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AsiaOne
23-05-2025
- General
- AsiaOne
Hundreds of roof tiles collapse from China's historic drum tower, a year after extensive repairs, China News
Hundreds of roof tiles came crashing down from a historic drum tower in China's Anhui province on Monday (May 19), a year after extensive repairs. In videos circulating online, hundreds of roof tiles were seen coming loose and cascading more than two stories within seconds. Many visitors were seen fleeing as the falling tiles raised a huge cloud of dust. County officials confirmed that the roof tiles from one side of the Fengyang Drum Tower had collapsed and added that no one was injured. Investigations are ongoing. An eyewitness told Yangcheng Evening News that the incident lasted for one to two minutes. Residents told China Newsweek that the area in front of the tower is often crowded, as people come to sing and dance in the evenings. Fortunately there weren't many people around when the incident occurred, the residents said. As at Thursday (May 22), tiles and broken rafters were still dangling from the roof and a crane was seen transporting bricks onto the top of the tower, Southern Metropolis Daily reported. Scaffolding was also erected around the drum tower, while its entrance was blocked by a barricade, the newspaper said. It added that staff on the ground could not confirm when repairs would be completed. Over $61,000 spent on repairs in 2024 Fengyang Drum Tower was built in 1375, but much of it was destroyed during the Qing dynasty in 1853. Only its platform base remained, which was classified as a protected cultural unit for Anhui province in 1989. Restoration of the entire drum tower began in 1995, and was completed in 1998. Since 2017, a few roof tiles fell after they became loose. Due to further degradation and safety hazards, the tiles were replaced between September 2023 and March 2024. Lu Deyong, chief of Fengyang's culture and tourism bureau, confirmed that over 341,000 yuan (S$61,063) was allocated for the repairs, Sina News reported. Lu added that the repairs passed immediate safety checks after its completion. On May 21, CCTV reported that part of the drum tower was illegally rebuilt with a reinforced concrete structure in 1995 without approval. [[nid:718203]]
CTV News
15-05-2025
- CTV News
Driver held after hitting pedestrians near Beijing primary school, state-run outlet reports
BEIJING — A vehicle drove into a crowd outside a Beijing primary school on Thursday and injured pedestrians, state-run China Newsweek wrote in an online post that was later deleted, citing local school and traffic authorities. Beijing traffic police said in a statement that four people had been injured when a small passenger car 'brushed' several pedestrians in Haidian district, but did not say whether the act was intentional or whether it had occurred outside a school. They said the driver had been detained and an investigation was under way. The municipal government did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Many schools in China, a country that already has extensive surveillance systems, have increased police presence and reinforced gates since last year following a spate of similar incidents near schools and elsewhere. Last November, an SUV plowed into students and pedestrians outside a primary school in the southern city of Changde, injuring several people. A week before that incident, in one of the deadliest attacks of recent years, a 62-year-old man upset with the division of assets in his divorce killed at least 35 people by ramming a car into a crowd at a sports center in the southern city of Zhuhai. (Reporting by Beijing Newsroom; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
Straits Times
15-05-2025
- Straits Times
Driver held after hitting pedestrians near Beijing primary school, state-run outlet reports
BEIJING - A vehicle drove into a crowd outside a Beijing primary school on May 15 and injured pedestrians, state-run China Newsweek wrote in an online post that was later deleted, citing local school and traffic authorities. Beijing traffic police said in a statement that four people had been injured when a small passenger car "brushed" several pedestrians in Haidian district, but did not say whether the act was intentional or whether it had occurred outside a school. They said the driver had been detained, and an investigation was under way. The municipal government did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Many schools in China, a country that already has extensive surveillance systems, have increased police presence and reinforced gates since 2024 following a spate of similar incidents near schools and elsewhere. Last November, an SUV ploughed into students and pedestrians outside a primary school in the southern city of Changde, injuring several people. A week before that incident, in one of the deadliest attacks of recent years, a 62-year-old man upset with the division of assets in his divorce killed at least 35 people by ramming a car into a crowd at a sports centre in the southern city of Zhuhai. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Bloomberg
26-02-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
China's Ex-CDC Chief Slams Musk's DOGE Cuts as ‘Anti-Science'
The former head of China's CDC has accused Elon Musk of hurting science after the special adviser to President Donald Trump cut the US budget for scientific research as part of his efforts to slash federal spending. George Gao Fu, who led the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention during the Covid-19 pandemic, told the publication China Newsweek in an interview published late Tuesday that Trump and Musk, who has been the public face of the newly founded Department of Government Efficiency, are managing science and research institutions like companies, an approach that he said risks undermining global scientific collaboration and the quality of US research.
