Floods and natural disasters continue in China. In Yunnan province, in Southwest China, waters surged overnight from the Baishui River, which made the flooding worse. There were earthquakes in Sichuan province and Guizhou province. On July 2, a 3.2 magnitude earthquake in Sichuan hit Aba Prefecture, upstream of the Three Gorges Dam. Soon after, a […]
Rains have lasted over 30 days and are continuing. And many other disasters are hitting at once including tornadoes, hailstorms, torrents, mudslides, and earthquakes — in addition to a possible new virus outbreak from the swine flu, and also expected locusts. In Chongqing, videos show large-scale mudslides rushing towards highways, and residents were warned by […]
Chinese state media reported the floodgates were opened in order to free up storage capacity to meet possible floods in the near future, while a local official claims it was for “power generation”. Epoch Times had previously received leaked government documents showing that authorities opened the floodgates, as heavy rains had caused waters to rise […]
During a recent border conflict, Chinese soldiers killed 20 Indian soldiers, and Chinese authorities have not been open about casualties on their end. The incident is speeding up India’s existing push to decouple from China. At the same time, China has been stirring up other conflicts such as with Taiwan and Japan, locally, and with […]
As summer approaches, temperatures are starting to rise in Europe, and citizens are looking toward their next vacations after months stuck at home under lockdown restrictions. Just last week, the European Union unveiled a plan to “offer people the chance to get some well-needed rest, relaxation and fresh air,” which included recommendations to open internal […]
President Donald Trump on Thursday said the United States will not shut down if there is another COVID-19 wave. “People say that’s a very distinct possibility. It’s standard. And we’re going to put out the fires,” Trump told reporters when he was touring a Ford manufacturing plant in Michigan. He was asked about whether he’s […]
A district in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou announced more than 10 asymptomatic carriers of the CCP virus in recent days. A neighboring province and the nearby city of Shenzhen also reported new infections among people who came from Guangzhou, indicating the second wave outbreak was further spreading in southern China. In late April, […]
Officials in the northern China city of Harbin have underreported cases of the CCP virus during the second wave of its local outbreak, according to internal government documents obtained by The Epoch Times. Meanwhile, one major hospital in Harbin has stopped accepting new patients because of overcapacity and infections among medical staff. Some workers were being […]
Amid an escalating outbreak in the northern Chinese city of Harbin, provincial authorities announced on Friday that it would punish 18 officials working in the municipal government and three local hospitals. That same day, another northern region, Liaoning province, reported one new domestic infection in the province, whom authorities said was infected while being treated […]
