Cold wave grips northern China, temperatures set to plummet in south
Snow and ice forced the closure of 126 highways across several provinces.
Thu Dec 14 2023
Shanghai says water supplies 'normal' after shortage scare sparks hoarding
Shanghai residents rushed to stockpile bottled water amid rumours that the city was facing a supply crunch brought about by a long drought.
Wed Oct 12 2022
China's shrinking 'kidney' lake lays bare growing climate challenges
This year the lake has shrunk far earlier than usual and is just a fifth of its size of a few months ago.
Thu Aug 25 2022
China faces more climate havoc despite cool-off in some regions
Authorities across the Yangtze river basin scrambling to limit the damage from climate change on crops and livestock.
Wed Aug 24 2022
Freak storm sank China ferry with loss of 450 lives
The Eastern Star capsized with mostly elderly holidaymakers on board in June, the country's worst shipping disaster for more than six decades.
Wed Dec 30 2015
Survivor recounts harrowing ordeal aboard sinking Chinese cruise ship
Zhang who is one of the 14 people, out of the 456 aboard, known to have survived in China's Eastern Star shipping disaster, recounts his ordeal.
Wed Jun 03 2015
Distraught families await news after China boat sinking
Distraught family members are pleading for information on their elderly parents' fate after a ship capsized in China's Yangtze river.
Tue Jun 02 2015
Dongfangzhixing: Divers race to find survivors
Divers racing to find survivors rescued a 65-year-old woman on Tuesday after a Chinese ship sank with more than 450 mainly elderly people in the storm-tossed Yangtze river.
Tue Jun 02 2015
Ship carrying over 450 people sinks in China's Yangtze: state media
A passenger ship carrying more than 450 people has sunk in the Yangtze river in central China, state media reported Tuesday.
Tue Jun 02 2015
Body of Malaysian victim in China tugboat sinking incident arrives home
The body of the 55-year-old technical supervisor arrived at the KLIA around 4pm Friday. The remains will be cremated on Sunday.
Sat Jan 24 2015
Malaysian killed in tugboat incident in China identified
The Malaysian man who was reported missing in the tugboat sinking incident at the Yangtze River has been identified as Cheong Kin Chin.
Sat Jan 17 2015
21 confirmed dead after tugboat sinks in China
Twenty-one people have been confirmed dead after a tugboat sank on a trial voyage on the Yangtze river in China.
Sat Jan 17 2015
Over 20 missing after boat sinks in eastern China
More than 20 people were missing Friday, including foreigners, after a tugboat sank on a trial voyage in China's vast Yangtze river, state media and authorities said.
Fri Jan 16 2015