Sichuan News

Covid surge in China's Sichuan: The Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention said the true percentage of infected people was likely higher, since nearly 30 per cent of those who did not undergo any tests complained of symptoms such as fever and cough, according to NHK World.

China is routinely hit by heavy rainfall during the summer The floods killed more than 300 people, mostly in the provincial capital of Zhengzhou

The statue is believed to have been buried at the spot 2300 years ago by a local folk hero.

The two newly-launched satellites represent the third phase of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System.

An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale struck China's Sichuan province on Saturday with no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

The 2008 quake set off deadly landslides in the region, obliterating towns and damming rivers -- creating menacing "quake lakes" that forced the evacuation of thousands downstream as the army worked to clear the blockages.

As per Xinhua, the earthquake hit Jiuzhaigou County at 9:19 pm (Beijing Time).

Nearly 6,500 houses collapsed and 60,000 were damaged. About 468,800 hectares of farmland was flooded and 45,200 hectares of crops were destroyed.  

At risk from more landslides in the area, a massive rescue effort involving more than 3,000 rescue workers was underway, Xinhua reported.  

State media had earlier reported that 141 people may have been buried but later the figure was revised.  

A government official was suspected to have carried out a rare shooting rampage in China on Wednesday in which two officials were wounded when a gunman burst into a meeting and opened fire, the Xinhua news agency reported.

The detained relatives of an outspoken Chinese dissident living abroad committed arson, according to police, after being held in what is widely seen as a crackdown following the publication of a letter condemning President Xi Jinping.

Another giant panda bred in captivity will be released into the wild in China's Sichuan province on Thursday, officials said on Tuesday.

A former high-ranking provincial official and a close associate of ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang was on Wednesday sentenced to 20 years in prison.

China launched a new-generation satellite into orbit that will support its global navigation and positioning network on Wednesday.

 An exhibition of rare insect fossils, including that of an ant believed to be 165 million years old, will open tomorrow in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

Two giant pandas bred in captivity will be released into the wild in southwest China's Sichuan province, authorities said on Tuesday.