The earthquake, whose epicentre straddled Qinghai and Gansu, was the most serious in China since a magnitude 6.5 temblor struck the southwe...

Local authorities attributed the severity of the damage to the shallowness of the quake. The thrust-type rupture of the earthquake and the ...

Chinese scientists claim to have developed a groundbreaking technique to forecast earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.0 or more by monitoring...

A total of 74 people have been rescued so far while 4,298 were evacuated, China's Ministry of Emergency Management said. It added that prop...

The devastating Jishishan earthquake that rattled Northwest China overnight has led to a total of 131 fatalities, including 113 in Gansu Pr...

Authorities have mobilised an array of emergency responses after the quake wrecked roads and infrastructure, triggered landslides, and half...

China quake: 118 dead, -14°C hampers rescue. Gansu, Qinghai affected. Students evacuated, poverty challenges relief. Urgent appeals for aid...

At least eight people have died in a shallow earthquake that struck northwest China overnight, authorities said Tuesday according to the st...

About 8,100 emerging words and terms have been translated since the project began. Tibetan is one of the most ancient languages dating back...

A 43-coach international freight train departed from Lanzhou, the capital of China's northwest Gansu province, for Tibet yesterday carrying...

China opened first stretch of high-speed railway in western region of Xinjiang to promote economic development in hinterlands and bind them...

A rare snow leopard was spotted for the first time in China since 2006 at a nature reserve in the country's northwest.

Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan need support to help them maintain social stability, improve people's livelihood and protect the environment, the...

Nineteen Chinese and foreign cities along the historic Silk Road signed a declaration to jointly develop tourism along the ancient trade ro...

Chinese authorities seized 64 tonnes of milk powder and products laced with the same deadly toxic additive that sparked an uproar in 2008, ...

China, the second largest producer of gold in the world, discovered five gold mines during last year with a combined reserve of 600 tons wi...

The China Meteorological Administration (CMA) has completed a national climate observation network to help mitigate global warming.