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6 Injured In Landslides As China Braces For "Once A Century" Floods After Heavy Rain
Severe floods "seen around once a century" are expected to hit parts of southern China, state media said Sunday, as heavy rains prompted authorities to step up disaster precautions.
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Video Shows Cargo Ship Crashing Into Bridge In China
Local media, citing district authorities, reports that the captain of the ship has been arrested, and residents in the nearby area have been evacuated.
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China's Record Floods As A River Hits 100-Year High
Record floods were expected in parts of southern China Thursday as heavy rains pushed water levels in the Pearl River delta to their highest in almost a century.
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China Urges Regions To Take Responsibility After Yangtze Smog Surge
China's regional governments need to take more responsibility for local pollution and stop blaming others, a senior environmental official said on Tuesday, following increases in smog in the Yangtze and Pearl river delta regions in January.
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A Chinese Graduate Student Who Can't Get Enough U.S. Politics 'Decodes' Trump
From his perch in the Pearl River Delta in southern China, Yin Hao tries to make sense of America. Lately, that's been tough.
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Opinion: One Chinese City Has Figured Out The Future
China's Xi Jinping recently declared that he wants China to rank as one of the world's most innovative countries by 2020 and to top the list by mid-century. Going by past practice, this probably means a lot more money being poured into dodgy startups and ill-conceived high-tech schemes. There's a better model to be found, however, one that's surpri...
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US Rock Band Donates $100,000 to Brazil Mine Victims
The US rock band Pearl Jam is donating $100,000 to victims of a toxic mining spill in Brazil that killed at least 13 people and was the country's worst environmental disaster.
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Opinion: China's Move Away From Being the "World's Factory"
China's growth story seems to be far from over.
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China to Tackle 'Fortress Economies' in New Super-Region Plan
China is readying an assault on the "fortress economies" of local governments by creating a super region around Beijing, with proposals that sources suggest will be more aggressive than so far has been publicly revealed.
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Tropical storm Karen weakens as it approaches central Gulf Coast
Tropical Storm Karen continues to move toward the northern Gulf Coast and is expected to decrease in speed as it brings rain and potential flooding to the US.
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Powerful typhoon Usagi hits Taiwan, Philippines; thousands evacuated
The most powerful typhoon of the year was sweeping through the Luzon Strait on Saturday, battering island communities and drenching southern Taiwan and the northern Philippines.
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Worst pollution this year envelops Hong Kong
Hong Kong residents breathed in the worst air of 2013 on Monday, joining citizens in mainland China who have been choking on dangerously high pollution levels, and further undermining the city's role as an Asian financial centre,
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Biggest Asian Games ever close with a bang in Guangzhou
The skies lit up with dazzling fireworks as an emotional China brought the curtains down on the biggest Asian Games in a riot of colour, foot-tapping music and a cultural extravaganza at the Haixinsha Island on the Pearl River on Saturday.
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9-km boat parade on Pearl River to showcase opening ceremony
A boat parade named "Setting Sail" on the famous Pearl River that passes through the length of the city will be one of the highlights of the 16th Asian Games opening ceremony to be held on Friday to herald the sports spectacle that runs through till November 27.
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6 Injured In Landslides As China Braces For "Once A Century" Floods After Heavy Rain
Severe floods "seen around once a century" are expected to hit parts of southern China, state media said Sunday, as heavy rains prompted authorities to step up disaster precautions.
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Video Shows Cargo Ship Crashing Into Bridge In China
Local media, citing district authorities, reports that the captain of the ship has been arrested, and residents in the nearby area have been evacuated.
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China's Record Floods As A River Hits 100-Year High
Record floods were expected in parts of southern China Thursday as heavy rains pushed water levels in the Pearl River delta to their highest in almost a century.
-
China Urges Regions To Take Responsibility After Yangtze Smog Surge
China's regional governments need to take more responsibility for local pollution and stop blaming others, a senior environmental official said on Tuesday, following increases in smog in the Yangtze and Pearl river delta regions in January.
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A Chinese Graduate Student Who Can't Get Enough U.S. Politics 'Decodes' Trump
From his perch in the Pearl River Delta in southern China, Yin Hao tries to make sense of America. Lately, that's been tough.
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Opinion: One Chinese City Has Figured Out The Future
China's Xi Jinping recently declared that he wants China to rank as one of the world's most innovative countries by 2020 and to top the list by mid-century. Going by past practice, this probably means a lot more money being poured into dodgy startups and ill-conceived high-tech schemes. There's a better model to be found, however, one that's surpri...
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US Rock Band Donates $100,000 to Brazil Mine Victims
The US rock band Pearl Jam is donating $100,000 to victims of a toxic mining spill in Brazil that killed at least 13 people and was the country's worst environmental disaster.
-
Opinion: China's Move Away From Being the "World's Factory"
China's growth story seems to be far from over.
-
China to Tackle 'Fortress Economies' in New Super-Region Plan
China is readying an assault on the "fortress economies" of local governments by creating a super region around Beijing, with proposals that sources suggest will be more aggressive than so far has been publicly revealed.
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Tropical storm Karen weakens as it approaches central Gulf Coast
Tropical Storm Karen continues to move toward the northern Gulf Coast and is expected to decrease in speed as it brings rain and potential flooding to the US.
-
Powerful typhoon Usagi hits Taiwan, Philippines; thousands evacuated
The most powerful typhoon of the year was sweeping through the Luzon Strait on Saturday, battering island communities and drenching southern Taiwan and the northern Philippines.
-
Worst pollution this year envelops Hong Kong
Hong Kong residents breathed in the worst air of 2013 on Monday, joining citizens in mainland China who have been choking on dangerously high pollution levels, and further undermining the city's role as an Asian financial centre,
-
Biggest Asian Games ever close with a bang in Guangzhou
The skies lit up with dazzling fireworks as an emotional China brought the curtains down on the biggest Asian Games in a riot of colour, foot-tapping music and a cultural extravaganza at the Haixinsha Island on the Pearl River on Saturday.
-
9-km boat parade on Pearl River to showcase opening ceremony
A boat parade named "Setting Sail" on the famous Pearl River that passes through the length of the city will be one of the highlights of the 16th Asian Games opening ceremony to be held on Friday to herald the sports spectacle that runs through till November 27.
