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Kim Jong-un's 'bitter sorrow' as bus crash kills Chinese tourists |
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Sacred Tibetan monastery in Lhasa hit by fire |
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Eggs containing fipronil found in 15 EU countries and Hong Kong |
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Over 140 people feared buried by China landslide
Map of Xinmo Mao County Sichuan China Sichuan: A landslide unleashed huge rocks and a mass of earth that crashed into their homes in southwestern China early Saturday
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Sandstorm blankets huge area of China in dusty pollution |
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Teenage girl dies after being thrown off ride at amusement park |
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Beijing pollution: Police force to combat toxic smog |
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Heavy flooding in China leaves 181 dead or missing |
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Climbers bodies found in Tibet after 16 years |
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China smog sparks red alerts in 10 cities |
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22 buildings collapse in landslide in Shenzhen industrial park
Map of Guangming New District Shenzhen China Southern China: About 900 people have been evacuated, with four people pulled alive from rubble with minor or no injuries. At least 91 remain missing
| Dec.17 |
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Beijing issues second ever pollution red alert
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China Tianjin explosions: Premier Li Keqiang visits scene |
| Aug.15 |
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Evacuations as sodium cyanide found
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Fires still burning after Tianjin blasts |
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Chemical specialists sent to Tianjin |
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Casualties in Tianjin port city explosions
Map of port Tianjin China Massive explosions have hit a warehouse storing dangerous and chemical goods in the port area, leaving at least 17 dead and hundreds more injured
Pictures and video showed flames lighting up the sky, and buildings are said to have collapsed
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Typhoon Soudelor: Trail of damage in south-east China. Southern China
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Typhoon Soudelor lashes southeast China
Southern China: A typhoon was pounding southeast China late Saturday, leaving more than a million homes without power after lashing Taiwan
| Jul.27 |
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Mother killed in escalator incident |
| Jun.5 |
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Yangtze ship disaster: 331 confirmed dead |
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Workers turn capsized China ship upright. Southern China
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Hopes fade of finding Yangtze survivors |
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Cries for help heard from capsized boat in Yangtze River |
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5 people dead and hundreds missing in Yangtze River |
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Boat with more than 400 people aboard sinks in Yangtze River
Map of Jianli Hubei China Southern China: Passenger ship The Eastern Star carrying more than 444 people sank overnight in southern China, and seven people have been rescued
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Hundreds injured at magnitude 6.0 earthquake |
| Aug.9 |
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Tour bus carrying about 40 people in Tibet falls into valley |
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Strong earthquake kills at least 367 in southern China
Southern China: The magnitude-6.1 quake in Yunnan province toppled thousands of homes on Sunday, killing at least 175 people and injuring more than 1,400
| Aug.1 |
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China factory blast kills at least 65. Shanghai
| Jul.18 |
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Highway collision in southern China kills 43 people |
| Apr.5 |
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Plane search signal 'important lead' |
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Malaysia missing plane search China ship 'picks up signal'
Western Australia: A Chinese ship searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane in the southern Indian Ocean has picked up a pulse signal, Chinese media sa...
| Mar.29 |
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Chinese demand more information on missing plane |
| Mar.25 |
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China families vent missing plane fury. Beijing
| Mar.23 |
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Chinese plane spots object in ocean search for missing Malaysian plane |
| Mar.22 |
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China jets boost Malaysia plane hunt |
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China has new images showing object in southern Indian Ocean. Malaysia
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China begins land search for plane |
| Mar.13 |
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China debris images 'released by mistake' |
| Mar.12 |
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Malaysia Airlines MH370: China 'will not give up' on plane |
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China in new plane 'debris' clue |
| Mar.10 |
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China urges Malaysia to intensify search for flight MH370 |
| Mar.8 |
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Asian states search for missing jet |
| Mar.7 |
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Malaysia Airlines loses contact with plane carrying 239 people
Map of Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Malaysia Airlines says it has lost contact with MH370 with 239 aboard travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing
A Boeing 777-200ER had lost contact with Subang Air Traffic Control outside Kuala Lumpur. The aircraft had last been heard from less than an hour after takeoff. The aircraft carried 12 Malaysian crew members and 227 passengers from 14 nations
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| Jan.27 |
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Hong Kong culls chickens over H7N9 |
| Jan.7 |
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Antarctic ships escape from ice trap |
| Jan.3 |
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Chinese vessel 'may now be stuck in ice'. Antarctica
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| Dec.27 |
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Icebreaker rescue ship stuck in Antarctic ice |
| Nov.23 |
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Death toll in China oil pipeline blast rises to 52 people
| Oct.28 |
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5 dead after jeep crashes and catches fire in Tiananmen Square. Beijing
| Oct.20 |
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Heavy smog hits north China city, flights canceled. Northeast China
| Oct.7 |
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Typhoon Fitow kills five in China |
| Jul.22 |
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China's Gansu hit by deadly quakes
| Jul.21 |
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5.9-magnitude quake hits central China |
| Jun.7 |
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Dozens dead in China bus fire |
| Jun.3 |
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Explosion, fire reportedly kill 119 at poultry plant. Northeast China
| May.27 |
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Rescuers save a newborn from sewer pipe in China. Southern China
| May.17 |
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Southern China rains kill 55, leave 14 missing |
| May.11 |
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China colliery blast kills 27 miners |
| Apr.21 |
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Chinese teams reach quake-hit region |
| Apr.20 |
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China battles to bring quake aid |
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Earthquake has killed more than 150 people
Sichuan: A powerful 6.6-magnitude earthquake has killed more than 150 people and injured several thousand in China's rural south west
| Apr.19 |
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At least 41 dead after earthquake strikes Sichuan region |
| Apr.12 |
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Death toll climbs to 10 in bird flu crisis |
| Apr.5 |
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20,000 birds slaughtered as bird flu death toll rises. Shanghai
| Mar.12 |
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China river pig toll nears 6,000 |
| Jan.31 |
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China highway falls after blast |
| Jan.12 |
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Beijing pollution at hazard level |
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| Oct.1 |
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Hong Kong boat collision kills 36
| Sep.7 |
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China's quake death toll rises |
| Aug.29 |
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Death toll rises in China coal mine blast |
| Jul.23 |
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Strong typhoon lashes Hong Kong |
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| Nov.4 |
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Dozens rescued from Chinese mine |
| Jul.23 |
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Bullet train derails, cars fall off bridge
Southern China: At least two cars of a high-speed bullet train fell off a bridge late Saturday after a derailment in eastern Zhejiang province
| Jun.17 |
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Deadly floods hit China. Southern China
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Landslides kill at least 127 in China. Western China
| Apr.13 |
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Hundreds dead in 6.9 earthquake
Western China: Some 300 people are feared dead after a rapid series of strong earthquakes hit a mountainous and impoverished area
| Apr.5 |
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China rescues 115 from flooded mine
| Apr.3 |
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Alert over oil leak on Great Barrier Reef. Queensland
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| Aug.10 |
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Landslide crushes buildings |
| May.1 |
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'Flu' hotel sealed off. Hong Kong
| Feb.6 |
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China suffering worst drought in 50 years |
| Jan.19 |
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China confirms 3rd bird flu death this year |
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China's tainted milk scare spreads globally Global: African governments have stopped importing Chinese dairy products as the crisis spreads
| Sep.17 |
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3 babies dead, 6,200 ill from milk formula Drinking formula tainted with the same chemical involved in a massive pet food recall last year by Mengniu Dairy Group
| Sep.14 |
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Death toll from landslide reaches 254 Rescue workers continue to recover more bodie from a mud and rock slide that occurred at an unlicensed mine
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Water behind 'quake lake' at top of dam |
| May.27 |
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Aftershocks demolish homes |
| May.16 |
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'Five million' homeless in quake |
| May.15 |
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President Hu Jintao visits quake area. Sichuan
| May.13 |
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Rescuers reach epicentre |
| May.12 |
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Quake death toll 50,000
Map of Sichuan Sichuan: 80 percent of the buildings collapsed in the Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County after the 7.8-magnitude quake. Several hundred students are also feared to be buried in collapsed school buildings. 'Five million' homeless in quake. A frighte... | |
| May.3 |
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China on alert over deadly child virus
| Jan.30 |
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Stranded take buses anywhere
Crowds at some of major train stations thinned slightly as thousands took advantage of a break in the nation's worst weather for 50 years
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| Oct.7 |
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1.4 million flee deadly storm |
| Sep.18 |
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Millions flee as typhoon rips into China
Shanghai: Wipha slammed into the coast south of Shanghai as authorities moved 2 million people following forecasts
| Aug.17 |
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Scores trapped in coal mine |
| Aug.13 |
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14 dead in bridge collapse |
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466,000 flee as storm nears China |
| May.21 |
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Flooding traps 57 in mine |
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| Nov.27 |
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169 workers die in mine blast
Northeast China: More than 100 missing after an explosion at a colliery at the Dongfeng mine in Heilongjiang province
| Nov.22 |
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Harbin water supplies cut off. Northeast China
| Jun.23 |
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Flood death toll 'over 500' |
| Feb.14 |
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203 dead in mine explosion |
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| Nov.27 |
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Mine blast traps 187 |
| Oct.20 |
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56 die, 150 missing in blast |
| Sep.7 |
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Flood deaths mount to 143 |
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| Dec.25 |
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233 died in gas disaster |
| Jun.5 |
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SARS outbreak past its peak: WHO |
| Apr.27 |
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SARS closes Beijing venues |
| Apr.23 |
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WHO increases SARS travel warnings |
| Mar.13 |
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First alert over SARS Hong Kong: Virulent flu and pneumonia has swept through hospitals in Hong Kong and Vietnam
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| Aug.22 |
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Million people battling lake. Southern China
| May.25 |
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Airliner with 225 people crashed into sea. Taiwan
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| Apr.1 |
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U.S. spy plane lands in China
Map of Hainan China Southern China: Navy reconnaissance plane made an emergency landing. It collided with a Chinese fighter jet
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| Dec.25 |
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Christmas Day blaze kills 309
before year 2000
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| Jul. 28, 1976 |
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1976 Tangshan earthquake
Map of Tangshan Hebei China The largest earthquake of the 20th century by death toll. The number of deaths is around 240,000 to 255,000 | |
| Dec. 3, 1948 |
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SS Kiangya disaster
Map of Huangpu River China Shanghai: A Chinese passenger steamship that blew up near the mouth of the Huangpu River 50 miles (80 km) north of Shanghai on 3 or 4 December 1948
| Jul. 1, 1931 |
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Central China floods of 1931
Map of Nanjing China Estimates of the total death toll range from 145,000 to between 3.7 million and 4 million. In July alone rain totaling over 2 feet | |
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2018 |
| Feb.17 |
Sacred Tibetan monastery in Lhasa hit by fire |
2015 |
| Aug.13 |
Fires still burning after Tianjin blasts |
2013 |
| Jun.3 |
Explosion, fire reportedly kill 119 at poultry plant. Northeast China
2000 |
| Dec.25 |
Christmas Day blaze kills 309
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2014 |
| Oct.7 |
Hundreds injured at magnitude 6.0 earthquake |
| Aug.3 |
Strong earthquake kills at least 367 in southern China
Southern China: The magnitude-6.1 quake in Yunnan province toppled thousands of homes on Sunday, killing at least 175 people and injuring more than 1,400
2013 |
| Jul.22 |
China's Gansu hit by deadly quakes
| Jul.21 |
5.9-magnitude quake hits central China |
| Apr.20 |
China battles to bring quake aid |
| Apr.20 |
Earthquake has killed more than 150 people
Sichuan: A powerful 6.6-magnitude earthquake has killed more than 150 people and injured several thousand in China's rural south west
| Apr.19 |
At least 41 dead after earthquake strikes Sichuan region |
2012 |
| Sep.7 |
China's quake death toll rises |
2010 |
| Apr.13 |
Hundreds dead in 6.9 earthquake
Western China: Some 300 people are feared dead after a rapid series of strong earthquakes hit a mountainous and impoverished area
2008 |
| Jun.4 |
Water behind 'quake lake' at top of dam |
| May.27 |
Aftershocks demolish homes |
| May.16 |
'Five million' homeless in quake |
| May.15 |
President Hu Jintao visits quake area. Sichuan
| May.12 |
Quake death toll 50,000
Map of Sichuan Sichuan: 80 percent of the buildings collapsed in the Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County after the 7.8-magnitude quake. Several hundred students are also feared to be buried in collapsed school buildings. 'Five million' homeless in quake. A frighte... | |
1976 |
| Jul. 28, 1976 |
1976 Tangshan earthquake
Map of Tangshan Hebei China The largest earthquake of the 20th century by death toll. The number of deaths is around 240,000 to 255,000 | |
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2018 |
| Apr.23 |
Kim Jong-un's 'bitter sorrow' as bus crash kills Chinese tourists |
2014 |
| Aug.9 |
Tour bus carrying about 40 people in Tibet falls into valley |
| Jul.18 |
Highway collision in southern China kills 43 people |
2013 |
| Oct.28 |
5 dead after jeep crashes and catches fire in Tiananmen Square. Beijing
| Jun.7 |
Dozens dead in China bus fire |
| Jan.31 |
China highway falls after blast |
|
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2014 |
| Jan.27 |
Hong Kong culls chickens over H7N9 |
2013 |
| Apr.12 |
Death toll climbs to 10 in bird flu crisis |
| Apr.5 |
20,000 birds slaughtered as bird flu death toll rises. Shanghai
2009 |
| May.1 |
'Flu' hotel sealed off. Hong Kong
| Jan.19 |
China confirms 3rd bird flu death this year |
2008 |
| Sep.23 |
China's tainted milk scare spreads globally Global: African governments have stopped importing Chinese dairy products as the crisis spreads
| Sep.17 |
3 babies dead, 6,200 ill from milk formula Drinking formula tainted with the same chemical involved in a massive pet food recall last year by Mengniu Dairy Group
| May.3 |
China on alert over deadly child virus
2003 |
| Jun.5 |
SARS outbreak past its peak: WHO |
| Apr.27 |
SARS closes Beijing venues |
| Apr.23 |
WHO increases SARS travel warnings |
| Mar.13 |
First alert over SARS Hong Kong: Virulent flu and pneumonia has swept through hospitals in Hong Kong and Vietnam
|
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2015 |
| Jun.5 |
Yangtze ship disaster: 331 confirmed dead |
| Jun.4 |
Workers turn capsized China ship upright. Southern China
| Jun.2 |
Hopes fade of finding Yangtze survivors |
| Jun.2 |
Cries for help heard from capsized boat in Yangtze River |
| Jun.1 |
5 people dead and hundreds missing in Yangtze River |
| Jun.1 |
Boat with more than 400 people aboard sinks in Yangtze River
Map of Jianli Hubei China Southern China: Passenger ship The Eastern Star carrying more than 444 people sank overnight in southern China, and seven people have been rescued
2014 |
| Jan.7 |
Antarctic ships escape from ice trap |
| Jan.3 |
Chinese vessel 'may now be stuck in ice'. Antarctica
2013 |
| Dec.27 |
Icebreaker rescue ship stuck in Antarctic ice |
2012 |
| Oct.1 |
Hong Kong boat collision kills 36
1948 |
| Dec. 3, 1948 |
SS Kiangya disaster
Map of Huangpu River China Shanghai: A Chinese passenger steamship that blew up near the mouth of the Huangpu River 50 miles (80 km) north of Shanghai on 3 or 4 December 1948
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|
2013 |
| May.11 |
China colliery blast kills 27 miners |
2012 |
| Aug.29 |
Death toll rises in China coal mine blast |
2011 |
| Nov.4 |
Dozens rescued from Chinese mine |
2007 |
| Aug.17 |
Scores trapped in coal mine |
2006 |
| May.21 |
Flooding traps 57 in mine |
2005 |
| Nov.27 |
169 workers die in mine blast
Northeast China: More than 100 missing after an explosion at a colliery at the Dongfeng mine in Heilongjiang province
| Feb.14 |
203 dead in mine explosion |
2004 |
| Nov.27 |
Mine blast traps 187 |
| Oct.20 |
56 die, 150 missing in blast |
|
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2017 |
| May.3 |
Sandstorm blankets huge area of China in dusty pollution |
2015 |
| Aug.9 |
Typhoon Soudelor: Trail of damage in south-east China. Southern China
| Aug.8 |
Typhoon Soudelor lashes southeast China
Southern China: A typhoon was pounding southeast China late Saturday, leaving more than a million homes without power after lashing Taiwan
2013 |
| Oct.20 |
Heavy smog hits north China city, flights canceled. Northeast China
| Oct.7 |
Typhoon Fitow kills five in China |
| May.17 |
Southern China rains kill 55, leave 14 missing |
2012 |
| Jul.23 |
Strong typhoon lashes Hong Kong |
2009 |
| Feb.6 |
China suffering worst drought in 50 years |
2008 |
| Jan.30 |
Stranded take buses anywhere
Crowds at some of major train stations thinned slightly as thousands took advantage of a break in the nation's worst weather for 50 years
2007 |
| Oct.7 |
1.4 million flee deadly storm |
| Sep.18 |
Millions flee as typhoon rips into China
Shanghai: Wipha slammed into the coast south of Shanghai as authorities moved 2 million people following forecasts
2006 |
| Aug.9 |
466,000 flee as storm nears China |
|
|
2017 |
| Jun.23 |
Over 140 people feared buried by China landslide
Map of Xinmo Mao County Sichuan China Sichuan: A landslide unleashed huge rocks and a mass of earth that crashed into their homes in southwestern China early Saturday
2015 |
| Dec.20 |
22 buildings collapse in landslide in Shenzhen industrial park
Map of Guangming New District Shenzhen China Southern China: About 900 people have been evacuated, with four people pulled alive from rubble with minor or no injuries. At least 91 remain missing
2010 |
| Aug.8 |
Landslides kill at least 127 in China. Western China
2009 |
| Aug.10 |
Landslide crushes buildings |
2008 |
| Sep.14 |
Death toll from landslide reaches 254 Rescue workers continue to recover more bodie from a mud and rock slide that occurred at an unlicensed mine
|
|
2016 |
| Jul.6 |
Heavy flooding in China leaves 181 dead or missing |
2011 |
| Jun.17 |
Deadly floods hit China. Southern China
2005 |
| Jun.23 |
Flood death toll 'over 500' |
2004 |
| Sep.7 |
Flood deaths mount to 143 |
2002 |
| Aug.22 |
Million people battling lake. Southern China
1931 |
| Jul. 1, 1931 |
Central China floods of 1931
Map of Nanjing China Estimates of the total death toll range from 145,000 to between 3.7 million and 4 million. In July alone rain totaling over 2 feet | |
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2013 |
| Mar.12 |
China river pig toll nears 6,000 |
|
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2014 |
| Apr.5 |
Plane search signal 'important lead' |
| Apr.5 |
Malaysia missing plane search China ship 'picks up signal'
Western Australia: A Chinese ship searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane in the southern Indian Ocean has picked up a pulse signal, Chinese media sa...
| Mar.29 |
Chinese demand more information on missing plane |
| Mar.25 |
China families vent missing plane fury. Beijing
| Mar.23 |
Chinese plane spots object in ocean search for missing Malaysian plane |
| Mar.22 |
China jets boost Malaysia plane hunt |
| Mar.22 |
China has new images showing object in southern Indian Ocean. Malaysia
| Mar.17 |
China begins land search for plane |
| Mar.13 |
China debris images 'released by mistake' |
| Mar.12 |
Malaysia Airlines MH370: China 'will not give up' on plane |
| Mar.12 |
China in new plane 'debris' clue |
| Mar.10 |
China urges Malaysia to intensify search for flight MH370 |
| Mar.8 |
Asian states search for missing jet |
| Mar.7 |
Malaysia Airlines loses contact with plane carrying 239 people
Map of Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Malaysia Airlines says it has lost contact with MH370 with 239 aboard travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing
A Boeing 777-200ER had lost contact with Subang Air Traffic Control outside Kuala Lumpur. The aircraft had last been heard from less than an hour after takeoff. The aircraft carried 12 Malaysian crew members and 227 passengers from 14 nations
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2002 |
| May.25 |
Airliner with 225 people crashed into sea. Taiwan
2001 |
| Apr.1 |
U.S. spy plane lands in China
Map of Hainan China Southern China: Navy reconnaissance plane made an emergency landing. It collided with a Chinese fighter jet
|
|
2017 |
| Jan.7 |
Beijing pollution: Police force to combat toxic smog |
2015 |
| Dec.23 |
China smog sparks red alerts in 10 cities |
| Dec.17 |
Beijing issues second ever pollution red alert
| Aug.13 |
Chemical specialists sent to Tianjin |
2013 |
| Jan.12 |
Beijing pollution at hazard level |
2010 |
| Apr.3 |
Alert over oil leak on Great Barrier Reef. Queensland
2005 |
| Nov.22 |
Harbin water supplies cut off. Northeast China
2003 |
| Dec.25 |
233 died in gas disaster |
|
|
2007 |
| Aug.13 |
14 dead in bridge collapse |
|
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2016 |
| May.1 |
Climbers bodies found in Tibet after 16 years |
|
|
2011 |
| Jul.23 |
Bullet train derails, cars fall off bridge
Southern China: At least two cars of a high-speed bullet train fell off a bridge late Saturday after a derailment in eastern Zhejiang province
|
|
2013 |
| May.27 |
Rescuers save a newborn from sewer pipe in China. Southern China
| Apr.21 |
Chinese teams reach quake-hit region |
2010 |
| Apr.5 |
China rescues 115 from flooded mine
2008 |
| May.13 |
Rescuers reach epicentre |
|
|
2017 |
| Aug.11 |
Eggs containing fipronil found in 15 EU countries and Hong Kong |
|
|
2015 |
| Aug.16 |
China Tianjin explosions: Premier Li Keqiang visits scene |
| Aug.15 |
Evacuations as sodium cyanide found
| Aug.12 |
Casualties in Tianjin port city explosions
Map of port Tianjin China Massive explosions have hit a warehouse storing dangerous and chemical goods in the port area, leaving at least 17 dead and hundreds more injured
Pictures and video showed flames lighting up the sky, and buildings are said to have collapsed
|
| |
2014 |
| Aug.1 |
China factory blast kills at least 65. Shanghai
2013 |
| Nov.23 |
Death toll in China oil pipeline blast rises to 52 people