Anhui Province
China remodels Silk Road city but scars run deep
Aug 07, 2011 11:59 EDT
The call to prayer echoes across the old Silk Road city of Kashgar, drawing believers into the main mosque under the watchful eye of armed police, as building cranes loom in the distance.
China launches safety campaign after train crash
Jul 26, 2011 08:03 EDT
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's rail minister, facing public outrage over Saturday's deadly train crash, has ordered a two-month safety review of railway operations and apologized for the accident which killed 39 people, state media reported on Tuesday.
China high-speed train crash fuels safety concerns
Jul 25, 2011 16:14 EDT
China's media and public voiced anger Monday over a deadly train crash that caused a slump in railway stocks and cast doubt on the breakneck expansion of the country's high-speed network.
Flood-hit China braces for more storms
Jun 20, 2011 08:25 EDT
Flood-hit areas of central and southern China braced for more heavy rains on Monday with several major rivers already swollen after downpours that have affected millions and left scores dead or missing.
China food prices spike as floods ruin farmland
Jun 20, 2011 01:38 EDT
ZHUJI, China, Jun (Reuters) - Torrential rain across southern and eastern China which has killed more than 100 people and triggered the evacuation of half a million has left large areas of farmland devastated as food prices surge, state media said on Sunday.
China food prices spike as floods ruin farmland
Jun 19, 2011 06:46 EDT
ZHUJI, China, Jun (Reuters) - Torrential rain across southern and eastern China which has killed more than 100 people and triggered the evacuation of half a million has left large areas of farmland devastated as food prices surge, state media said on Sunday.
Chinese share bribe stories on web
Jun 14, 2011 02:10 EDT
Several Chinese websites have sprung up in the past week on which citizens confess to buying out officials, inspired by an Indian anti-corruption site called "I Paid A Bribe", state media said Tuesday.
More than 170 dead and missing in China floods
Jun 12, 2011 14:29 EDT
Flooding caused by torrential downpours in central and southern China has killed 94 people and left 78 others missing, the government said Sunday, warning of further heavy downpours ahead.
China floods kill 52, force 100,000 to evacuate
Jun 08, 2011 08:31 EDT
BEIJING (Reuters) - Heavy rain drenched a drought-ravaged swathe of southern and eastern China, killing 52 people and forcing more than 100,000 to evacuate, state media reported on Wednesday.
China floods kill 24, force 100,000 to evacuate
Jun 08, 2011 02:45 EDT
BEIJING (Reuters) - Heavy rain drenched a swathe of what had been drought-gripped southern and eastern China, killing 24 people and forcing more than 100,000 to evacuate, state media reported on Wednesday.
Rains come to China drought provinces, Wen warns
Jun 04, 2011 06:25 EDT
BEIJING (Reuters) - China warned several central and southern provinces hit by a months-long dry spell on Saturday to prepare for heavy rain and even floods, though Premier Wen Jiabao said it was too early to call an end to the critical water shortage.
Q&A: What are the effects of China's drought?
Jun 03, 2011 10:46 EDT
BEIJING (Reuters) - Central China is enduring its worst drought in decades, and the months without soaking rainfall are killing crops and fish farms, cutting power from dams and leaving some farmers short of safe drinking water.
China hikes power prices as shortages loom
May 30, 2011 07:20 EDT
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has raised power prices for industrial, commercial and agricultural users in some regions by about 3 percent in an attempt to ease what threatens to be the worse power shortage in seven years in the world's second-largest economy.
China drought affects more than 34 million people
May 28, 2011 04:49 EDT
A debilitating drought along China's Yangtze river has affected more than 34 million people, leaving farmers and livestock without water and parching a major grain belt, the government said Saturday.
EU first: Chinese workers rebuild Polish motorways
May 26, 2011 00:49 EDT
In the heart of the Polish countryside, about 500 Chinese workers toil frenetically on a new stretch of the A2 motorway connecting Berlin and Warsaw -- an unprecedented sight both here and across the EU.
China power crunch to worsen as drought slashes hydro
May 25, 2011 08:35 EDT
BEIJING (Reuters) - The worst drought to hit central China in half a century has brought water levels in some of the country's biggest hydropower producing regions to critical levels and could exacerbate electricity shortages over the summer.
Central China drought worst in over 50 years: reports
May 25, 2011 02:22 EDT
Central China's worst drought in more than 50 years is drying reservoirs, stalling rice planting, and threatens crippling power shortages as hydroelectric output slows, state media said Wednesday.
China risks getting old before it gets rich
Apr 27, 2011 06:11 EDT
BEIJING (Reuters) - The harsh logic of China's one-child policy is starting to unravel, and census data to be released on Thursday may well stoke debate whether the aging nation should relax restrictions.
China province to read portents in bid to avert panic
Apr 06, 2011 06:09 EDT
BEIJING (Reuters) - Worried that a freaky swarm of toads and snakes portends disaster? Calming help is at hand in one wealthy eastern Chinese province.
Chinese farmers go online to sell produce
Mar 13, 2011 17:03 EDT
For years, Wang Yulan and her husband drove their three-wheeled vehicle to an outdoor market near Beijing to sell broccoli, peppers, eggplants and tomatoes grown on their small plot of land.
