Researchers have released information that the H7N9 bird flu discovered in China can transmit between humans.
This is the first conclusive proof of human-to-human transmission. A 32-year-old woman has become infected with the virus after caring for her father. Both of them died from multiple organ failure. Continue reading
Temperatures in China during the day are so high that people are grilling shrimp on manhole covers and eggs are hatching without incubators.
Chinese officials say that in some locations the heat is the worst in 140 years and has forced them to issue a “level 2” weather emergency. “Level 2” is usually reserved for typhoons and flooding. Continue reading
Chinese state media has raised the death toll from Monday’s dual earthquakes to 94.
Hundreds are injured and the death toll is likely to rise as rescuers reach some of the more remote parts of the Gansu province. The majority of the deaths are reported to be residents of Dingxi city within Gansu. Continue reading
The death toll in China’s Dingxi earthquake has risen to at least 75 with over 400 injured according to relief workers in the area.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the region was actually hit by two quakes last evening. The first was just under a 6.0 magnitude and very shallow with a depth of just 6 miles. A second quake, a 5.6 magnitude, hit the same area an hour later. Continue reading
An earthquake of at least 5.9 magnitude struck in rural western China Monday morning killing at least 20 people. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was very shallow at only 6 miles deep.
Officials in the Gansu province say the quake struck near the city of Dingxi. The area is about the size of New Jersey and a total population of 2.7 million population. Continue reading
Consumers love falling oil prices because of the corresponding drop in gas prices at the pump.
However, a significant slide in the price of oil could end up causing major civil unrest in the Middle East and other oil producing nations according to multiple economists and researchers. Continue reading
Typhoon Soulik has hit China with winds of at least 74 mph causing the Chinese government to launch emergency response plans.
Over 300,000 residents of the Fujian Province have been forced to evacuate their homes amid the winds, floods and landslides. Flights have been canceled and train service suspended throughout the region. Continue reading
Heavy rain in China’s Sichuan province has led to a landslide that has buried at least 30 people under mud and debris.
Rescuers with search dogs are on the scene of the slide in the city of Djiangyan. Officials on the scene say there could be as many as 40 buried under the landslide. A local official said “11 families” were buried under the dirt. Continue reading
Chinese officials have caused concern in world markets with a surprise announcement that both imports and exports fell in June.
China had been trying to maintain that the country’s economy was not slowing down but a 3.1% downturn in exports from a year prior is leading economists to watch for a slowdown. Continue reading
The Washington Post released a report that says Chinese hackers have broken into some of the most sensitive designs for new military technology.
The information taken by the hackers could give China a significant advantage in any conflict with the United States. Continue reading