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Train Derailment in Southwest China Kills Driver, Injures Eight

Remaining 136 passengers evacuated after train hit a mudslide causing two cars to leave the tracks

Caixin Global

Lion with eye-catching fringe shares uncanny likeness to Jay from The Inbetweeners

The male lion, named Hang Hang, was seen sporting the fancy hairdo at Guangzhou Zoo after high humidity made his golden locks limp and droopy

Daily Mirror

China's Xinjiang Crackdown Under Scrutiny Ahead of UN Rights Chief Visit

China's crackdown on Muslim minorities in the remote region of Xinjiang will return to the spotlight next week when Beijing hosts the United Nations human rights chief for the first time in nearly two decades. The highly scrutinized six-day trip by High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet will begin Monday, with stops…

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Senmiao To Provide Online Ride-Hailing Services For This Travel Agency In China

Senmiao Technology Ltd (NASDAQ:AIHS) said its wholly-owned subsidiary Hunan Xixingtianxia Technology Co Ltd has entered into an agreement with a subsidiary of Trip.com Group Limited (NASDAQ:TCOM). Under the agreement, Hunan Xixingtianxia will provide online ride-hailing services for clients of Trip.com. Hunan Xixingtianxia will have access to customers utilizing Trip.com's online platforms, including www.ctrip.com, www.trip.com, and other related…

Benzinga

‘The Chinese Lady,’ a compelling TimeLine play, imagines inner life of a teen showing her culture to U.S. audiences

Mi Kang charms as the girl brought from Guangzhou in 1834 and put on display in New York.

Chicago Sun-Times

China: Guangzhou Rushes to Quell COVID Outbreak

Authorities in the southern Chinese megacity of Guangzhou scrambled on Friday to quash a COVID-19 outbreak, imposing testing requirements on public transport, closing off some areas, and advising citizens against leaving the region. China is currently battling to contain the virus in several cities, with Shanghai residents simmering under a…

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Guangzhou Airport Grounds Some Flights After Staff Come Down With Covid

Baiyun International Airport will continue to serve domestic cargo and international routes

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Chinese city cancels flights and launches mass testing after one suspected Covid case

The city of Guangzhou has now begun mass testing of its 5.6 million residents as the country struggles to contain the virus

Irish Mirror

UN rights team in China ahead of Xinjiang visit

The U.N. human rights office has sent an advanced team to the Chinese city of Guangzhou where they are quarantining ahead of a visit to the Xinjiang region, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.

Reuters

GAC Aion Opens Its First Battery Swap Station In Guangzhou, China

GAC Aion has no model compatible with battery swapping now, but its entire EV lineup will become battery-swappable from 2023 based on the new GEP 3.0 platform.

InsideEVs

Weekly Must-Read: China Slashes Quarantines for Travelers in Covid Control Trial

International arrivals will face 10 days of isolation instead of 14 in four-week test involving Shanghai, Guangzhou and six other cities

Caixin Global

Anti-virus shutdowns in China spread as infections rise

Anti-virus controls are shutting down some of China’s biggest cities and fueling public irritation as infections rise

The Independent UK

Shanghai's Lockdowns Result in Starvation and Quarantine Enforcers Being Attacked

More than 25 million people remain locked down in Shanghai, with Guangzhou—a city of 18 million—looking primed to follow.

Reason

China Closes Guangzhou to Most Arrivals as Outbreak Spreads

The manufacturing hub of Guangzhou closed itself to most arrivals Monday as China battles a major COVID-19 surge in its big eastern cities. Shanghai has taken the brunt of the surge, with another 26,087 cases announced on Monday, only 914 of which showed symptoms. The city of 26 million is…

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The Independent UK

China closes Guangzhou to most arrivals as outbreak spreads

The manufacturing hub of Guangzhou has closed itself to most arrivals as China battles a COVID-19 outbreak in its big eastern cities

Tribune News Service

Shanghai, Guangzhou plan more mass tests as COVID cases rise

Shanghai announced another round of mass coronavirus testing, while the southern metropolis of Guangzhou said it will do the same for all 18 million residents, as authorities accelerate efforts to curb China’s worst outbreak since the early days of the pandemic.

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China Finds Second Black Box of Crashed Plane

Recovery crews on Sunday found the second black box - the flight data recorder - from the wreckage of a China Eastern Airlines (600115.SS) Boeing 737-800 jet that crashed into a mountainside in southern China. Flight MU5735, with 132 people onboard, was en route from the southwestern city of Kunming…

Daily Mirror

China plane crash: Second black box recovered after mystery smash killed 132

It is still a mystery as to what caused the Boeing 737 plane to suddenly nose dive as it headed from Kunming to Guangzhou in China last Monday, killing 123 passengers and nine crew

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China Confirms All on Board China Eastern Plane Died in Crash

China confirmed late on Saturday that all 132 passengers and crew on a China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed this week had died. Flight MU5735 was traveling from the southwestern city of Kunming to the port city of Guangzhou on Monday when it plummeted from cruising altitude to crash in…

Reuters

'We have nothing but grief' says father of plane crash victim

As recovery crews sifted through the mud at the China Eastern Airlines crash site, dozens of relatives of those on board flight MU5735 remained nearby in an anxious wait for further news.

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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 26 March 2022

Everyday in China some 12,500 domestic flights arrive safely at their destinations. On Monday, China Eastern flight MU5735 did not. It took off from Kunming in the early afternoon but never made it to Guangzhou.

Reuters

China expands crash search as second black box eludes

Recovery crews on Friday expanded the search area of the China Eastern Airlines crash, as the second of the plane's two black boxes eluded search-and-rescue workers for a fourth day.

Reuters

China examines cockpit voice recorder from crashed airliner

Chinese investigators began examining the cockpit voice recorder from a China Eastern Airlines jet that plunged into mountainside with 132 people on board as recovery crews searched muddy fields on Thursday for a second black box.

Reuters

China finds first black box from crashed jet, U.S. discussing quarantine for investigators

Chinese emergency workers found on Wednesday one of two black boxes from a China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed with 132 people onboard, but U.S. efforts to join the investigation are on hold because of COVID-19 quarantine rules.

Tribune News Service

China jet’s nosedive from 29,000 feet baffles crash specialists

The China Eastern Airlines Corp. jet was flying a normal route to Guangzhou when it suddenly nosed over at cruise altitude and dove.

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