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The severity of the energy crisis in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangdong provinces of China is reported as worsening, with power outages occurring every week and "notices{{nbsp}}... telling us which days the following week that they will cut the power". Some factories report receiving power for only two or three days per week and are operating primarily on generators. China has also placed large bids for coal that are causing supply issues in locations as far away as Ukraine.
2021-10-8

Police in China detain 75 people in connection with a service that determined the female gender of unborn babies for the purpose of abortion. Authorities say that at least 300 people were involved in the illegal service in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang. Expectant parents wanting male children smuggled fetal blood samples to Hong Kong for gender testing. China ended its one-child policy last year.
2016-10-15

The death toll from a landslide in a village in China's Zhejiang province rises to 25 with 12 people still missing.
2015-11-16

The death toll from a landslide on Friday in China's Zhejiang province rises to 16 with 21 still missing.
2015-11-15

At least four people are dead and 33 injured in a landslide in China's Zhejiang province.
2015-11-13

Typhoon Soudelor makes landfall in mainland China in Fujian province with 250,000 having been evacuated from that province and Zhejiang province.
2015-08-8

The death toll in the Philippines capital Manila from flooding rises to 16 with rain continuing to fall.
2012-08-8

Philippine news agencies report that several cities, provinces and towns in Luzon are now under state of calamity.
2012-08-8

The People's Republic of China evacuates 200,000 people from Shanghai ahead of Typhoon Haikui which is expected to make landfall in Zhejiang early tonight or tomorrow morning.
2012-08-7

Six people were killed and a dozen injured when two buses collided in Hangzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, China.
2010-12-16