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A man lights a candle outside a fitness plaza in Zhuhai on November 12 where several people died after a vehicle was intentionally rammed into them. Experts say high-risk people are not getting the help they need because of China’s inadequate mental health care strategy. Photo: AP
Crime in China

Why experts say China urgently needs to intervene to stop ‘lone wolf’ killings

After recent deadly attacks, country’s public security system needs ‘clear legal bases’ to identify high-risk individuals, experts say.

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Crime in China

China’s mass killings spark calls for social support to prevent repeat

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Conservation

Chinese wildlife authorities search for Siberian tiger after it bites villager

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Crime in China

Driver held after children injured in car crash outside Chinese primary school

None of those injured when an SUV ploughed into a crowd outside the school in Hunan province are said to be in a life-threatening condition.

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Video footage circulating online showed the aftermath of the incident outside a school in Hunan. Photo: AFP

Zhuhai car attack survivor recalls ‘earthquake-like’ noise

Crime in China

Exclusive | Zhuhai victims heard sound ‘like earthquake’ but had no time to escape: survivor

A member of a local exercise group says an SUV ploughed into people from behind while they were using a trail in the southern Chinese city.

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Surveillance

Zhuhai car attack: China tightens security as leaders look for ‘risks and dangers’

Police presence has been ramped up so people ‘feel safer’ after Monday night’s attack, official says.

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Police officers stand outside the stadium where a deadly car attack took place in Zhuhai, Guangdong province. Photo: Reuters
Wild boar

Rampaging wild boars a growing menace in China’s cities

Authorities allocate funds and encourage hunting to cull the animals, which have attacked people and damaged property across the country.

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Trending in China

China husband suffers 90% burns in kitchen gas blast, saves wife, dies later

Heroic husband dies from multiple organ failure as son struggles to tell mother of his father’s tragic demise.

China food security

China on course for record harvest in boost for food security drive

Minister says the country is set to produce more than 700 million tonnes of grain for the first time despite extreme weather events.

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The authorities have been working to improve crop yields and food security. Photo: Xinhua
Trending in China

9 million watch video in shock as severely burned mother saves trapped toddler

Injured son pulled out from under blown-off kitchen door after gas leak sparks huge explosion as mother cooks.

Shocked millions watch a video in shock as a badly burned mother screams in pain from a kitchen blast while protecting her toddler son. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
Science

Small areas of Tibetan Plateau may have outsize impact on East Asia’s rainfall

Up to a quarter of the heaviest rainfall may be the result of gravity waves created in small pockets of mountainous terrain.

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Science

Milton vs Yagi: why do superstorms kill more people in US than China?

Among several differences, observers note that China’s evacuation orders are mandatory, moving thousands out of harm’s way.

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Taiwan

Taiwan warns of storm surge from Typhoon Krathon, mobilises 40,000 troops

Coastguard searches for 19 sailors who abandoned ship as Kaohsiung mayor describes storm as ‘no less powerful’ than 1977’s Typhoon Thelma.

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Kaohsiung is on alert in anticipation of Typhoon Krathon’s arrival on Wednesday. Photo: EPA-EFE
China-Japan relations

Japan, China top diplomats to meet in New York over murder of Japanese boy

Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa of Japan says she will ‘strongly urge’ Chinese counterpart ‘to provide a clear explanation of the facts’.

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The Japanese embassy in Beijing flies the national flag at half mast on September 19, after the 10-year-old attacked in Shenzhen died of his injuries. Photo: AFP
Vietnam

Editorial | China’s storm response a sign of progress in relations with Vietnam

China’s efforts to help Vietnam recover from Yagi are a proactive move that hopefully will continue. Both sides should seize the opportunity.

China-Japan relations

Man accused of stabbing Japanese boy jobless with criminal record: Chinese media

Information about the sensitive case is tightly controlled by Chinese police, media and internet censors.

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China-Japan relations

Child from Japanese school stabbed in China on sensitive 918 anniversary

Local police detain 44-year-old man accused of attacking the primary student who is being treated in hospital for injuries.

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A young Japanese boy was attacked by a man with a knife on Wednesday while on his way to school in Shenzhen, southern China. Shutterstock
Climate change

Opinion | Can China strengthen climate defences before it’s too late?

While China has prioritised climate adaptation, inadequate investment, fragmented policies and poor coordination between municipalities risk holding back progress.

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Extreme weather

Shanghai hit by biggest typhoon in 75 years

Shanghai

Shanghai mops up as Typhoon Bebinca reaches eastern China’s Jiangsu province

Financial hub of 25 million people lashed by winds and rains from strongest tropical cyclone to hit the city since 1949.

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The Bund in Shanghai, China on Monday morning, as Typhoon Bebinca became the strongest storm to hit the city in more than 70 years. Photo: AFP
Vietnam

China says it’s working with Vietnam on flood control after Typhoon Yagi

Water is being stored in reservoirs of hydropower stations along upper reaches of the Red River, according to foreign ministry.

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Typhoon Yagi has triggered severe flooding in Hanoi. The Red River’s rapid rise inundated communities along the riverbank, forcing residents to seek refuge in safer areas. Photo: EPA-EFE
Super Typhoon Yagi

Super Typhoon Yagi: officials, military in Southern China push to fix services

Guangdong and Hainan provinces work to clean up and sanitise streets and help farmers, fishers and factories get back to work.

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Super Typhoon Yagi

Super Typhoon Yagi lashes south China, killing 4 and injuring 95

Beijing pledges 200 million yuan in disaster relief after this year’s second-strongest tropical cyclone sweeps Hainan, Guangdong and Guangxi.

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Extreme weather

Super Typhoon Yagi: over 410,000 people relocated as storm hits southern China

Yagi predicted to move northwest, crossing Haikou, Chengmai and Lingao before moving into the ocean by Saturday morning.

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A cafe worker reinforces a glass window in Haikou on Thursday in preparation for Super Typhoon Yagi. Photo: Xinhua
China education

11 dead in eastern China, driver detained after bus hits crowd outside school

Local movie theatre hosts blood donation vehicles amid social media callout to aid dozens injured in crash.

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Eleven people were killed and dozens injured after a bus hit a crowd outside a school on Tuesday morning. Photo: X/@FxGecko_MYS
China food safety

Chinese cooking oil scandal prompts new safety rules for transporting products

China to adopt regulations in wake of investigation finding dirty fuel tanks were used to carry vegetable oil, but public still sceptical.

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China-Asean relations

China says Mekong dam did not discharge water downstream amid Thailand floods

The Jinghong dam has previously been blamed for changes in water levels, but Bangkok embassy says no water was discharged last week.

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16 October, 2024
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