Translations: Train Incident Becomes Metaphor for Principled Disobedience – “Smash That Window, and Take a Breath of Freedom!”
A man who used an onboard emergency hammer to smash a hole in the window of a stalled train to...
extreme weather
Flood Relief Donations Plummet Due to Erosion of Public Trust in Local Governments and Charities
This summer’s heavy rainfall and flooding in southern China has prompted many local governments to solicit flood relief donations from the public, but public reaction has been notably cynical, even hostile. A combination of...
Censorship, Muted Media Coverage, and Public Speculation Follow Guangdong’s Deadly Meizhou-Dabu Expressway Collapse
Last week’s collapse of a stretch of the Meizhou-Dabu Expressway in Guangdong province, after a period of heavy rains and extreme weather, killed at least 48 motorists and injured 30. Despite the high number of casualties and...
Fireworks, Family Fights, Blizzards, and Dragons: CDT’s Archive of 2024 Lunar New Year Content
As China’s Lunar New Year holiday continues throughout this week, CDT Chinese editors have collected and republished over a dozen essays, articles, and other content reflecting the zeitgeist of the transition from 2023’s Year of...
Kerry Meets Chinese Officials to Advance Climate Talks Amid Record Heatwave
As an extreme heat wave across Earth’s northern hemisphere fuels record-breaking temperatures in China, Europe, and North America, U.S. special envoy for climate change John Kerry is visiting Beijing this week for high-level...
CCTV Lauds Workers “Battling the Heat” For Xi Jinping’s Pet Project
A CCTV report posted to Bilibili celebrating construction workers laboring in extreme heat came under severe criticism online this week. The report focused on workers in Xiong’an, Xi Jinping’s pet urban development...
Record Heat in Central China Causes Power Shortages, Economic Strain, and Suffering
A massive, months-long heat wave has scorched regions in central China. Intense droughts and evaporating water sources have choked energy supplies in several regions reliant upon hydropower, causing widespread power cuts and...
Heat Wave Hits Crisis Levels
As the thermometer mercury hovers well above 100 °F (37 °C) in many southern and eastern Chinese cities for the fourth day in a row during a month-long heat wave, the China Meteorological Administration has issued a level-two...
Coldest Winter in 28 Years Hits China
The cold front that hit southern China a week ago is likely to continue, creating pressure on the country’s transportation systems. Liza Lin at Bloomberg reports: Snow, ice and fog have caused havoc on the nation’s roads...
Storms in Gansu Kill 40
After torrential rains and a violent hailstorm, 40 people were left dead in Gansu province. The region is in the northwestern part of China and is known for the mountainous terrain. BBC reports: The official Xinhua news agency...
Freezing Weather Leads to South China Evacuations
More than 20,000 people have been evacuated from their home in southern China due to icy temperatures. From AP: Ice and sleet have collapsed the roofs of more than 200 homes and forced the evacuation of 22,800 people across the...
China Mudslides Were Predicted 13 Years Ago
Peter Ford writes on geologists’ warnings that deforestation could trigger landslides, thirteen years ago. From the Christian Science Monitor: Monster monsoon rains may have loosened the mud and rock that buried and killed...
China Landslide Death Toll Up, Tops 1,100 (Updated)
Xinhua reports on the rising death toll in the northwestern China mudslide area: The death toll from a massive rain-triggered mudslide in Zhouqu County in northwest China’s Gansu Province has risen to 702, with 1,042...
1,300 Missing in China Amid Asian Flood Wave
The Associated Press reports on major floods in northwestern China: Rescuers dug through mud and wreckage Monday searching for 1,300 people missing after flash floods and landslides struck northwestern China, just one of a...
Water Levels Near Record at Three Gorges Dam in China
How will the world’s largest dam hold up in the face of torrential floods? The Three Gorges Dam is put to the test. From the New York Times: Surging waters in the Yangtze River tested the strength of the Three Gorges Dam...
Death Toll Rises to 377 in China’s Flooding This Year
The death toll from torrential rains in southern China continues to mount. From Xinhua: Floods in China have killed 377 people this year, as of Friday, and left 142 others missing, the Office of State Flood Control and Drought...
Rains Burst Levee in Southern China, 88,000 Flee
Storms in southern China have grown more severe, according to the Associated Press: Torrential rains burst a dike in southern China, sending 88,000 people fleeing their homes and prompting China’s top leaders to call...
More Bad Weather Ahead As China Gets Back To Work
From Reuters : Severe winter weather is forecast to affect much of China over the next few days, potentially contributing to fresh transport problems just as millions of people return to work after the week-long Lunar New Year...
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