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EXPLAINED: Hainan - The Real Truth

Business Brief (July 14): China Approves Five-Year Plan to Expand Consumption

Hainan to become first Chinese province to ban combustion engine vehicle sales,

Caixin Global

Man survives seven days at sea eating raw crabs and urinating on himself to stay warm

He was found floating naked and unresponsive nearly 10km off Hainan coast

The Independent UK

Hainan: A Microcosm of China's Opening Up

HAIKOU, China, May 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A report from Hainan International Media Center:On December 18, 2025, Hainan, an island province just off the southern tip of the Chinese mainland, launched special customs operations. It is a landmark initiative in the country's efforts to further high-standard opening up with the…

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How Much Did Jordan Gumberg Win At The Hainan Classic?

The opening event of the DP World Tour's Asian Swing took place on Hainan Island, where Jordan Gumberg took the title. Here's how much he won

Golf Monthly

China bets on province the size of Belgium to reshape global trade

The Chinese Communist Party has officially turned the island province of Hainan into a free trade port, one of the government's most ambitious economic experiments to date.

Euronews

Typhoon Matmo strengthens, prompting China to evacuate 347,000 people ahead of landfall

Typhoon Matmo has strengthened before making landfall in China, leading to the evacuation of around 347,000 people from Guangdong and Hainan provinces

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Typhoon Matmo: China evacuates almost 350,000 people as powerful storm makes landfall

Flights, trains and businesses shut down across Guangdong and Hainan as authorities raise top-level warning

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Matmo strengthens into a typhoon again as it moves toward southern China

Matmo has regained strength, becoming a typhoon again as it left the Philippines and moved toward southern China’s Hainan province, after it had earlier weakened into a storm

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Weather tracker: Typhoon Kajiki causes mass evacuations on Vietnam’s coast

China’s Hainan province gets red alert while Hurricane Erin brings almost 50ft waves to the western Pacific

The Guardian - UK

Typhoon Kajiki drenches southern China's Hainan island and heads toward Vietnam

Typhoon Kajiki has brought strong winds and heavy rain to southern China's Hainan island and parts of Guangdong province

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China races to build the world's largest solar farm to meet emissions targets

New data shows china's carbon emissions fell in early 2025, raising hopes the country may have peaked ahead of its 2030 target.

Euronews

Typhoon Wipha makes landfall in southern China after battering Hong Kong

Typhoon makes landfall on the coast of China’s southern Guangdong province as it weakens to a severe tropical storm.

Al Jazeera

Tropical storm slams into parts of southern China already reeling from deadly flooding

Latest storm raises fears of renewed flooding in areas still struggling to recover from impact of Typhoon Wutip, which killed at least five people and forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate just two weeks ago

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A severe tropical storm heads for southern China after toppling trees on Hainan island

Chinese authorities have evacuated thousands of people, closed schools and canceled flights as a severe tropical storm dumps heavy rain on parts of Hainan island and heads for the country’s southern coast

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China braces for heavy rainfall as typhoon Wutip set to make landfall

Wutip may become first typhoon to make landfall in China in 2025

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Hainan Classic 2025 Picks, Odds And Predictions

Discover the odds for the leading hopefuls at the inaugural Hainan Classic on the DP World Tour as the Asian Swing reaches its conclusion...

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‘Fruit of the devil’: Hainan’s betel nut sellers suffer from stuttering economy

Despite its links to oral cancer, people in Hainan have for centuries produced and eaten betel nuts, which give a natural high. But sales are falling

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Kanye West performs in China as fans surprised he passed country’s strict censors

China has previously banned artists Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, and Maroon 5 from performing

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Typhoon Yagi kills 2 and injures 92 in China's Hainan as it makes its way to northern Vietnam

A powerful typhoon killed two people and left at least 92 injured in the southern Chinese island of Hainan, authorities said Saturday, with heavy rains and winds causing power outages in over 800,000 households

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Super Typhoon Yagi Approaching Chinese Holiday Island Of Hainan

Typhoon Yagi intensifies to a super typhoon, prompting precautionary measures in Hainan and Guangdong. Stay informed on its impact.

Caixin Global

Former Provincial Governor Surrenders to Graft Investigators

Luo Baoming is suspected of ‘serious violations of discipline and law’ — a common euphemism for corruption

Caixin Global

Vice Chairman of Hainan Legislature Probed for Corruption

Liu Xingtai spent decades working in Shandong before moving to the tropical island province in 2018

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