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Four people injured when earthquakes struck China’s Sichuan province

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Earthquakes struck southwest China’s Sichuan Province on Friday, injuring four people. A 5.8-magnitude quake hit Maerkang in Aba Tibetan-Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. 24,808 individuals were evacuated in Jinchuan County, Aba. Earthquakes struck southwest China’s Sichuan Province on Friday, injuring four people, as per local authorities. Read more: Flooding in central China killed ten people ,missing three … Read more

4 dead, 41 injured after earthquake strikes in Sichuan

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A 6.1-magnitude earthquake shook Lushan County of Ya’an in Sichuan at 5 p.m. Epicentre was located at 30.4 degrees north latitude and 102.9 degrees east longitude. 4 people were confirmed dead and 41 others were injured. As per the city’s earthquake relief offices on Thursday, four people were confirmed dead and 41 others were injured … Read more

Heavy rain in southwest China

According to the county authorities, persistent heavy rain that began hammering Qiubei County in southwest China’s Yunnan Province on Thursday has claimed four lives as of 4:30 p.m. Friday, with four people still missing. More than 120,000 people were affected in 12 townships, and communications and electrical facilities were badly destroyed, with 27,000 families enduring … Read more

A rockslide in southwest China killed five people

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BEIJING: Five people were killed in a rockslide in Rongxian County in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, according to local media citing authorities. According to Xinhua, the incident occurred at about 2:30 p.m. (local time) on Monday in a village in Rongxian, leaving five people missing. According to the report, local authorities were also dispatched to … Read more

China’s Yunnan sees foreign trade up 16.8% in 2021

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KUNMING: Foreign trade in southwest China’s Yunnan Province registered a 16.8-per cent year-on-year growth in 2021, reaching 314.4 billion yuan (about $49.4 billion), Kunming Customs said on Wednesday. The province’s exports rose 16.3 per cent year-on-year to 176.7 billion yuan in 2021, while imports gained 17.3 per cent to about 137.7 billion yuan. Trade between … Read more

China’s Tibet sees booming tourism in first 11 months

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LHASA: Southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region received 40.43 million domestic and overseas tourists in the first 11 months of this year, up 15.9 per cent year-on-year, local authorities said on Wednesday. The region’s tourism revenue surged 22.4 per cent from a year earlier to 43.85 billion yuan (about $6.9 billion) during the period, according to … Read more

Tibet sees strong foreign trade growth

LHASA — The foreign trade of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region surged 94.3 percent year on year in the first 11 months of 2021, according to data from local customs. Tibet’s imports and exports totaled 3.65 billion yuan (about 573 million U.S. dollars) in the period, the customs in Lhasa, the regional capital, said in … Read more