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A crash has been reported by witnesses in Jinhua, in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang, but local police, authorities and emergency workers have not confirmed the incident. Photo: Handout
Crime in China

Car crashes into crowd outside school in Chinese city of Jinhua, residents say

Citizen journalists and people in the area report crash, but police and authorities are not confirming incident.

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Fury as China driver kills family of 3 in rage-fuelled crash, jokes about it

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Chinese man suffers 90% burns in battery blast after flatmate flees, shuts door

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Drunk Chinese man impales himself on metal rod, needs 10-hour life-saving surgery

Intoxicated diner stands up, then falls, ramming metal rod into brain through mouth as shocked colleagues look on.

A drunk man in China needed 10 hours of life-saving surgery after he slipped and impaled himself on a metal rod. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Douyin
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Chinese teenage boy loses arm after home blast from science experiment

Driven by insatiable curiosity and love for scientific discovery, the boy has always been intrigued by chemistry.

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Video | Record-breaking strong winds batter northern China

Millions of residents were told to stay at home on weekends.

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Millions of Beijingers told to stay at home as strong winds hit northern China

Flights and rail services have been suspended and attractions such as the Great Wall and Forbidden City have been shut.

Strong winds have battered the Chinese capital, Beijing. Photo: Weibo/飞蟹子
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Video | Golden retriever in China stops rolling baby stroller

The dog has always been helpful, the child’s mother says.

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Mainland China

China’s State Council to supervise probe into fatal blaze at nursing home

At least 20 people have been confirmed dead in the fire, which broke out on Tuesday night in Chengde.

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Video | Chinese driver survives after her Tesla is sent flying, landing on parked cars

She got out of the car on her own after the crash.

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Chinese driver survives after her Tesla is sent flying, landing on parked cars
Safety in China

Chinese authorities warn of fire and road safety risks over Ching Ming holiday

The tomb-sweeping festival sees millions taking to the roads and burning offerings such as paper money to honour their ancestors.

Authorities have warned of the fire risk from burning paper money and other offerings. Photo: EPA-EFE
Aviation

3 years on: no final report and no answers to China Eastern plane disaster

Chinese authorities opt out of issuing update on MU5735 crash investigation.

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China friends save crash driver, share story with shop boss who turns out to be dad

Karma comes quick as car-crash Good Samaritans stop off at eatery after accident, are given extra free food then truth emerges about victim.

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Video | Chinese girl rescued after being stranded on window ledge

Passers-by also gathered around and held a blanket on the ground.

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Chinese girl rescued after being stranded on window ledge

At least 11 dead after Chinese river ferry hit by larger vessel

Five people are still missing following the Tuesday morning accident on Hunan province’s Yuanshui River.

A video showed the much larger oil spill cleaning vessel hitting the ferry from behind. Photo: Baidu
Taiwan

2 Macau residents among 4 dead in Taiwan department store blast

Taichung fire department says explosion may have been linked to renovations on 12th floor of building.

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6 dead in highway bus fire in southern China

Other passengers injured in the incident are not in a life-threatening condition, authorities say.

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China society

Rescuers in China sift through landslide debris for 28 missing villagers

Rain and fog hamper recovery efforts in area close to recently revived coal mine site.

Rescuers resumed the search on Sunday morning for dozens of people missing after a landslide in southwestern China. Photo: Yibin Fire Services

30 missing, homes buried in landslide in southwest China

Two people have been pulled from the debris in the village of Jinping in Sichuan province.

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Lunar New Year

China faces ‘another test’ as travellers shiver through annual holiday rush

Transport officials urged to be alert and prepared as world’s biggest annual migration of humanity heads home during Spring Festival.

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Communist Party politics

China hands out punishments over deadly May Day highway collapse

Four government offices and 32 officials have been held accountable over tragedy in which more than 50 people died.

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A government report into last year’s road collapse along the Meizhou-Dabu highway in Guangdong province has cited “insufficient understanding of the hazards of continuous precipitation”. Photo: Weibo/白菜
Artificial intelligence

AI, big data and space tech: China’s plan to beef up emergency communications

Beijing calls for progress on key technologies to improve the country’s emergency responses.

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Firefighters carry barley in the village of Gurong, in Dingri county, Tibet, following a magnitude 6.8 earthquake on January 7. The quake caused extensive damage to communication infrastructure. Photo: Xinhua
Taiwan

Taiwan braces for more shocks after magnitude 6.4 earthquake terrifies residents

Dozens of homes and structures damaged in Tainan and Chiayi, where the epicentre was recorded.

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Video | Cooking-oil truck in China catches alight, causing ‘firefall’ from overpass

No injuries were reported as a result of the incident.

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Crime in China

China executes 2 after back-to-back mass killings that shook the nation

Fan Weiqiu, 62, and Xu Jiajin, 21, were convicted of carrying out deadly public attacks that investigators attributed to personal problems.

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People burn incense near floral tributes placed outside a sports centre on November 12, the day after a deadly hit-and-run attack in Zhuhai, southern China. Photo: Reuters

Chinese tourist killed in jet ski crash in Thailand

The tourist’s jet ski collided with another on the holiday resort of Phuket.

One of the jet skis involved in Tuesday’s collision. Photo: Patong Police
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Massive icicles fall on tourists at popular waterfall in China, injuring 1

Visitors had been warned to stay away from the potential danger.

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Video | Huge cement-dust cloud blankets streets in China after silo rupture

Pedestrians and streets were blanketed in dust.

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