SHANGHAI-Bells clanged, children played and police kept watch as pilgrims clutching rosary beads flocked to one of China's most revered Catholic shrines on Saturday, the day Pope Benedict ...
BEICHUAN - A strong aftershock jolted southwest China on Sunday killing at least one person and injuring 400 others, state media said, nearly a fortnight after a big earthquake killed tens of thous...
The Ministry of Finance said Saturday that the government has allocated 15.1 billion yuan (2.2 billion U.S. dollars) for quake relief operations so far. The ministry said that as of 2 p.m. Saturday, 11.1 billion yuan had been alloca ...
She held hands of her mum and dad on the way to kindergarten, with no idea that she would soon lose her parents to the 8.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Beichuan County in China's southwest Sichuan Province on May 12. Shielded
Beijing will set up a color-coded emergency alarm system to deal with natural disasters and health and public hazards. Under a decision by the municipal legislature on Friday, incidents will be divided into four categories by color: ...
As of Saturday noon, 178 aftershocks measuring above 4 on the Richter scale had been monitored in southwest China's Sichuan Province, according to the Information Office of State Council. Among them, 27 aftershocks measured above ma ...
Two Mi-17 helicopters carrying armed police and heavy-duty machinery left here on Saturday despite bad weather and headed for a flood-prone quake lake at Tangjiashan Mountain. Low visibility in the quake-stricken city in Sichuan Pro ...
As of noon on Saturday, domestic and foreign donations for earthquake survivors had reached 26.1 billion yuan (3.73 billion U.S. dollars), up 1.5 billion yuan from the previous day, according to the Information Office of the State Council. ...
Eight giant pandas from the Wolong Nature Reserve arrived at Beijing Capital Airport on Saturday afternoon on a special flight run by China Southern Airlines. The pandas were removed from the quake-stricken province of Sichuan and w ...
As of Saturday noon, 60,057 people were confirmed dead in the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan Province alone, with another 340,875 injured, a provincial official said. So far, 83,988 have been rescued from debris and about 5.4 million ...
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao returned to Beijing on Sunday morning after his second tour to the quake-hit areas in the southwestern Sichuan Province. During his second quake visit starting on Thursday, Wen visited quake survivors, ris ...
A nationwide roadshow to begin on Monday will help businesses make the most of New Zealand's Free Trade Agreement with China, Trade Minister Phil Goff said on Sunday. "Kiwi businesses have an edge on competitors because of New Zeala ...
An airplane carrying tents and other humanitarian materials donated by the Sri Lankan government left early Sunday morning for China's Sichuan province, where a devastating earthquake has claimed more than 60,000 lives, officials said. ...
No foreigners have been reported dead in the May 12 destructive quake in southwest China's Sichuan Province, local authorities said Saturday. The Sichuan Provincial Foreign Affairs Office said that as of 10 a.m. Friday, some 454 fo ...
Two helicopters carrying armed police who were to take part in the emergency remediation of a dangerous quake-formed lake in Sichuan Province were forced back to the airport by adverse weather on Saturday. An armed police officer sa ...
Three Japanese college students were among those injured in a bus accident that also killed nine people on Friday in Anhui Province, the local government said Saturday. Sakuai Noriko, Aoyagi Fumi and Kato Ayumi were among the 26 pas ...
Following are the latest facts and figures about the massive 8.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12: -- The death toll from the quake rose to 60,560 nationwide as of Saturday noon, while 35 ...
One person was dead and 36 others injured after a tornado and a hailstorm slashed Wuchang City in the northeastern Heilongjiang Province on Friday. The injured were receiving treatment at the Wuchang People's Hospital. Among them, 1 ...
Chinese customs quickened entry procedures for relief materials and rescue personnel after a major earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale hit the country's southwest on May 12. Customs offices nationwide had shortened clearan ...
