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Bloomberg
2 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
China's Easyhome Chairman Dies During Probe by Authorities
The chairman of China's biggest home furnishing retailer, who was being probed for unspecified violations, has passed away, according to an exchange filing. Wang Linpeng, chairman and chief executive officer of Wuhan-based Easyhome New Retail Group Co., died at home on Sunday, the company said, without identifying the cause of his death. Wang was detained by Wuhan city authorities three months ago and was released earlier this month 'pending investigation,' the company said in a separate statement, without giving more details.
Reuters
23-07-2025
- Climate
- Reuters
Record heat in China strains power grid, stirs health fears
BEIJING, July 23 (Reuters) - China warned on Wednesday against the risk of power supply disruptions as people struggled to keep cool in record heat baking large swathes of the country, which also spurred warnings to the elderly to guard against heat stroke. Power supply suffers while demand surges, exceeding 1.5 billion kilowatts for the first time last week, energy officials said, in a third new record for China this month, when its first nationwide alert on heat-related health risks also went out. "High-temperature weather will ... have an impact on power generation and supply," weather official Chen Hui told a press conference on Wednesday, adding that it would hit hydropower output and reduce the efficiency of photovoltaic generation. Authorities will send alerts to notify electricity suppliers if tactics such as peak-shaving and cross-regional dispatching of power are called for, added Chen, an official of the China Meteorological Administration. Since mid-March, the number of days when temperatures hit 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) or more is the highest on record, said Jia Xiaolong, deputy director of the National Climate Centre. Authorities asked the elderly to stay indoors unless necessary, while urging outdoor workers to scale down activity on such "sauna days". Temperatures have hit new highs since mid-March in the central provinces of Henan and Hubei, Shandong in the east, Sichuan in the southwest, and northwestern Shaanxi and Xinjiang, pushing the national average to the second highest on record. During the last two weeks, 152 national weather observatories tracked temperatures above 40 degrees C (104 F) with one in Xinjiang reaching 48.7 degrees C (119.7 F), Jia said. He did not rule out the chance of more record-breaking heat, saying August could prove as warm as, or even hotter than, in recent years.
South China Morning Post
21-07-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
China vows high-speed rail upgrade after years of record-breaking expansion
After record levels of expansion over the past few years, China's high-speed rail network – already the world's largest – is set for further upgrades, as Beijing pledges to improve services and lower logistics costs over the coming half a decade. China added 10,000km of operational high-speed rail tracks between 2021 and 2024, putting the nation on track to reach its goal of 50,000km by the end of the year, Minister of Transport Liu Wei said at a press conference in Beijing on Monday. 'The operating mileage of China's high-speed rail has reached 48,000km, accounting for over 70 per cent of the world's total high-speed rail mileage and covering 97 per cent of cities nationwide with populations over 500,000,' Liu said. The network has grown rapidly in recent years, broadening domestic travel options, reducing logistics costs and creating opportunities to export cutting-edge Chinese technology. The latest addition – a section connecting Chongqing to Hubei province's Qianjiang – opened late last month. The segment is part of a strategic line that will eventually link the southwestern city to Xiamen in the southeast, enhancing connectivity between inland areas and the coast. China's national railway hit a record 2.24 billion passenger trips in the first half of 2025, a 6.7 per cent increase from the year before, according to official data released last week. An Lusheng, deputy director of the National Railway Administration, who also attended Monday's conference, attributed the growth to rising demand for travel as the economy improves – as well as better service quality and stronger network capacity.
South China Morning Post
20-07-2025
- Health
- South China Morning Post
How a 19-year-old suffering from brittle bone disease beat the odds to excel academically
A 19-year-old student from China has overcome her disease to excel in academics. Tian Yanqing, from Hubei in central China, suffers from brittle bone disease, leaving her housebound for a majority of her adolescent years. Despite numerous physical constraints, with the support of a volunteer teacher, Tian achieved a 621 in the national college entry examination in June 2025. Advertisement
South China Morning Post
20-07-2025
- Health
- South China Morning Post
How a 19-year-old suffering from brittle bone disease beats the odds to excel academically
A 19-year-old student from China has overcome her disease to excel in academics. Tian Yanqing, from Hubei in central China, suffers from brittle bone disease, leaving her housebound for a majority of her adolescent years. Despite physical constraints, with the support of a volunteer teacher, she achieved a 621 in the national college entry examination in June 2025.
