Fourteen dead in floods in northeastern ChinaThe deaths in Shulan, in northeastern Jilin province, add to the more than 20 who died last week in Beijing and Hebei. Authorities have yet...
07 Aug, 2023, 08.41 AM IST
China's northeast inundated in Doksuri's wakeChina is struggling to contain the aftermath of Typhoon Doksuri that battered the country's northeast, with floods deluging farms and citie...
05 Aug, 2023, 11.52 AM IST
Packed ICUs, crowded crematoriums: COVID roils Chinese townsAs China grapples with its first-ever national COVID-19 wave, emergency wards in small cities and towns southwest of Beijing are overwhelme...
26 Dec, 2022, 11.58 PM IST
China reports most COVID-19 cases since July 30 amid Hebei outbreakChina's Hebei province accounted for 82 of the 85 new local infections reported on Jan. 10, the National Health Commission said in a statem...
11 Jan, 2021, 08.27 AM IST
China reports 360 Covid-19 cases south of BeijingChina's National Health Commission reported Sunday that 69 new cases had been confirmed in the latest 24-hour period, including 46 in Hebei.
10 Jan, 2021, 11.27 AM IST
Beijing on alert after COVID-19 spike in neighbouring province; 9 mn vaccinated in ChinaBeijing has gone on an alert mode following a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases in the neighbouring Hebei province while China has administere...
09 Jan, 2021, 12.35 PM IST
Two Chinese cities sealed off to squash virus outbreakThe pandemic has so far broadly been brought to heel by Chinese authorities since its emergence in Wuhan in late 2019, with small outbreaks...
08 Jan, 2021, 02.34 PM IST
Pollution in China's smog-prone Hebei falls by a quarter in April13 May, 2020, 09.01 AM IST
This is how China's regions fare in the fake GDP data stakesAfter a spate of admissions to fabricating data, doubts about the accuracy of provincial-level figures are throwing a shadow on the remarka...
19 Jan, 2018, 03.40 PM IST
China plan to create new Shenzhen spurs frenzyThe development of the region will create an urban district in Hebei that will help move some of the noncapital functions away from Beijing.
04 Apr, 2017, 01.46 AM IST
Section of China's Great Wall resurfaces after four decadesA massive reservoir was built in the region in 1975. The section of wall was eventually submerged as the water level rose.
09 Jun, 2016, 02.38 PM IST
In China, drones will monitor pollution sourcesThree unmanned aerial vehicles have been deployed by China at its environment monitoring station in Hebei to identify possible polluting ac...
12 Apr, 2016, 11.59 AM IST
China deploys drones to monitor sources of pollutionIn June, the ministry's UAVs uncovered another 64 companies in various provinces that were violating environment protection law.
12 Apr, 2016, 11.51 AM IST
Massive pollutants by factories plaguing Bohai Sea in China: ReportAltogether, the Bohai Sea receives roughly half of all pollutants in China's waters. This has severely affected the local fishing industry.
11 Aug, 2015, 04.15 PM IST
China using drones to detect polluting factoriesChina is deploying drones to detect factories flouting environmental laws in China's northern Hebei Province, one of the country's most pol...
18 May, 2015, 11.02 PM IST
China's most polluted province Hebei cuts coal use by halfHebei Province in northern China which neighbours Beijing is often blamed for the capital city's pollution woes.
08 Apr, 2015, 05.32 PM IST
Several Chinese cities reel under smogSmog continued to blanket China's north and central regions for the third day on Saturday, prompting the National Meteorological Centre (NM...
22 Feb, 2014, 12.25 PM IST