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China's Agriculture Ministry reports an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu in wild swans in Shanxi province. Two swans have been killed by the disease in Pinglu County while two others appear to be infected.
2020-11-27

A Chinese court sentences Zhang Zhongsheng, the former Vice Mayor of Lüliang, Shanxi, to death. Zhongsheng was convicted of accepting bribes totaling 1.04 billion yuan (US$160 million).
2018-03-28

A severe dust storm impacts North China, causing flight cancellations at Beijing Capital International Airport.
2017-05-4

A 56-vehicle pile-up on the G5 Beijing–Kunming Expressway in China's northern Shanxi province, leaves at least 17 people dead and 37 others injured.
2016-11-22

A bus plunges off a cliff in Shanxi, China, killing 15 tourists.
2012-02-26

The death toll in Shanxi's flooded Wangjialing coal mine reaches 25.
2010-04-9

114 miners trapped in a flooded mine for more than a week in Shanxi, China, are rescued.
2010-04-4

Rescuers enter a flooded mine in Shanxi, China to help over 153 workers trapped there for over a week.
2010-04-3

Rescue teams attempting to reach 153 miners trapped in a flooded coal pit in Shanxi report "signs of life", including "tapping", "banging" and "shouts", as relatives allege an official cover-up of the incident.
2010-04-2

A series of severe sandstorms hit north China, affecting the regions of Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia and the provinces of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Hebei.
2010-03-20