Hubei residents, facing floods, race against time

2016-07-05 07:45:26

By the end of Monday, continuous rainfall from the past two weeks had left at least 34 people dead and 14 others missing in the province, Su Zhou in Beijing and Liu Kun in Wuhan report.

Nanjing's temple offers best view of fireflies

2016-07-05 08:08:07

Fireflies fly in the air at the Linggu Temple in Nanjing city, East China’s Jiangsu Province. The temple is known as a top place to enjoy the light-up insects.

Flooding and deadly landslides halt travel

2016-07-04 14:51:35

Flooding and deadly landslides closed highways and interrupted train and air travel as heavy rain in central and eastern China further raised the levels of the Yangtze River and its tributaries on Monday.

China's military exhibits new equipment at expo

2016-07-04 21:49:23

The Second China Military and Civilian Integration Expo opened on Monday in Beijing, featuring private companies' defense technologies.

Torrential rains suspend train operations in China

2016-07-04 16:56:29

Torrential rains in central China's Hunan Province have disrupted train operations, a railway company said Monday.

Passage completed for trapped miners in flooded Chinese colliery

2016-07-04 16:05:14

Rescuers have dug a passage to reach eight miners trapped underground in north China's Shanxi Province after a coal mine flooded on Saturday night.

Seven missing in SW China landslide

2016-07-04 15:46:12

Seven people are missing after a landslide buried five houses in southwest China's Guizhou Province in the early hours of Monday.

Beijing in the eyes of a foreigner

2016-07-04 15:45:51

Maria Trabulsi moved to Beijing with her parents when she was 7 months old, and has lived here ever since. Her family, however, is moving back to Saudi Arabia at the end of June, leaving the city where she keeps all her memories from her very short life, so far.

Online media banned from publishing unverified contents

2016-07-04 13:47:36

Online media basing news reports on contents made on social media must verify them before publication, China's Internet regulator said on Sunday.

China continues orange alert for rainstorms

2016-07-04 13:18:04

China's meteorological authority renewed its orange alert for heavy rain in the south and southwest of the country on Monday.

186 people dead in heavy rains

2016-07-04 12:44:22

Intense downpours have caused huge losses along the Yangtze River drainage area in recent days, and more rain is expected to batter the region along with the first typhoon this year, according to authorities.