BEIJING — A court in eastern China fined a manufacturer of weed killer 75 million yuan ($12 million) and imprisoned employees of the company and its contractors for discharging wastewater that severely polluted streams. The fine levied by the Longyou…
BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese nuclear developers have set up three emergency response teams to handle possible radiological accidents, eyeing a higher level of nuclear security as the country restarts its nuclear power build-up. One team is based in…
BEIJING: Over 50 people had a miraculous escape today when a passenger plane skidded off a runway and caught fire while taxiing in a airport in China's southeast Fujian Province, injuring five. The Joyair flight, JR1529, was scheduled to depart…
An explosion at a mine in southwestern China has killed nine miners and wounded 12 more, a report says. Xinhua news agency said that the incident took place on Saturday when miners were working in a mine on the outskirts…
BEIJING (AP) — China's work safety watchdog on Wednesday blamed an explosion at a chemical plant in southeast China this month on the factory's management and failings in local government supervision. The April 6 blast and ensuing hydrocarbon fire at the…
BEIJING (AP) — At least seven coal miners were killed and 13 left trapped after a shaft flooded at a mine in northern China, state media reported Tuesday. More than 600 rescue workers were pumping water and drilling holes from…
On Monday evening, April 6, 2015, oil that had leaked from a xylene facility caught fire and led to blasts at three nearby chemical oil tanks at Tenglong Aromatic Hydrocarbon Company, located on the city's Gulei Peninsula. [Photo: Xinhua] Monitoring…
Thousands have been evacuated in the southern Chinese province of Fujian as a massive chemical oil fire reignited. At least 800 firefighters and 170 fire engines are at a chemical plant in the city of Zhangzhou. Firemen are battling the…
Three workers were killed and another five were hospitalized after a gas leak in a chemical factory in south China's Guangdong Province on Sunday morning. The gas leak occurred at Guanghui chemical plant in Sanshui District of Foshan City at…
BEIJING — A gas explosion at an auto parts factory in southern China killed 17 people and injured 33 others on Wednesday, state media reported. Three of the injured were in critical condition, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The…
