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South China Morning Post
4 days ago
- General
- South China Morning Post
Chinese boy runs away after family row, learns of dad's fatal car crash 2 days later
People on social media have been left heartbroken over a 12-year-old boy who ran away from home to escape his father's discipline, and only heard about the latter's sudden death when he was found by the police. The boy, surnamed Wang, from eastern China's Jiangxi province, ran away from home on May 20 after his father scolded and beat him for playing with his phone too much. Two days later, his father, a delivery driver, was hit by a car while on the job. According to a witness, Wang senior was riding his electric bike when it collided with a car and he was dragged under its wheels. The runaway boy, above, was found after police and volunteers organised an urgent search mission. Photo: The witness said she heard the driver confess to not seeing Wang senior who was seriously injured and rushed to hospital.
Free Malaysia Today
28-05-2025
- Climate
- Free Malaysia Today
China issues warnings after heavy rain in southern regions
Heavy rain in Guangdong has led to the deaths of at least 13 people. (Xinhua/AP pic) HONG KONG : China's national meteorological centre (NMC) today issued alerts for heavy rain and flooding in southern regions, forecasting the most intense storms of the year so far. The NMC flagged a high risk of mountain floods, geological disasters and localised flooding in southern provinces and regions due to strong rainfall including in Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangxi, Guangdong and Guizhou. In Jiangxi, forecasts showed torrential rain in some areas may reach more than 150mm, while in Guangxi, authorities braced for flash floods, state broadcaster CCTV reported. In the southern city of Shenzhen, several trains were suspended from operation over May 28-29 due to heavy rain, railway authorities said. China faces longer, more intense heat waves and more frequent and unpredictable heavy rain which meteorologists attributed to climate change. The country is especially vulnerable to climate change, authorities have said, because of its huge population. Heavy rain in southern Guangdong province, the Guangxi region and southwestern Guizhou province, has led to the deaths of at least 13 people and disappearance of several others. Dozens of people became trapped after landslides in Guizhou, prompting authorities to send the military to assist in their rescue.
BBC News
27-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Business Daily China: the mineral superpower
Available for over a year The country dominates the global processing of critical minerals - materials essential to clean energy, defence, and modern manufacturing. In the second part of our series on the global race to secure these resources, we explore how China built its control over the supply chain, from strategic state investment to partnerships abroad. We also head to Indonesia, where Chinese firms are leading the charge in nickel processing. Has one country gained too much power over the world's green transition? Presenter: Sam Fenwick Producer: Lexy O'Connor (Image: Labourers work at the site of a rare earth metals mine at Nancheng county, Jiangxi province in 2010. Credit: Getty Images)
ABC News
27-05-2025
- General
- ABC News
Chemical plant explosion in Weifang city rocks Shandong province in eastern China
A huge explosion has rocked a chemical plant in eastern China, with state media covering the blast that has sent large plumes of black smoke high into the sky. Chinese state TV, CCTV, reported that the incident took place in the city of Weifang at about noon local time. State-backed Beijing News released footage of windows being ripped from their hinges by the explosion, while The Paper, another state-run outlet, reported that some residents's belongings had been blown out onto the street. Rescuers have been dispatched to the scene of the blast, but authorities have not yet confirmed if there are any casualties. Some 230 fire fighters and 55 emergency vehicles were sent to the scene, the national Ministry of Emergency Management said in a statement. Blasts at chemical plants in China in recent years have included one in the north-west region of Ningxia in 2024 and another in the south-eastern province of Jiangxi in 2023. Two massive explosions at warehouses containing hazardous and flammable chemicals in the Chinese port city of Tianjin in 2015 killed over 170 people and injured 700 more, prompting the government to pass new laws covering chemical storage. ABC/wires
South China Morning Post
24-05-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
China greenlights mega-project canal linking resource-rich Jiangxi to wealthy Zhejiang
A new 767-kilometre-long canal linking the inland rare earth hub of Jiangxi province with the eastern coastal powerhouse of Zhejiang has officially been included in the government's agenda, according to a recently released policy document, as the Chinese government steps up efforts to expand its inland waterway network. Advertisement China already boasts a sprawling web of high-speed rail and highways that reach deep into nearly every corner of the country, but officials have increasingly turned to rivers and artificial waterways – part of a broader push to lower logistical costs and integrate less-developed inland regions with wealthier coastal hubs, analysts said. The Jiangxi-Zhejiang Canal is part of a mega-project aimed at connecting Guangdong, Jiangxi and Zhejiang by water. It is expected to become the most expensive artificial canal ever built in China, with an estimated investment of 320 billion yuan (US$44.4 billion), nearly three times that of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge. In an action plan released in early May, the Zhejiang provincial government said it would begin to 'plan and advance' the canal's construction, aiming to turn the province into a national leader in inland water transport by 2035. If completed, the canal would connect Jiangxi province – a growing manufacturing hub for electric vehicles with abundant rare earth and copper reserves – to seaports in Zhejiang, one of China's wealthiest provinces. Advertisement Planned as a Class III waterway, the canal would be able to accommodate 1,000-tonne vessels, according to Ministry of Transport guidelines. Once operational, it could handle around 25 million tonnes of cargo annually, the ministry said.
