The Latest Breaking News from Henan

The scandal drew national attention in China and protests by disgruntled customers in July were violently quashed. Authorities in Henan now say they have arrested 234 people and made progress recovering the funds.

A new virus, Langya henipavirus, is suspected to have caused infections in 35 people in China’s Shandong and Henan provinces over roughly a two-year period to 2021.

Flooding and extreme high temperatures have caused multiple deaths in eastern China as summer heat descends earlier than usual. Record-high temperatures have been reported in Zhejiang province, just east of the global business hub of Shanghai, topping out above 42 degrees Celsius (107 degrees Fahrenheit) on Wednesday. The neighboring coastal…

A woman who was injured on Sunday when a protest by roughly 1,000 bank customers in central China was violently broken up by security personnel said she continues to face harassment.

Financial regulators in central China's Henan and Anhui provinces have promised to give some bank customers some of their deposits back after they staged protests over having their accounts frozen

Authorities say some customers will start getting their money back after angry crowd in Henan was broken up by heavy-handed security guards

Four banks in Henan froze millions of deposits in April, leaving individuals and firms unable to access their funds.

In China's rain-lashed province of Henan, a firefighter inched along a taut rope fixed over a swollen river, his life jacket grazing the fast-moving currents below, to reach a woman in a car that had plunged headlong into the raging, brown torrents.

Government efforts to stimulate the sector have fallen short, forcing localities to turn to stronger measures