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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
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.

Environment

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

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Trail running and hiking

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

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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.

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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The China Academy of Art has confirmed that Wang Fei, who taught at Syracuse University in New York state, died on Monday. He was 45. Photo: Handout
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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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.

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.

For five years, a woman has cared for her daughter-in-law, who is in a vegetative state after an accident, borrowing one million yuan for treatment. Photo: Douyin
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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The Yongan power station in Fujian province is a priority project under China’s national pumped-storage development goals. Photo: Handout
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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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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An undated photo of Luoyangzhen Station in Kunming where a test train crashed into railway workers early on Thursday morning. Photo: Handout
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’.

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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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.

A secondary school pupil has been nicknamed “underpants man” after he rescued his elderly neighbours from a fire while wearing only his briefs. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
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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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.

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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CCTV says 580 trekkers and more than 300 local guides and yak porters “safely reached” a relocation point in Qudang in the Tibet autonomous region. Photo: CCTV

Video | Rescued hiker recounts painful journey on Everest

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

Wan recounts

Video | Hundreds of hikers stranded on world’s tallest mountain

Local media say at least one person has died of hypothermia and altitude sickness.

Mount Everest

1 dead in Qinghai, hundreds evacuated as China’s rescue in Everest area continues

200 people still stranded as of Monday morning after unseasonal weather blasts hikers at start of ‘golden week’ holiday.

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Mainland China

China sets aside US$28 million for southern provinces hit by Typhoon Matmo

Transport in Hainan provincial capital gradually resumes after storm packing maximum sustained winds of 151km/h makes landfall in Guangdong.

Port staff lay sandbags outside a waiting area in Haikou, capital of Hainan province, on Sunday. Photo: Xinhua
Super Typhoon Ragasa

How China was ready for Super Typhoon Ragasa – and what still needs to be done

Chinese cities have been hit by a series of deadly storms over the decades, but this time no one died on the mainland.

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Super Typhoon Ragasa caused no fatalities in mainland China. Photo: Yui Kimiya
Trending in China

Captain alerts ground staff after China traveller recalls leaving home stove on

Customer service swiftly contacts property management, but faces suspicion; they make second call to explain situation with sincerity.

Mainland China

China’s Hainan Island braces for typhoon, suspending flights and closing port

Bualoi, coming close on the heels of Super Typhoon Ragasa, is expected to skim the province and come ashore in Vietnam later on Sunday.

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