TAIYUAN: China sent a new Earth observation satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China's Shanxi Province at 7:52 a.m. Thursday (Beijing Time). The satellite, Gaofen-12, was launched aboard a Long March-4C rocket and entered the planned orbit successfully. It ...

BEIJING: The Chinese chemical firm responsible for an explosion that killed 24 people and injured 21 others in northern China last year hid information and misled investigators, said local authorities in a report published Sunday. A gas leak caused the explosion last November at a PVC production ...

BEIJING - An explosion and fire near a chemical factory left at least 22 people dead and 22 others injured this morning in a northern china city that will host the 2022 winter Olympics. The charred and smoking remains of trucks and cars were scattered on a road as firefighters worked at the ...

Beijing: An explosion and fire near a chemical factory left at least 22 people dead and 22 others injured on Wednesday in a northern China region that will host the 2022 Winter Olympics, authorities said. The incident near Hebei Shenghua Chemical Co. in Zhangjiakou, a city some 200 kilometres (124 ...

BEIJING - Britain’s new foreign minister made an awkward debut in China on Monday when he sought to curry favour with his hosts by mentioning his Chinese wife, but accidentally referred to her as “Japanese”. China and Japan have been traditional rivals for centuries. Although relations have ...

BEIJING - Four gigantic, Chinese characters are aligned on a hill overlooking a seaside film studio complex, in a nod to the fabled Hollywood sign, the American cultural icon in Los Angeles. Except this is northern China's port city of Qingdao, where Dalian Wanda Group, a real-estate, retail and ...

Beijing: A knife-wielding man killed seven middle school children and injured 12 others as they returned home in northern China on Friday, authorities said, in one of the deadliest such rampages in the country in recent years. The suspect was detained and the injured children were receiving ...

BEIJING — Seven people were killed and 13 injured when a truck carrying more than 5 tons of explosives blew up in northern China, the local government reported Thursday. The blast struck just before midnight on Tuesday outside an explosives warehouse, according to a statement from the Zhen'an ...

BEIJING: Five years ago, Zhang Xingying first used Chinese polar-orbiting satellites to detect and measure smog, looking for ways to tackle air pollution. Now as China makes progress in clearing its skies, the meteorologist hopes the technology can also be shared to brighten the future for all, ...

BEIJING - Chinese space laboratory Tiangong-1 is about to crash down to Earth. China's first space station will come into collision with our planet within weeks. However, the scientists are struggling for now to predict where the 8.5-tonne module will hit Earth. According to the estimates of ...