15 dead after landslide hits Central China village
Torrential rain has battered 494 townships in Hunan from 8 am on Saturday to 8 am on Sunday in the wake of Typhoon Gaemi, according to the Hunan provincial meteorological center.
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Record rain, floods hit parts of Hunan province
The Pingjiang hydrologic station on the Miluo River recorded water levels of 77.63 meters at 9 pm on Monday, which is 7.13 meters higher than the first warning level. It was the…
Stinky tofu tycoon, a Changsha success story
The popular offering is made after soybeans undergo various processes such as sifting, soaking, grinding, filtering, boiling and fermenting. Raw bean curd is soaked in brine,…
Teacher dedicates her life to adding sound to the life of the hearing-impaired in China
Liu Lingli has been a teacher for hearing-impaired children for 33 years, and thanks to her help and dedication, more than 20 of the over 80 students she has taught have received…
‘Hometown of fireworks’ lights up the sky
To witness the pyrotechnic delights on Dec 31, more than 160,000 people traveled to Liuyang, which boasts a population of 1.4 million and is situated about 70 kilometers from…
Massive crowd celebrates 130th anniversary of Chairman Mao Zedong’s birth
Tourism revenue during the two days reached 94.39 million yuan ($13.2 million), an increase of 708 per cent from the same period last year and 13 per cent from 2019.
Opinions divided on public access to China’s university campuses
Noting that people had free and unhindered access to the PKU campus before 2008, a teacher of Peking University said the facial recognition devices cause great inconveniences for…
China’s hybrid rice aids global food security
An academic said hybrid rice has been planted in an accumulative area of 600 million hectares across the country, leading to an increased rice yield of more than 800 million…
China resumes group tours to over 70 countries
Besides Japan, the list of countries where people can travel to include the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia.
Record number of students to take ‘gaokao’ this year
The exam, which takes place from June 7 to 8 this year, is one of the most important ones for Chinese students as the scores will largely determine which university they can…