China successfully launched its Long March 7 rocket over the weekend in a key test that will pave the way for a planned space station set to become operational by 2022. Blasting off from the Hainan Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China, the 53-meter rocket carried a mock-up of China’s next generation crew spacecraft so officials could find out…
BEIJING –The discovery of a woman’s corpse in an elevator in the Chinese city of Xi’an has led to the detention of an elevator maintenance crew who improperly cut off power to the elevator a month ago without checking if anyone was inside In a statement posted Saturday, the Gaoling district government said two maintenance workers turned off the power…
A toddler who fell out of a van and onto a busy street in China last Saturday emerged unscathed from the terrifying incident.
Global Stocks React to Chinese Stock Plunge (ABC News) — U.S. markets opened lower Monday after China’s Shanghai Composite Index fell 7 percent over weaker-than-expected manufacturing data and a falling currency. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 353 points, or 2 percent, in early trading. The Nasdaq is down 112 points and S&P 500 is off 40 points. Trading…
BEIJING (ABC News) — A migrant worker was pulled out alive Wednesday after he was buried for more than 60 hours in a massive landslide that swept through part of a major manufacturing city in southern China. Rao Liangzhong of the Shenzhen Emergency Response Office said that the man, Tian Zeming, was rescued around dawn on Wednesday. He said Tian…
