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Shenzhen landslide

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(151227) -- BEIJING, Dec. 27, 2015 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers work at the landslide site of an industrial park in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Dec. 21, 2015. (Xinhua/Zheng Lei)

Eleven arrested over Shenzhen landslide as authorities swoop and search continues for 62 missing people

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27 Dec 2015 - 11:12PMvideocam

Rescuers carry the body of a victim after being pulled out among the debris of at the site of a landslide which hit an industrial park on Sunday, in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, December 23, 2015. Picture taken December 23, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA.

Shenzhen party chief apologises over landslide disaster

27 Dec 2015 - 1:09PM

Shenzhen landslide: As hopes fade, rescuers pause to honour victims

27 Dec 2015 - 6:55PMvideocam

Shenzhen landslide declared an industrial accident, not geological disaster, after government investigation

25 Dec 2015 - 10:17PMvideocam

Rescue workers work on a damaged building during search and rescue operations at an industrial estate hit by a landslide in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, December 23, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Man recovered alive after 67 hours buried under rubble in Shenzhen landslide

23 Dec 2015 - 6:34PM

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Shenzhen landslide: Man found alive under eight metres of rubble survived by ‘thinking of mother and eating sunflower seeds’

24 Dec 2015 - 3:06AMvideocam

First body found in China landslide as hopes fade

23 Dec 2015 - 11:50AM

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23 Dec 2015 - 10:58AM

Ma Xingrui (front, 3rd R), municipal party secretary of Shenzhen, and other officials visit the site after a landslide hit an industrial park in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, December 21, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA.

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New | Shenzhen landslide: First picture of survivor pulled from rubble three days after disaster, as Chinese police detain vice-president of firm running dump site

23 Dec 2015 - 11:55AMvideocam

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22 Dec 2015 - 2:08PM

Shenzhen landslide disaster shows urbanisation must go hand in hand with good governance

The full horror of the Shenzhen landslide disaster that destroyed or damaged more than 30 buildings in an industrial estate is still to emerge.

22 Dec 2015 - 1:17AM

Update | Shenzhen landslide: 76 missing, only one body found so far, authorities say

22 Dec 2015 - 3:39PMvideocam

Firm that won bid for Shenzhen dump transferred contract, Chinese media says

<p>Luwei Property Management agreed to hand over construction and operation of the site where the landslide occurred to a second company, one year before the winner was even decided</p>

22 Dec 2015 - 2:30PM

China’s former top scientist-turned-city party boss rushes back to Shenzhen after landslide

21 Dec 2015 - 6:38PM

April 22, 2013 Beijing (Photo: Ministry of Industry and Information Technology) Ma Xingrui. SCMP Pictures (UNDATED HANDOUT)

Our wedding is in 10 days. Why is this happening?: Anguish of woman whose fiancé is missing after huge Shenzhen landslide

A woman whose fiancé remains missing after the huge landslide in Shenzhen broke down as rescuers continued the grim search for survivors today, unable to comprehend how her beloved could be gone just days before their wedding.

21 Dec 2015 - 11:30PMvideocam

Peng's mother (left) and his elder brother.

Shenzhen landslide waste dump had been ordered to close over safety fears, documents reveal as search continues for 85 missing

21 Dec 2015 - 10:46PMvideocam

Ninety-one missing after massive landslide strikes China's Shenzhen

21 Dec 2015 - 12:17PM

Shenzhen landslide - in pictures

A massive landslide buried a vast area at an industrial park in Shenzhen, leaving dozens missing on Monday. Residents suggested that illegal dumping of construction waste, which they said had been rife over the last few years, could have been a factor. SCMP photographer Edward Wong was at the scene to capture the devastation.

21 Dec 2015 - 5:13PM

An aerial view of the scene. Photo: Edward Wong

Update | 85 still missing as rescuers search for survivors after massive Shenzhen landslide

More than 30 buildings damaged or destroyed in landslip on Sunday morning. People in the area blame dumping of construction waste at a huge tip

22 Dec 2015 - 12:01AMvideocam

Rescuers search for survivors in the collapsed buildings after a landslide in Shenzhen in south China's Guangdong province on Sunday. The landslide collapsed and buried buildings around an industrial park in the southern Chinese city. Photo: AP

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Shenzhen landslide

On Sunday, December 20 2015, a massive landslide struck an industrial park in Shenzhen, southern China. The landslide covered more than 100,000 square metres at the Hengtaiyu Industrial Park in Guangming New District. Residents suggested that illegal dumping of construction waste, which they said had been rife over the last few years, could have been a factor in the disaster.

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