The world's largest steel maker, Mittal Steel Company, has made a long-term commitment to China by setting up a research institute for metals in central Hunan province.
A 62-year-old man rammed his car into a crowd of people exercising at a sports centre in Zhuhai, China, killing 35 and injuring 43. The attacker, identified as Fan, was quickly apprehended and is currently receiving medical treatment after attempting self-harm. Police believe Fan's actions were motivated by his dissatisfaction with the property division outcome of his divorce. The incident occurred on Monday evening but was not reported by Chinese media until Tuesday evening. The event has sparked concerns and prompted authorities to strengthen security measures and investigate the incident.
The heavy rains and floods toppled 212,000 houses, damaged 287,000 other and forced 2.95 million local residents to move to safer places.
Visitors were seen running and screaming in panic as they saw the damage on the U-shaped path at Yuntaishan Scenic Park.
Eight people were killed and over 1,000 students were trapped in floods after rainstorms in several areas in China triggered by Typhoon Haiyan.
A Chinese primary school teacher stabbed four children to death and wounded 12 pupils and four colleagues last week in central China's Hunan province.
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A male university teacher in China, who ordered women nursing students to expose their private parts and touched their bodies on the pretext of conducting a examination, was sacked following public furor.
100,000 Chinese will sing a traditional folk song together to mark a provincial tourism festival.
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Super Rice, the newly-developed hybrid rice breed by Chinese scientists, has set a new world record in output, officials said.
The Maglev train takes 19 minutes and 30 seconds to complete the 18.5 km journey.
In yet another gory social revenge attack in China, a bank security team leader angry over the way his divorce case was handled barged into a local court and opened fire with a machine gun on Tuesday, killing three judges and injuring three more before turning the weapon on himself.
A teacher who murdered four students was acquitted after experts found her mentally unsound.
The city, which reported the first case of COVID-19 in late 2019, has also upgraded its epidemic response measure, locking down the area where local COVID-19 infections have been reported while upgrading its risk levels, Chinese state media Global Times reported.
The ruling was handed down by the Intermediate People's Court of Changsha City, capital of central China's Hunan Province, Xinhua news agency reported.
16 firefighters were among those injured in the fire, which gutted the market in Hunan province Tuesday.
The outbreak has resulted in Chinese cities being largely deserted, with tourist attractions shut and a few eateries requiring temperature checks and masks.
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The driver, Yang Zanyun, 54, first ploughed through the people with his vehicle and later got out of it and went on a rampage attacking people with a knife.
Ten images from the world that show we live in an incredibly odd, odd world.
Ten images that show we live an incredibly bizarre world.
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China's ruling Communist Party has appointed Wang Junzheng, sanctioned by the US, Britain, EU and Canada for his alleged role in the human rights violations against Uygur Muslims in Xinjiang, as the head of its party unit in the sensitive Himalayan region of Tibet.
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The overall confirmed cases on the mainland have reached 81,518 as of Monday, which included 3,305 people who died of the of disease.
These images from across the globe tell that it is a crazy world out there.
These images from across the globe show that it is a crazy world out there.
10 photos that prove the world we live in is crazy and strange
These images from across the globe tell that it is a crazy world out there!
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These photos prove that we live in a rather strange world.
Monday also saw the new confirmed infections of COVID-19 outside Hubei reduced to a number lower than 100 for the first time, Mi told the media..
Over 2.52 lakh who were in close contacts with patients had been traced with over 1.85 lakh others still under medical observation.
The system has passed preliminary examination by national railway test authorities and has been installed on a new bullet train produced by CSR Qingdao Sifang Co Ltd in Shandong Province.
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The drought in China that is impacting more than five per cent of the country's farmlands and is being described as the worst in 50 years, may affect its GDP this year and push up inflation, economists have said.
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