China to Send Rescue Teams to Philippines
The Associated Press reports that China announced on Sunday that it would send rescue and medical...
Nov 17, 2013
The Associated Press reports that China announced on Sunday that it would send rescue and medical...
Nov 15, 2013
A ninefold increase in Chinese aid to the typhoon-struck Philippines has failed to quell criticism...
Oct 16, 2013
Typhoon Fitow landed in southeastern China last week, devastating many populated regions. Over the...
Oct 16, 2013
Anger at the official response to historic flooding in Yuyao, Zhejiang mounted over the weekend,...
Oct 13, 2013
Yuyao typhoon victims in Zhejiang Province lashed out violently against police and a state TV crew...
Oct 9, 2013
After Typhoon Fitow landed in southeastern China causing massive damage and forcing hundreds of...
Sep 23, 2013
Typhoon Usagi landed in southern China on Sunday after passing through the Philippines and Taiwan...
Nov 22, 2012
Taiwanese authorities have refused to provide a visa for the Dalai Lama, who was due to address a women’s organisation there next month. From the AFP: The Taiwan chapter of the Federation of Business and Professional...
Sep 19, 2009
From the Times of India: Seven people have died and six others are missing after Typhoon Koppu slammed into south China, causing torrential rain, mudslides and an oil spill, the government and state media said on Thursday. Four...
Aug 31, 2009
The Dalai Lama is paying a visit to victims of Taiwan’s Typhoon Morakot in what he calls a “purely humanitarian” gesture. From the Guardian: The exiled spiritual leader offered prayers for recent victims of...
Aug 10, 2009
[Originally posted August 9; updates below] AP reports: A typhoon pummeled China’s eastern coast Sunday, toppling houses, flooding villages and forcing nearly a million people to flee to safety. Officials rode bicycles to...
Jul 29, 2008
From Xinhua: More than 450,000 people have suffered economic losses and 107 flights have been canceled in eastern China since typhoon Fung Wong, the eighth tropical storm to hit China this year, made landfall late on Monday. The...
Jul 28, 2008
From Bloomberg: Taiwan’s government ordered financial markets and businesses to shut and closed schools as Typhoon Fung-Wong struck the island, bringing torrential rains and winds gusting at 155 kilometers (96 miles) an...
Oct 3, 2005
From BBC News At least 60 students at a military training school have been swept away during a typhoon in south-east China, state media has reported. The students went missing when two buildings were struck by a landslide in the coastal province of Fujian, Xinhua news agency said. Chinese President Hu Jintao has ordered a […]