A county in southwestern China has killed as many as 50,000 dogs in a government-ordered campaign following the deaths of three local people from rabies, official media reported today.

A woman in southwestern China has died from bird flu, bringing the country’s human death toll from the disease to seven, the official Xinhua News Agency said today.

Rescuers recovered more than 30 bodies at the site of a highway construction accident in southwestern China, bringing the death toll to 42, the government said today.

China has executed at least 43 people for drug crimes and staged mass rallies nationwide to mark a UN anti-drug day.

Six people have been executed in southwestern China for kidnapping and selling more than 100 women and children.

A landslide which destroyed a nine-story apartment building in southwestern China has killed at least 34 people.

A landslide destroyed a nine storey apartment building in southwestern China, killing at least 25 people.

A Chinese man accused of causing explosions that killed 108 people has been captured after a weeklong nationwide manhunt.