Rainstorms, floods affect 3.8 mln in China

Fishermen in north China’s Hebei Province are preparing to sue a US-based oil company, as they believe recent oil spills in a nearby bay are to blame for the deaths of large numbers of scallops….

Local authorities deny villagers injured

A county government in East China’s Jiangxi Province said no one was injured after police reacted to a protest involving a crowd of villagers outside a polluting factory’s gates on Tuesday. At least 10 residents…

Illegal dumping pollutes water

A pond in Qujing, Yunnan province, which was heavily contaminated by illegally dumped toxic industrial waste. [Provided to China Daily] BEIJING – More than 5,000 tons of highly toxic industrial waste were dumped illegally in…

Water shortage hits pasture area in Inner Mongolia

HOHHOT – More than 370,000 people and 580,000 livestock living in pasture areas in the western part of North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region are having difficulties securing drinking water due to a severe drought….

21 injured after earthquake jolts Xinjiang

URUMQI – Twenty-one people were left injured after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit NorthwestChina’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region Thursday afternoon, local authorities said Friday. The quake rocked a border area between the region’s city of Atux…

Hordes of dead fish foung in C China river

Dead fish are seen in Zijiang River in Xinshao county, Central China’s Hunan province, August 11, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua]  CHANGSHA – A large number of fish were found dead over the past week in a river…

Experts warn of fragile sea environment

BEIJING – Following the continuing oil leak in Bohai Bay, experts warned that fast offshore development is polluting China’s fragile sea. With marine economy becoming another engine for the country’s economy in the 12th Five-Year…