Gong Li's citizenship switch stirs outrage in China
BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese actress Gong Li's decision to become a Singapore citizen sparked an online debate in China Tuesday, with many branding her a traitor but others defending the star.
Nations:China Singapore People:Gong Li Source:(AFP)
2008-11-11
Script issues block US movie in China
China has blocked a Hollywood movie reportedly starring John Cusack and Gong Li from being shot in the country because of concerns about the script, a film official said Wednesday.
People:Ken Watanabe John Cusack Zhang Ziyi Ang Lee Gong Li Chow Yun-fat
2008-02-13
Rain floods southern China
Downpours brought by a fading tropical storm caused widespread flooding in south China, toppling more than 3,600 houses, while in the northeast hundreds were evacuated to avoid landslides, state media said on Monday.
Nations:China Hong Kong Taiwan Activities:2007 Typhoon Pabuk 2007 China Flood
2007-08-13
China under fire from all sides a year ahead of Games
Free Tibet activists on the Great Wall, a barrage of critical rights reports, a shroud of smog hanging over Beijing -- China's government must surely have imagined a more auspicious one-year countdown for the Olympics.
Nations:China People:Hu Jintao Activities:2007 China Flood China Product Safety Crisis 2008 Beijing Olympics China Hu Jintao Admin. Tibet Issues
2007-08-08
China faces twin woes of floods, drought
Much of China was inundated by the worst rains of the year, testing the Three Gorges Dam's anti-flood capacity, even as over a million people suffered from serious drought, state media said Tuesday.
Nations:China Activities:2007 China Flood China Three Gorge Dam Project
2007-07-31
Rain, flooding kills 652 in China
Floods, landslides and mud flows triggered by torrential rains have killed 652 people in China so far this year, with more heavy rains in the forecast, state media reported Monday.
Nations:China Activities:2007 China Flood
2007-07-31
Global warming blamed as China endures freak weather
Global warming was under a fierce spotlight in China on Monday as forecasters said Shanghai was set for its hottest summer on record, while flood and drought wreaked havoc in other parts of the country.
Nations:China Activities:2007 China Flood
2007-07-30
500 dead in China's worst flooding for a decade: Red Cross
More than 500 people have been killed in some of the most devastating floods to hit China for a decade, the Red Cross said Monday, launching an emergency appeal for aid to the millions left homeless.
Nations:China Activities:2007 China Flood
2007-07-30
China floods kill 32, Yangtze is rising
Flooding in China's far west has killed 32 people, state media said Thursday, while a central city of 9 million was on high alert as the mighty Yangtze River approached dangerous heights.
Nations:China Activities:2007 China Flood
2007-07-26
Loose dykes spur China flood fears as hundreds die
Hundreds of sections of embankments along China's third-longest river have become loose, threatening the homes of millions of people after three weeks of deadly floods across the country, state media said on Tuesday.
Nations:China Activities:2007 China Flood China Three Gorge Dam Project
2007-07-24
More than 150 killed in China floods
Another 74 people have died in floods across China bringing the death toll for the week to at least 156 in one of the deadliest rainy seasons in years, state media reported Sunday.
Nations:China Myanmar Activities:2007 China Flood
2007-07-22
Floods kill at least 100 across China
More than 100 people have died in floods and landslides in China, and tens of thousands have fled their homes in the east, where dykes are in danger of being breached by a swollen river.
Nations:China Myanmar People:Hu Jintao Activities:2007 China Flood
2007-07-22
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