Sichuan

Hyundai Motor May Raise Stake In China Joint Venture

Reuters | Tuesday October 22, 2019

The Sichuan joint venture, which started operations in 2013, produced 12,228 commercial vehicles last year, down by more than half from 28,786.

Rare All-White Albino Panda Caught On Camera In China

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday May 26, 2019

A rare all-white panda has been caught on camera at a nature reserve in southwest China, showing albinism exists among wild pandas in the region, state media reported.

30 Firefighters Die Battling Forest Fire In Southwest China

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday April 1, 2019

Thirty firefighters died after they were sent to tackle a forest blaze in remote mountains in southwest China's Sichuan province at the weekend, authorities said Monday.

China Executes Farmer For Attacking Kindergarten Children With Knife

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday January 7, 2019

China has executed a farmer who attacked several children with a knife at a kindergarten in a southern Chinese city two years ago, state media reported Monday.

China To Allocate $13 Billion For Poverty Alleviation In 2019

World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday November 28, 2018

China will spend $13 billion in 2019 to lift more people out of poverty.

7 Dead, 4 Injured In China As Car Drives Onto Sidewalk: Police

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday November 27, 2018

Seven were killed andfour injuredin southwest China aftera car droveonto a sidewalk, police said today. More details are awaited.

China's BeiDou Satellite System Now, Ready To Compete With Rival GPS

World News | Press Trust of India | Monday November 19, 2018

China has completed the deployment of its home grown BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) constellation with the successful launch of two more satellites and will start providing services to countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative by next month, the state media reported today.

Military Drill Aimed At Combating International Terrorism: China

World News | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 27, 2018

The Chinese military said Thursday that the focus of its 12-day military drill with the Nepali Army is to jointly combat international terrorism.

Chinese Man Jailed For 2 Years For Neglecting Ageing Father

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday September 18, 2018

A Chinese court has jailed a man for two years for neglecting his ageing father, an unusually severe sentence for flouting the law obliging offspring to care for elderly parents.

Thunderstorms Leave 13000 Passengers Stranded At Chinese Airport

World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday July 27, 2018

Thunderstorms early on Friday left around 13,000 passengers stranded at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in China''s Sichuan province.

Plane Forced To Turn Around In China As Cracks Appear In Window: Report

World News | Reuters | Wednesday May 30, 2018

A Capital Airlines flight from China to Vietnam was forced to turn around after cracks appeared in a window, Chinese state media reported on Wednesday.

Co-Pilot Sucked Halfway Out Of Plane After Windshield Cracks Over China

World News | Rick Noack, The Washington Post | Tuesday May 15, 2018

Getting sucked halfway out of a plane window is the stuff of movies and nightmares and it happens extremely rarely.

Sichuan Airlines Pilot Was "Sucked Halfway" Out Of Window, Captain Says

World News | Reuters | Tuesday May 15, 2018

The co-pilot of a Sichuan Airlines flight that was forced to make an emergency landing on Monday was "sucked halfway" out of the plane after a cockpit windshield blew out, local media reported citing the aircraft's captain.

Sichuan Airlines Jet Makes Emergency Landing After Cockpit Windshield Breaks Off

World News | Reuters | Monday May 14, 2018

A Sichuan Airlines flight made an emergency landing in the southwest Chinese city of Chengdu on Monday after a windshield on the right side of the jet's cockpit broke off, China's aviation authority said.

China Won't Tell Truth About Quake That Killed 87,000, Alleges Activist

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday May 12, 2018

A decade since the devastating earthquake in China's Sichuan province that left more than 87,000 people dead or missing, activist artist Ai Weiwei concedes that Beijing will never provide a full reckoning of the disaster