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Hikers brushed off warnings
Chongqing :: China | 4 months ago
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Fifteen hikers killed in a flash flood at a scenic gorge in Chongqing turned a deaf ear to warnings of an impending storm from local villagers...Two of the 16 survivors are in the hospital, while the rest have returned to their homes. A villager named...
Seven drown in flash flood in China
Chongqing :: China | 4 months ago
Credibility Saturday in the Tanzhangxia Canyon scenic spot in Wanzhou district, where the victims had visited as part of a 35-member tourist group. Officials said the tourists did not take approval from the local authorities to visit the area. Some 400 rescue workers...
Tags: SW China, tourist group, canyon scenic, member tourist, scenic spot, Tanzhangxia Canyon, flash flood
China babies 'taken for adoption'
Beijing :: China | 5 months ago
Credibility An investigation by the state-owned Southern Metropolis News found that about 80 girls in one county had been sold for $3,000 (£1,800) to foreigners. The babies were taken when the parents could not pay the steep fines imposed for having too many children.
Tags: SW China, S.W. China, baby girl, family planning, local government
Local residents to participate in world choral festival
Shanghai :: China | 5 months ago
Credibility The singers said that through their singing, they are able to promote the Chinese heritage. "Singing is something that we grew up with in China, and loved," said Yunshen Zhou, a computer programmer from Shrewsbury, "and now we want to share that with...
Tags: SW China, workplace safety, N. China, local police, Zhang Yunliang, Zhang Dejiang, drunk driver
Nine dead in truck-bus crash in north China
Xinhua :: China | 5 months ago
Credibility A heavy-duty truck collided with a bus in north China's Hebei Province Monday, leaving nine people dead and another 10 injured. The accident occurred at 4 p.m. Hejian, Cangzhou City, killing seven at the scene, according to the Hejian municipal publicity...
Tags: SW China, boat capsized
Truck collision kills five, injures two in SW China
Kunming :: China | 5 months ago
Credibility Five people died and two were injured when two trucks collided in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Thursday, local authorities told Xinhua on Friday. A truck, carrying 40 tonnes of iron ore, broke through the guardrail in the middle of the highway...
Tags: Yunnan Province, SW China
Four trapped as coal mine floods in N China's Shanxi
Taiyuan :: China | 5 months ago
Credibility At least four miners were trapped after a colliery in Shanxi Province in north China was flooded Friday morning, the provincial coal industry regulator said. Torrential floods gushed into a pit of the Xiguo Xinxing Coal Mine at about 2:20 a.m., trapping...
Tags: coal mining, SW China
Flooded Chinese coal mine traps 15
Beijing :: China | 5 months ago
Credibility Authorities were trying to rescue 15 workers trapped in a flooded coal mine in the southwestern Chinese province of Guizhou, state media said Friday...Wednesday, as about 30 people worked underground, the Xinhua news agency reported...This coal mine accident...
Tags: coal mining, SW China, Guizhou Province
China to step up safety checks on major state-owned coal mines
Beijing :: China | 5 months ago
Credibility China will step up safety checks of major state-owned coal mines after a series of accidents in the better-equipped collieries this year, the State Administration of Coal Mine Safety said Wednesday. The administration will launch a five- to seven-day...
Tags: SW China, coal mining
Heavy rain leaves 14 dead, 2 missing in central, SW China
Beijing :: China | 5 months ago
Credibility At least 14 people were killed and two others remained missing after heavy rain triggered floods starting on Sunday in central China's Hunan and southwestern Guizhou provinces, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Wednesday. Eight of the fatalities...
Tags: SW China
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