cannot afford to heat their homes enough after switch from coal.

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Trail running and hiking

‘Strictly forbidden’: China warns hikers off Aotai Line after 3 die on trail

Group reportedly switched phones to flight mode while in restricted area, hampering emergency contact and rescuers’ attempts to find them.

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Jimmy Lai

How will Jimmy Lai’s conviction affect China-UK ties, Starmer’s planned visit?

Outcome of ex-media tycoon’s Hong Kong trial poses stern test for Labour government’s balancing act with Beijing, observers say.

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to visit Beijing and Shanghai in late January. Photo: EPA
Trending in China

China teen girl risks life to save boy from icy lake, tells dad watering cart soaked her

Fearless 13-year-old tells anxious mother of drowning boy, 4, that she is ‘rather light’, ignoring danger to crawl onto thin ice.

A 13-year-old girl In China saved a four-year-old boy who had fallen into an icy hole on a lake then left the scene quietly after the rescue. Photo: Douyin
Hong Kong

12 killed after fire hits residential building in southern China’s Shantou city

Tuesday night's accident was the first of its kind since the fire in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district killed 160 people last month.

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Science

China-born architect Wang Fei dies in suspected car crash in London

Tributes to the ‘distinguished architectural educator, scholar and curator’ from Syracuse University say he was killed on Monday.

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Malaysia Airlines flight 370

Chinese court orders Malaysia Airlines to pay families of 8 MH370 victims

The airline must pay over US$410,000 per passenger in China’s first formal compensation ruling on flight that vanished 11 years ago.

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Chinese relatives of flight MH370 passengers take part in a prayer service in Beijing in April 2014. Photo: AFP
Trending in China

China woman marries rescuer who plucked her from under quake rubble when she was 11

Decade after deadly tremor, fate brings pair together in restaurant; initial meeting sparks ‘excitement and embarrassment’, then love blossoms.

At a mass wedding in China a couple shared a touching love story: the woman, trapped under rubble during an earthquake aged 11, was saved by a rescuer. Years later, they met again, fell in love and got married. Photo: Douyin
Trending in China

China mum cares for daughter-in-law in vegetative state round-the-clock

Liu’s son and Yuanyuan, high school sweethearts, have been married for 15 years and share two children.

Mainland China

Chinese media demands answers as scandal hits US$1 billion hydropower project

National Energy Administration is said to be investigating claims of cost-cutting and defects at flagship dam in Fujian province.

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Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Blast-scarred Tianjin takes ‘profound lessons’ from deadly Hong Kong blaze

‘Seven strict’ noes and ‘six musts’ listed in fire safety push by Binhai New Area district, where chemical blasts took 173 lives in 2015.

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Smoke rises as damaged vehicles are seen burning near the site of explosions in Binhai New District of Tianjin, northern China, in August 2015. Photo: Reuters
Corruption in China

Deadly boat accident cover-up reveals corruption in China’s fishing industry

Investigations following capsizing unearth bribery and other illegal acts by officials, boat owners, crew and port operators in Liaoning.

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Mainland China

11 killed, 2 hurt after test train crashes into workers in southwestern China

Chinese news outlet says preliminary investigations indicate crash may have occurred when workers headed onto the track early.

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Indonesia

5 Chinese nationals killed, 8 others injured in Bali car crash

Driver of minibus carrying 13 Chinese citizens is said to have lost control of vehicle, veering off asphalt road and into a community garden.

The wreckage of the minibus that carried Chinese tourists in Bali, Indonesia, on Friday. Photo: AP
Mainland China

Video | Fire engulfs 1,500-year-old temple in eastern China

The site was featured in the classical Chinese poem ‘Spring on the Southern River Shore’ as one of the ‘480 splendid temples’.

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Infrastructure

Section of new bridge collapses in China’s Sichuan province

No casualties reported as officials note that a crack in the bridge and slope led to traffic closure a day before the incident.

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Trending in China

China ‘underpants man’ hailed for rescuing neighbours from fire in briefs

‘Frightened’ Good Samaritan school pupil acts ‘without thinking’ on discovering blaze sparked by exploding electric wheelchair battery.

Mainland China

China’s double threat: Shanghai sinks as sea level rises fastest in 4,000 years

Researchers from Britain, China and the US warn in Nature article about increased flood risks from subsidence induced by human activity.

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China faces an average of US$1.5 billion in annual economic losses because of subsidence, with Shanghai alone accounting for more than US$3 billion in damages between 2001 and 2020. Photo: NurPhoto via Getty Images
Mount Everest

Editorial | Everest rescue shows danger of taking risks for social media glory

The experience should serve as a lesson about the importance of preparedness and vigilance against complacency, no matter the conditions.

Hikers stranded on the eastern slopes of Mount Everest have been guided to safety by rescuers, according to officials from Tingri county in Shigatse city, Tibet. Photo: Handout
Asia travel

800 people rescued in China after being stranded by Everest blizzard

Snow that crushed climbers’ tents and cut off all descent routes from the base camp.

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Video | Rescued hiker recounts painful journey on Everest

Eric Wen was among 350 people rescued by authorities after a sudden blizzard hit Mount Everest.

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