No buildings constructed after a powerful earthquake struck southwest China in 2008 collapsed fully during last week’s quake in the same province, which means they withstood a major test, an official said Thursday. Poor designs and shoddy construction were blamed …
The tent village that sprang up in two days to house quake survivors in mountain-flanked Lushan is no ordinary refugee camp. China’s full range of disaster response is on display: Trucks with x-ray equipment, phone-charging stations, bank tellers-on-wheels – even …
Luo Shiqiang sat near chunks of concrete, bricks and a ripped orange sofa and told how his grandfather was just returning from feeding chickens when their house collapsed and crushed him to death in this weekend’s powerful earthquake in southwestern …
State media report that a large-scale landslide has trapped dozens of workers in a gold mining area in China’s Tibetan region. China Central Television said Friday that the landslide occurred in the morning in the Maizhokunggar county of Lhasa, the …
Volkswagen AG announced a recall Wednesday of more than 384,000 vehicles in China to fix gearboxes following a report last week by state TV that criticized the quality of the German automaker’s cars. Volkswagen said that problems with direct-shift gearboxes …
Chinese authorities say 14 people were killed after a sleeper bus fell off a bridge in central Hubei province. Hubei Highway Police said on its microblog Tuesday night that the bus went off a bridge spanning the Yangtze River in …
Five individuals and five corporations have been charged for allegedly importing hazardous and counterfeit toys from China for sale in the United States. These charges stem from an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), …
A truck that exploded and caused an elevated stretch of highway to collapse in central China, killing 10 people, was loaded with holiday fireworks that were illegally produced and transported, authorities said Saturday. Local authorities have shut down the company …
Endless lines of slow-moving cars emerge like apparitions and then disappear again into the gloom of the thick smog that has shrouded Beijing this week and reduced its skyline to blurry gray shapes. With more than 13 million cars sold …
A fire that killed six children and one young adult at an illegally run orphanage in central China has prompted the suspensions of six local officials, a county government official said Tuesday. The deaths Friday in Henan province’s Lankao county …