… its firm support for China’s fight against the violent terrorist group the ‘East Turkistan Islamic Movement’,” China’s Xinhua news agency reported. China says the East Turkistan Islamic Movement is a violent Uighur separatist group…
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China landslide: 15 dead, over 100 missing in Sichuan
Roads in the county were closed on Saturday to all traffic except emergency services, the news agency said. Media captionBBC Weather’s Helen Willetts looks at the forecast for southern China after the recent devastating landslides.…
15 bodies found after landslide buries scores in China
Crews searching through the rubble left by a landslide that buried a mountain village under tonnes of soil and rocks in southwestern China on Saturday found 15 bodies, but about 100 more people remained missing.…
Massive landslide buries more than 120 people in southwest China
… huge rocks and a mass of earth to come crashing into homes in a mountain village in southwestern China early Saturday, officials said. The Xinhua News Agency reports 15 people have been found dead…
Landslide in China buries at least 120 people
Wang was referring to China’s deadliest earthquake this century … Provincial police sent 500 rescuers with two dozen sniffer dogs to the site, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. ( read original story …)
Massive landslide in southwest China buries 120 people
Wang was referring to China’s deadliest earthquake this century … Provincial police sent 500 rescuers with two dozen sniffer dogs to the site, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. ( read original story …)
China landslide leaves 120 missing in Sichuan
Roads in the county were closed on Saturday to all traffic except emergency services, the news agency said. Media captionBBC Weather’s Helen Willetts looks at the forecast for southern China after the recent devastating landslides.…
15 bodies recovered, 118 missing in China landslide, state news reports
Beijing (CNN)At least 15 bodies have been recovered from the rubble of a landslide in southwestern China, state news outlets reported, citing emergency officials. CCTV also says 118 people were missing in the disaster, which…
China landslide leaves at least 140 missing in Sichuan
Roads in the county were closed on Saturday to all traffic except emergency services, the news agency said. Landslides are a regular danger in mountainous regions of China, especially during heavy rains. In 2008, 87,000…
120 people feared buried in China landslide
Wang was referring to China’s deadliest earthquake this century … Provincial police sent 500 rescuers with two dozen sniffer dogs to the site, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. ( read original story …)
Miniature crossbow craze causes alarm for parents in China
BEIJING — Powerful mini-crossbows that shoot toothpicks and needles are the new must-have toy for schoolkids across China — and a nightmare for concerned parents and school officials. Several cities including Shenzhen and Qingdao have…
China cracks down on latest fad toy: toothpick crossbows
Parents’ worries aren’t unfounded. A 10-year-old in Xinjiang, west China was hurt by a toothpick crossbow in his right eye last Sunday, resulting in an irreversible eyesight loss, reports the local Urumqi Evening News. Easy…
Beijing shopkeepers protest evictions
Over 100 shopkeepers at a popular Beijing market held a rare street protest Friday against what they call unreasonable eviction as the Chinese capital seeks to curb population growth. The crowd gathered outside the entrance…
