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At least nine people are killed and 15 others are missing during landslides caused by floods in Guangdong and Fujian provinces, China.
2024-06-18

Forty-eight people are killed and 30 more injured as twenty-three vehicles fell down during a highway collapse in Meizhou, Guangdong, China.
2024-05-1

Four people are killed and ten are missing during floods caused by heavy rain in Guangdong Province, China. Around 110,000 people are evacuated.
2024-04-22

At least eight people are killed during floods and landslides in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro.
2024-02-22

The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party closes in Beijing, China. The party's new 205-member Central Committee, elected by delegates at the end of the week-long congress, did not include outgoing Premier Li Keqiang or former Guangdong party secretary Wang Yang, who had been seen as a potential replacement as premier. The Сongress has been described as strengthening the power of Xi Jinping, who is likely to be re-elected as General Secretary tomorrow.
2022-10-22

At least nine people are killed in the Philippines during floods and landslides caused by Tropical Storm Kompasu.
2021-10-12

Floods continue in Henan, China, triggering several landslides which result in the deaths of 13 more people, bringing the total death toll to 25.
2021-07-21

China cancels an invitation to a Taiwanese children's choir after it performed the island's national anthem at last month's inauguration of President Tsai Ing-wen; the Puzangalan Choir consisting of children from the Paiwan aboriginal tribe had been due to take part in a choral festival in Guangdong province in July.
2016-06-16

Heavy flooding in Guangdong, China, leaves 15 people dead and 5 more missing.
2014-05-25

A Chinese fighter jet Chengdu J-7 crashes in the city of Shantou, Guangdong province, China, sparking a fire that injures at least four people.
2012-12-4