Freezing temperatures, snow, ice blanket China, shutting highways

Beijing. China Reuters Chinese authorities limited traffic flows on highways on Friday in several provinces after vehicles collided on icy patches as temperatures plummeted to below freezing across most of the country. Temperatures will drop to as low as minus 40 degrees Celsius in parts of the north-eastern province of Heilongjiang and in the western […]
School gymnasium roof collapse kills 11 in China

Beijing, China Reuters The concrete roof of a school gymnasium collapsed in China’s Qiqihar city on Sunday killing 11 people, many believed to be young female volleyball players, with authorities saying the illegal stacking of materials on the roof may have caused the cave in. Initially 15 people were trapped underneath the rubble and state […]