A man has stabbed to death four children on their way to a primary school in southern China.

A man with a knife killed three children and wounded five more and a teacher in a primary school in China, on the first day of a new term after the summer holidays.

A 40-year-old man has stabbed students and teachers with a knife at a school in central China, killing two people and injuring four before jumping to his death, officials said.

The company have said that the two labels found sewn into dresses from its Swansea store are a hoax.

China has launched its biggest relocation programme since the Three Gorges Dam, with 330,000 residents set to be moved to new homes to make way for a water project that will serve thirsty Beijing.

China has ordered rotating closures of hundreds of factories to save power as demand surges amid bitter winter cold.

POLICE in China have begun reuniting parents with children who were abducted by child traffickers.

Police in central China have launched a huge manhunt for a suspected mass killer after finding eight bodies, including a two-year-old boy and his grandmother, state media reported today.

AN EARTHQUAKE measuring at least magnitude 5.9 shook a sparsely populated area of southern Iran yesterday, flattening seven villages and killing 10 people, officials said.

China reported its seventh and eighth bird flu outbreaks in three weeks, as Australia’s foreign minister said today that he will urge Pacific Rim nations to think creatively about how to tackle the threat at a meeting of regional leaders.

China reported its seventh and eighth bird ‘flu outbreaks in three weeks today, while Vietnam – which has suffered most of Asia’s human deaths from the virus – ordered police and the military to help fight the disease.

A stampede at an elementary and middle school in rural China killed one child and injured 25 people.

Seven people convicted of drug trafficking in China were executed and six others were sentenced to death ahead of International Anti-Drugs Day, state media reported.

A mass poisoning at a lunch held after a funeral in central China killed 10 people and left 23 in hospital in serious condition.

A thunderstorm packing high winds and torrential rains hit the area around central China’s Dongting Lake today, raising the threat to already strained dikes protecting several cities and dozens of villages.

FLOODWATERS threatening several cities and dozens of villages along central China’s vast Dongting Lake held at dangerously high levels yesterday, but could rise as heavy rain was forecast.

Flood waters in central China’s vast Dongting Lake which threaten several cities and dozens of villages remained at dangerously high levels today - and could rise in the coming days as heavy rain was forecast.

The bodies of six workers trapped after a gas explosion in a coal mine in central China have been recovered, bringing the death toll to eight.