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CNA
22-07-2025
- Business
- CNA
A look at renewed efforts to revive interest in China's Hengqin island
For years, China has poured billions into developing quieter cities to even out economic growth. Despite tax incentives and funding, not every venture has succeeded. Deborah Wong travelled to the southern Chinese island of Hengqin to find out how it can revive interest.
Bloomberg
17-07-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Trump's Trade War Is Upending China's Factory Floors
At a factory in southern China, hundreds of assembly-line workers wearing blue caps churn out kitchenware and grilling accessories for global retailers including Walmart Inc. The vast shop floor — almost the size of six soccer fields — is a hive of activity as everything from grill tongs to food storage containers are assembled and packaged. In the break area for office workers next door there's a Silicon Valley vibe: Designers and engineers in black polo shirts play foosball and table tennis, while a barista serves cappuccinos. It's one of four factories in China run by Velong Enterprises, a working partnership that began in 2005 when American Jacob Rothman combined his Shanghai-based trading company with a small factory in southern Guangdong province owned by Iven Chen. Together they've built an operation that designs, develops, manufactures and markets products worldwide. Rothman, 52, jokes that he and Chen, 47, are like a married couple — only better, as they never argue. 'I can't say that about my own marriage,' he says.
News.com.au
25-06-2025
- Climate
- News.com.au
Horrifying moment truck driver dangles over collapsed bridge
A truck driver has been left dangling mid-air after a bridge collapsed due to a landslide in the southern China province of Guizhou on Tuesday morning. Shocking footage filmed by an onlooker, shows the driver stranded in his cab with the door open as the truck's wheels hang dangerously far over the edge of the Monkey River bridge. The truck's hazard lights blink rapidly as the camera pans below, revealing a terrifyingly steep drop into a valley blanketed by thick fog. 'You're lucky to be alive – that's dangerous,' says the onlooker as the driver calls out for help. 'You'll have to wait for the fire service. There's no signal,' he says. 'I called the fire department but I cannot get through,' calls the driver. 'There's no mobile connectivity. We all don't have it,' he replies. According to local media, the same witness was later seen redirecting traffic and warning other vehicles not to continue down the road. Guizhou Fire service confirmed the man had been successfully rescued in a statement posted to social media. 'At 7:40am on June 24, the Houzihe Bridge on the Xiarong Expressway collapsed due to a landslide caused by continuous heavy rain. '[We] immediately dispatched 23 vehicles and 89 people to the scene for rescue. There were no casualties at the scene.' Footage of the rescue shows a team of firefighters surrounding the back of the lorry as one climbs on top of it with a ladder. The unidentified driver can then be seen slowly pulling himself through a window in the back of the cab, trying his best not to disturb the weight balance. In the next shot, a rescuer can be seen securing him with a thin rope and directing him to safety. Watch the heart-stopping rescue: At least three unoccupied construction vehicles from nearby villages were found in the valley after going down with the collapsed bridge. Authorities said multiple rivers had burst their banks after days of rain in China's flood-hit province of Guizhou, where the annual east Asian summer monsoon reached its peak. More rain is expected over the next few days, with state meteorologists warning that provinces hit by overlapping storms, including Guizhou, should be especially on their guard. Water levels in three rivers in Guizhou's Rongjiang county are reportedly rising rapidly and are expected to cause the worst flooding for at least 30 years.
South China Morning Post
25-06-2025
- Climate
- South China Morning Post
Boy in Guangdong wolfs down food amid earthquake
An earthquake in Guangdong sent a family scrambling to find shelter, but not before one of the children had his fill of food. The magnitude 4.3 tremor was felt in the Qingcheng district of the southern Chinese city of Qingyuan on the evening of June 23, 2025.
South China Morning Post
23-06-2025
- Climate
- South China Morning Post
Central and southern China hit by heavy rainfall and flooding
Heavy rainfall has triggered flooding in parts of central and southern China over the week, prompting local...
