A northeastern China coal mine where a gas explosion killed 115 workers last month had been instructed to shut down at least seven times before the fatal accident.
Thousands of soldiers and paramilitary police have been dispatched to help fight widespread flooding in southern China’s Guangxi region.
China has held back from congratulating former US President Jimmy Carter for winning the Nobel Peace Prize, saying only that the prize should be awarded to someone who truly works for peace.
China’s fortnight-long block on the Google.com search engine has ended, Internet users said on Friday, adding to a chain of events which has mystified — and angered — many of the country’s web users.
Flooding and mudslides caused by torrential rains have killed at least 178 people in western China and wrecked bridges and power stations, officials said Wednesday.
The Dalai Lama may give him a run for his money, but few people are as officially despised by the Chinese government as Chen Shui-bian — president of Taiwan, accused ”splittist” and the figure Beijing considers most worthy of the formidable brunt of state-sponsored derision.
A two-pronged attack from the east and west shattered all illusions in Beijing on Saturday morning.