The Latest Breaking News from Hebei

Four dead and eight missing after torrential rain causes landslide in northern China

Heavy rainfall and flash floods continue to batter northern China

The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2025

Heavy rains in northern China kill 4 as Beijing and neighboring areas issue flood warnings

Heavy rains and flooding in northern China have killed four people, with others missing, according to officials

The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2025

Chinese Catholics Mourn Pope Francis, Mull Church's Future

In a small church tucked into a side street in northern China's Hebei province, a group of around 10 people gathered for their weekly meeting, the day after Pope Francis died aged 88.

International Business Times · Apr 24, 2025

Extreme Weather Took Toll on North China’s Grain Output in 2023

Production fell by 2.4% in Henan last year due largely to a nonstop week of rain, while severe flooding caused a 1.4% drop in Hebei

Caixin Global · Jan 23, 2024

Severe floods in China's northern province killed 29 and caused tens of billions of economic losses

Severe floods in China’s northern province of Hebei brought by the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri this month killed at least 29 people and caused tens of billions in economic losses

The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2023

China: 29 dead, 16 missing after flood hits Hebei province

At least 29 people died and 16 others are missing after the floods hit China's Hebei Province, causing heavy losses to the region, The Global Times reported. Read further on Dynamite News :

Dynamite News · Aug 11, 2023

Anger in China over plan to use cities as ‘moat’ to save Beijing from floods

Communist party secretary for Hebei made comments after visiting flood-hit areas earlier this week

The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2023

Hydrogen-powered buses now on roads of Beijing Winter Olympics co-host city

SHIJIAZHUANG: Nearly a year after the city of Zhangjiakou in north China's Hebei Province co-hosted the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, 444 hydrogen-powered buses have become the preferred mode of public transport for locals. These buses were first used for the Olympics.

Bangkok Post · Jan 9, 2023

Chinese police arrest nine after vicious attack on female diners at restaurant in Hebei province

The treatment of women is in the spotlight in China following a group of men savagely attacking female diners, with footage of the incident going viral online.

ABC News · Jun 12, 2022

COVID lockdowns upset the rice bowls of China's commuter workers

When the town of Yanjiao near Beijing was suddenly plunged into a COVID-19 lockdown last month, taxi driver Dong Tiejun was forced to drive hundreds of kilometres to avoid roadblocks and get a passenger to Tianjin, a metropolis on the northeast coast.

Reuters · Apr 28, 2022