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China launches 24th batch of low-orbit internet satellites from Hainan site

The launch took place from the southern island province of Hainan, which has become an important location for China's commercial space activities. The latest mission is part of China's ongoing effort to build large networks of low-orbit satellites that can provide internet connectivity from space. The rocket lifted off at…

The Times of India

Video: Chinese rocket explodes less than 90 seconds after take-off

China’s Long March 7A rocket exploded after take-off in Hainan, eyewitness video shows.

The Independent UK

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

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

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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…

AAP

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.

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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

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

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.

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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

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

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