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China’s 2022 heatwave

People cool off by a fan as they wait for seats at a restaurant during a heatwave in Beijing last week. Photo: AFP

Climate change

Heatwaves to hit China every 5 years as extreme weather events multiply: study

The results of the World Weather Attribution study paint a grim picture for the planet’s future unless more is done to phase out fossil fuels. ‘Tens of thousands of people will keep dying’, one scientist warned.

25 Jul 2023 - 1:00PMvideocam

Business of climate change

China leads the world in preparing for extreme weather threats to power supplies

31 May 2023 - 11:33AMvideocam

Trending in China

‘Definitely aliens’: bizarre patterns in drying lake enthral China’s internet

15 Nov 2022 - 6:47PM

China energy security

Winter is coming and China is facing a ‘grim’ power supply outlook

An extreme summer drought has left reservoirs in China struggling to retain water needed for the dry season, with Sichuan province anticipating a worst-case scenario of a 10 to 30 per cent power shortfall over the winter months.

15 Oct 2022 - 2:30PMvideocam

Major coal production areas in China have been gradually boosting output, while also prioritising the supply of thermal coal since early October to prepare for increased winter power demand. Photo: Xinhua

Accidents and disasters in China

Can China’s parched Poyang Lake still be a winter home for migratory birds?

Shrinking of the country’s largest freshwater lake could make wintering difficult for hundreds of thousands of migratory waterbirds.

2 Oct 2022 - 11:24AMvideocam

China energy security

Russian oil exports to China jump in August, but Saudis take top spot

China’s demand for imported fuel has been subdued this year as the economy slows, but imports of Russian oil have remained strong and purchases from Saudi Arabia recovered last month.

20 Sep 2022 - 8:45PMvideocam

China food security

China’s major rice-growing regions struggle under record-breaking drought

The capital cities of the southern provinces of Jiangxi and Hunan, two major rice-growing regions, have not seen a single drop of rain this month, raising concerns over China’s food security, drinking water and animal conservation.

21 Sep 2022 - 9:43AMvideocam

Jiangxi province has suffered “severe” drought for 69 days this year as of Monday, when 95.7 per cent of its county-level areas were deemed to be under an “extremely severe” drought. Photo: Reuters

China food security

China urged to embrace ‘nutrition-oriented’ farming or risk food security

Chinese authorities have in recent years ramped up rhetoric around safeguarding food supply. They now say more needs to be done to prevent the loss of nutrient-rich foods through processing.

19 Sep 2022 - 7:00PMvideocam

Trending in China

Toddler-leash while cooking, art to stop period-shaming, dead ducks for sale

This week in ‘love and courage in China’, we highlight stories that celebrate the human spirit featuring a grandmother’s toddler leash while she cooks, a teenager trying to stop period-shaming and people helping an old farmer sell dead ducks.

16 Sep 2022 - 9:18AM

China food security

‘I’ve never seen a drought like this’: China’s farmers fight to save harvest

A severe drought has parched Jiangxi province and other major rice-growing areas in the Yangtze River Basin. Farmers in the region are growing increasingly fearful about the coming autumn harvest.

14 Sep 2022 - 9:22AMvideocam

Large areas of southern China are suffering from serious drought, with water levels on two major rivers in rice-growing provinces dropping to historic lows. Photo: Reuters

China’s 20th Party Congress

Poverty threat unlikely to derail China’s push for common prosperity

Party congress expected to celebrate last year’s declared success in lifting lowest incomes and turn focus to 2049 goal.

13 Sep 2022 - 11:58PMvideocam

Business of climate change

UN agency warns global temperature likely to hit record high in next five years

The likelihood of a record high temperature is 93 per cent, said the United Nations agency, which also called on global leaders to step up on climate commitments.

13 Sep 2022 - 9:30PM

Extreme weather

China’s heatwave eases but drought far from over, weather watchers warn

Water levels continue to drop in the country’s biggest freshwater lake.

12 Sep 2022 - 10:55AMvideocam

Global Impact

China’s power crisis adds to headaches ahead of the 20th Party Congress

In this issue of Global Impact, we look back at the latest power crisis in China and ask what is next as it seeks energy security.

13 Sep 2022 - 2:00PM

Video: China’s largest freshwater lake facing earliest dry season on record

9 Sep 2022 - 1:15PM

Cloud-seeding rocket Video: Cloud-seeding rocket nearly hits pedestrians in China as it falls on pavementhits pedestrians in China as it falls on pavement

9 Sep 2022 - 1:10PM

China energy security

Xi calls for China to ‘push for a green, low carbon lifestyle’

President Xi Jinping underscored the importance of a ‘comprehensive saving strategy’ and urged for major resource risks to be addressed as a priority after China was hit by a drought-induced power crisis last month.

7 Sep 2022 - 9:30PMvideocam

Accidents and disasters in China

Death toll from Sichuan earthquake rises to 66, with 15 still missing

Aftershocks, days of rain and possible landslides threaten the rescue operation, which includes a mission to reach hundreds trapped in a national park.

6 Sep 2022 - 8:20PMvideocam

Rescuers transfer survivors across a river following an earthquake in China’s Sichuan Province. Photo: AP

Accidents and disasters in China

Death toll rises to more than 30 in China’s quake-hit Sichuan province

Rescue work continues into the night as quake marks latest challenge for drought-hit province tackling Covid-19 outbreak.

6 Sep 2022 - 1:16AMvideocam

China food security

‘The land is barren’: extreme weather threatens global rice supply

Drought in China, low rainfall in India and massive monsoon floods in Pakistan are threatening global rice supplies, risking shortages for more than 2 billion people in Asia that depend on it as a staple food.

5 Sep 2022 - 11:44AMvideocam

Extreme weather

China’s record-breaking 2022 heatwave and drought - a visual explainer

China has been hit by its most severe heatwave in six decades, exacerbating a drought that has had an impact on food and factory production, power supplies and transport across a vast area of the country.

31 Aug 2022 - 3:15PM

Chinese cloud-seeding rocket narrowly misses pedestrians

31 Aug 2022 - 11:01AM

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Extreme weather

As I See It | China’s extreme summer: now is the time to let green groups get involved

Activism and debate on sensitive environmental issues has been shut down in the past decade, but Beijing needs to ease controls and enlist support to tackle daunting challenges.

30 Aug 2022 - 6:42PMvideocam

Trending in China

Doctors warn against drinking trendy ‘fake Americano’ made with TCM for heatstroke

An over-the-counter traditional Chinese medicine that can cause vomiting and heart palpitations is being mixed with water to make a brew that supposedly looks and tastes like an iced Americano.

30 Aug 2022 - 3:07PM

Extreme weather

China’s scorched Chongqing, Sichuan now on flood alert

Emergency flood-prevention response triggered as torrential downpours that began on Sunday are forecast to extend until Tuesday.

29 Aug 2022 - 5:47PMvideocam

Firefighters head towards mountain fires in Chongqing on August 26, which saw weeks of record high temperatures before the rains arrived. Photo: Xinhua

China stock market

How China’s power crisis is adding to the bearish mood in equity markets

Market sentiment has already been affected by Beijing’s unyielding zero-Covid policy and the ongoing housing market woes, any further shocks could drain demand for risk appetite, analysts say.

29 Aug 2022 - 7:30AMvideocam

People walk in front of a screen showing stock exchange data in Shanghai. Traders are carefully weighing their moves amid China’s ongoing power crisis. Photo: EPA-EFE

China drought highlights risks of relying on hydropower

Researchers warn that the country should diversify its power supplies in case such extreme weather events become more common in future.

27 Aug 2022 - 6:00PMvideocam

Chinese farmers suffer from heatwave

27 Aug 2022 - 5:15PM

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China’s 2022 heatwave

China was hit by its most severe drought and longest sustained period of extremely high temperatures in six decades in the summer of 2022. About half of the country’s landmass was hit, while a power crunch shut factories and sparked supply chain worries.

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9 September, 2024