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Every year, China’s minister of foreign affairs embarks on what has now become a customary odyssey across Africa. The tradition began in the late 1980s and sees Beijing’s top diplomat visit several African nations to reaffirm ties. The most recent visit, by Foreign Minister Wang Yi, took place in mid-January…

Rescue efforts continue to find at least 28 missing people as landslide buries nearly a dozen homes.

Emergency teams in China’s southwestern Sichuan province are battling against time to locate 28 people missing after a rain-triggered landslide that buried their homes

Chinese rescuers search for missing individuals after a landslide in Sichuan province. President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang emphasize rescue efforts a...

Chinese rescuers are searching for some 30 people after a landslide in southwestern Sichuan province buried 10 houses The Ministry of Emergency Management deployed hundreds of rescuers including firefighters following the landslide Saturday in Junlian county

Researchers in China have developed a unique running stance for their four-legged robot, which allows it to move at far greater speeds than similar machines.

Hundreds of millions of people across Asia celebrate the Lunar New Year with their families on Wednesday, as they bid farewell to the Year of the Dragon and usher in the Year of the Snake.

About 1,000 of the earthquake-proof and heated houses are being sent to Tingri and can be erected in about 10 minutes, reports say

Survivors at risk of hypothermia and frostbite as night temperature drops to -18C

Thousands of rescuers were searching for survivors in freezing conditions Wednesday after a devastating earthquake in China's remote Tibet region killed at least 126 people.

Rescue workers waded through rubble strewn across the ruins in the aftermath of the earthquake, footage showed, while some gave locals thick blankets to keep warm in subzero temperatures.