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Chinese authorities bust trafficking rings; free 181 childrenupdated: Fri Jul 06 2012 12:21:00

Chinese authorities broke up two major child trafficking operations this week, arresting 802 people and freeing 181 children, officials said Friday.

China disputes reports of self-immolations by Tibetansupdated: Mon Feb 06 2012 03:26:00

The Chinese authorities have contested reports that three Tibetans set themselves on fire last week in a remote area of southwestern China.

China unrest targets Tibetan protestersupdated: Tue Jan 31 2012 05:37:00

CNN's Stan Grant reports from China's Sichuan Province on heavy police presence amid allegations of Tibetans shot dead.

Tibetan exiles set foot on native soilupdated: Fri Nov 04 2011 04:40:00

In Dharamsala, India, Tibetans touch their native soil in a rare event. CNN's Ram Ramgopal reports.

Animal rights group rescues 800 dogs from China meat trade updated: Thu Oct 27 2011 21:25:00

Nearly 800 dogs were rescued by a Chinese animal protection group last Saturday night in the city of Zigong, in southwest Sichuan province.

China observes national day of mourning for mudslide victimsupdated: Sun Aug 15 2010 10:08:00

Flags lowered to half-staff Sunday across China and at the nation's embassies and consulates around the world to mourn the victims of deadly mudslides in northwestern Gansu provice.

17 dead, 44 missing in China landslides, government agency saysupdated: Tue Jul 13 2010 12:19:00

At least 17 people were dead and 44 missing Tuesday from rain-triggered landslides in southwest China's Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, the government-run Xinhua news agency said.

Microfinancing small businessesupdated: Wed Jun 30 2010 16:21:00

CNN's Emily Chang reports on a microfinance firm that helps Chinese farmers start small businesses.

China's post-quake baby boomupdated: Fri Jun 18 2010 00:04:00

Meng Shunyou escorts us into the ruins of his old town, his wife clutching their new baby girl on her hip.

'1428' tells Sichuan quake survivors' storiesupdated: Sat Nov 28 2009 00:00:00

It was at 2:28 p.m. on May 12, 2008, when a devastating earthquake shattered the villages of China's Sichuan province, leaving 69,000 people dead and 15 million displaced.

One quarter of giant panda habitat lost in Sichuan quakeupdated: Tue Jul 28 2009 05:15:00

The earthquake in Sichuan, southwestern China, last May left around 69,000 people dead and 15 million people displaced. Now ecologists have assessed the earthquake's impact on biodiversity and the habitat for some of the last existing wild giant pandas.

Rebuilding after devastationupdated: Thu May 14 2009 21:52:00

CNN's John Vause reports on the remarkable progress of a village in China flattened by an earthquake just a year ago.

China's disabled quake children piece together their livesupdated: Thu May 14 2009 21:52:00

For 20 hours Gao Ying lay in the rubble of her school in China's Sichuan province last spring. The May 2008 earthquake that struck southwest China had leveled many buildings across the region.

China's grieving parentsupdated: Wed May 13 2009 23:01:00

CNN's John Vause reports on the grief and anger many parents still feel, a year after China's deadly earthquake.

China quake scars linger amid rebuildingupdated: Wed May 13 2009 23:01:00

In one big jolt, the worst earthquake to hit China in 32 years changed the lives of millions of people in the nation's heartland.

Helping quake kids stand tallupdated: Wed May 13 2009 23:01:00

CNN's Alex Zolbert reports on how an inspiring team of doctors is helping survivors of the Sichuan quake 'Stand Tall.'

China marks earthquake anniversaryupdated: Wed May 13 2009 23:01:00

China on Tuesday marked the first anniversary of a devastating earthquake that left nearly 90,000 dead or missing one year ago in mountainous Sichuan province.

Amid rebuilding, scars linger from China quakeupdated: Tue May 12 2009 07:12:00

In one big jolt, the worst earthquake to hit China in 32 years changed the lives of millions of people in the nation's heartland.

China: 5,335 students killed or missing after 2008 quakeupdated: Sun May 10 2009 22:25:00

A magnitude-7.9 earthquake that struck southwestern China last year left 5,335 students dead or missing and disabled an additional 546 children, state media reported.

Report: China intimidated parents of quake victimsupdated: Mon May 04 2009 13:45:00

Chinese government authorities have intimidated and unlawfully detained parents and relatives of children who died in last year's Sichuan earthquake and harassed their supporters, an Amnesty International report said this week.

China sends goodwill pandas to Taiwanupdated: Tue Dec 23 2008 18:19:00

Two giant pandas arrived in Taiwan Tuesday after leaving China's Sichuan province for their new home, in a sign of improving ties between the cross-strait neighbors.

Giant pandas arrive in Taiwanupdated: Tue Dec 23 2008 18:19:00

Two pandas reach Taiwan, as Beijing practices panda diplomacy across the Taiwan Strait. CNN's Hugh Riminton reports.

Time.com: Chinese Pandas Fed Chicken Soup for Healthupdated: Fri Oct 03 2008 16:50:00

Everyone needs some chicken soup for the soul -- even pandas

32 killed in southwest China quakeupdated: Sun Aug 31 2008 23:44:00

An earthquake that struck southwest China has killed at least 32 people and injured more than 500, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.

Quake strikes Chinaupdated: Sun Aug 31 2008 23:44:00

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake shook China's Sichuan province on Saturday, killing 22 and injuring dozens more.

Time.com: China Quake Downs 180,000 Homesupdated: Sun Aug 31 2008 12:00:00

The 6.1-magnitude quake struck Sichuan province on Saturday along the same fault line as the May 12 earthquake that killed nearly 70,000

Xinhua: 22 dead from Saturday quakeupdated: Sun Aug 31 2008 06:31:00

An earthquake hit southwest China Saturday, killing 22 people, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.

Death toll rises in latest Sichuan earthquakeupdated: Wed Aug 06 2008 02:14:00

The death toll from a 6.2-magnitude earthquake that struck central China's battered Sichuan province climbed to two Wednesday, with another 22 injured, local emergency officials reported.

Deadly earthquake hits China ahead of Gamesupdated: Tue Aug 05 2008 14:29:00

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck China's Sichuan province on Tuesday, killing at least one person and seriously injuring five others, a local emergency official told CNN.

Time.com: Olympic Torch Ends Earthquake Tourupdated: Tue Aug 05 2008 07:05:00

The Olympic torch's final parade in homage to victims of China's earthquake was run after the route was changed amid worries about security

Time.com: China Pulls Troops From Quake Zoneupdated: Mon Jul 21 2008 19:00:00

China on Monday began withdrawing the first batch of 40,000 troops from three provinces hit by the massive May 12 earthquake, as authorities shift their focus away from rescue and toward reconstruction

Quake survivors face anxietyupdated: Mon Jun 30 2008 17:57:00

CNN's Eunice Yoon shows how survivors in the quake-hit Chinese province of Sichuan are coping with trauma.

Report: U.N. chief arrives in quake zoneupdated: Mon Jun 30 2008 17:57:00

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in China Saturday to observe earthquake relief efforts, China's state-run news agency reported.

Earthquake ravaged region braced for wet seasonupdated: Thu Jun 19 2008 11:25:00

Earthquake-ravaged sections of China's Sichuan province braced Thursday for heavy rainstorms that may trigger new landslides.

1 million flee from China floods; 55 deadupdated: Sun Jun 15 2008 06:26:00

Flooding has killed 55 people and forced more than a million to flee their homes across a stretch of southwestern China, including the earthquake-ravaged Sichuan province, state media reported Sunday.

Quake lake water surges through citiesupdated: Wed Jun 11 2008 03:27:00

A huge volume of water Tuesday surged from a lake created by China's massive earthquake, safely plunging downstream through an area where hundreds of thousands had been braced for disaster, officials said.

Quake lake clearedupdated: Wed Jun 11 2008 03:27:00

China has declared victory in the effort to drain a lake formed by last month's earthquake. ITN's Lindsey Hilsum reports.

Tears at quake zone panda funeralupdated: Tue Jun 10 2008 12:20:00

Tearful researchers at the world's most famous panda reserve in China on Tuesday buried one of their animals killed by the massive earthquake that hit the country last month.

Quake rattles pandasupdated: Tue Jun 10 2008 12:20:00

ITN's John Ray reports China's pandas and their keepers are still feeling the trauma from the earthquake.

Water rising too fast at China quake lakeupdated: Tue Jun 10 2008 04:53:00

Fears were mounting Monday for the safety of more than a million people downstream from a "quake lake" in China as waters threatening to burst a dam of landslide rubble were rising faster than engineers could drain them.

Time.com: Magnitude 5.3 Aftershock Hits Chinaupdated: Thu Jun 05 2008 04:00:00

A 5.3 magnitude aftershock struck China's quake-battered Sichuan province Thursday amid concerns over rising water levels in a lake formed by landslides from the massive May 12 temblor

Time.com: China Arrests Grieving Parents updated: Tue Jun 03 2008 13:00:00

After tolerating protests against shoddy building construction following the Sichuan quake, the police crack down

The trek to quake lakesupdated: Tue Jun 03 2008 02:12:00

CNN's Wilf Dinnick takes us on a treacherous journey to China's quake lakes.

China's race against timeupdated: Mon Jun 02 2008 11:17:00

CNN's Wilf Dinnick reports from a forward operating base for engineers and military personnel trying to prevent flooding.

Time.com: China's Anguish on Children's Dayupdated: Sun Jun 01 2008 12:05:00

A national holiday meant for kids brings only anger to parents whose children were killed in quake-hit "tofu schools"

Survivors try to salvage ruinsupdated: Sat May 31 2008 09:26:00

Earthquake survivors in China dig through debris looking for material to sell so they can buy food and other necessities.

China evacuates 160,000 over quake lake fearsupdated: Thu May 29 2008 22:27:00

An unstable lake created by a landslide is China's "most urgent task" in the aftermath of this month's massive earthquake, Vice Premier Hui Liangyu said, according to state-run media.

Riminton reporter's notebookupdated: Thu May 29 2008 22:27:00

CNN's Hugh Riminton walks us through his personal experiences in earthquake ravaged China.

Time.com: Asian Relief: The Sharon Stone Effect updated: Thu May 29 2008 12:00:00

Analysis: The Hollywood star's "karma" remark was a gaffe, but perhaps revealing: Why has the world's aid flowed more freely toward the victims of Burma's cyclone than China's earthquake?

Millions left homeless by China quakeupdated: Wed May 28 2008 02:57:00

A spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington said Friday that a devastating earthquake in southwest China destroyed or heavily damaged 436,000 properties leading to 4.8 million homeless, according to official figures.

Refugees wait in Chinaupdated: Wed May 28 2008 02:57:00

Refugees from China's massive earthquake wait for news of missing family members. CNN's Eunice Yoon reports.

Students rescued from rubbleupdated: Wed May 28 2008 02:57:00

ITN's Paul Davies reports on rescue and aid efforts in China.

Aftershocks destroy 420,000 more homesupdated: Tue May 27 2008 20:24:00

Two additional aftershocks struck quake-ravaged China on Tuesday, injuring at least 63 people and causing the collapse of more than 420,000 homes, according to the state-run news agency Xinhua.

China ready to dynamite 'quake lake'updated: Mon May 26 2008 23:07:00

Chinese military engineers are prepared to dynamite a potentially dangerous "quake lake" created when landslides dammed a river after this month's earthquake in which more than 65,000 people were killed, state-run media reported.

How quake lakes formedupdated: Mon May 26 2008 23:07:00

CNN's Hugh Riminton explains how quake lakes were formed and the threat they pose.

6 killed, 1,000 hurt in China aftershockupdated: Mon May 26 2008 01:00:00

A powerful 6.0-magnitude aftershock hit China's Sichuan province Sunday, reportedly destroyed more than 70,000 homes in the region where at least 60,000 people were killed by a powerful earthquake on May 12.

Trapped for 195 hoursupdated: Thu May 22 2008 06:41:00

Doctors are examining Wang Youqun on Wednesday. Youqun was trapped for 195 hours from the quake.

China quake: Another against-odds rescueupdated: Thu May 22 2008 06:41:00

A woman who survived nine days trapped in debris Wednesday became the latest in a series of against-the-odds rescues in China, where the official death toll from last week's massive earthquake has risen to 41,353.

Report: Woman freed from rubble after 195 hoursupdated: Wed May 21 2008 10:55:00

A woman who survived on rainwater has been freed after being trapped in rubble for 195 hours in the aftermath of the Chinese earthquake, which has now killed more than 41,000. The 60-year-old woman escaped with just facial bruises and a minor fracture during her eight-day ordeal.

Time.com: A Chinese Town Finds Hopeupdated: Wed May 21 2008 01:00:00

Half the residents of Yingxiu were killed by the May 12 earthquake, but the fight to rescue survivors goes on

Chinese open hearts, walletsupdated: Tue May 20 2008 10:23:00

Chinese open their hearts and wallets to help earthquake survivors. CNN's Jaime FlorCruz reports.

Wave of unity and patriotism sweeps China updated: Tue May 20 2008 10:23:00

One of the most destructive moments in Chinese history is bringing together -- at least temporarily -- this vast nation of more than a billion people, made up of disparate ethnic groups stretching across five time zones.

Time.com: China Earthquake Toll Tops 40,000updated: Tue May 20 2008 07:35:00

The death toll from last week's devastating earthquake in south-west China has risen to 40,075, senior government officials have said

Tuesday rescues as emphasis turns to reliefupdated: Mon May 19 2008 23:58:00

A man was rescued after being trapped for nearly 179 hours in a collapsed building near the epicenter of the May 12 earthquake that struck China's Sichuan province, the country's state-run news agency reported Tuesday.

Villages hit hard by quakeupdated: Mon May 19 2008 00:41:00

ITN's Lindsay Hilsum reports from one Chinese village devastated by the massive earthquake.

China begins mourning as toll mountsupdated: Mon May 19 2008 00:41:00

China on Monday began three days of national mourning as the death toll from last week's devastating earthquake mounted and rescue workers continued to search for survivors among the rubble.

Grim work in Chinaupdated: Mon May 19 2008 00:41:00

Chinese rescue workers face danger from powerful aftershocks. ITN's Bill Neely reports on the recovery efforts.

Aftershock rattles China rescue effortsupdated: Sun May 18 2008 07:43:00

A strong aftershock early Sunday rattled areas still reeling from last week's massive earthquake in China, shaking frayed nerves of survivors and slowing rescue and relief efforts.

Bodies await identificationupdated: Thu May 15 2008 20:05:00

Covered bodies are lined up as family and friends come to identify them in Beichuan, China.

Parents hope at quake-destroyed schoolsupdated: Thu May 15 2008 20:05:00

Parents are waiting at schools destroyed by the devastating Chinese earthquake hoping their children will be pulled from the debris but hope is fading.

Nearly 10,000 reported killed by China quakeupdated: Thu May 15 2008 07:01:00

Rainy weather and poor logistics thwarted efforts by relief troops who walked for hours over rock, debris and mud on Tuesday in hopes of reaching the worst-hit area of an earthquake that killed nearly 10,000 in central China, state-run media reported.

Death on a massive scaleupdated: Thu May 15 2008 07:01:00

A 7.9 magnitude earthquake rocks China Monday Morning. CNN's John Vause has the latest from Chongqing

China races to shore up quake-hit damsupdated: Thu May 15 2008 06:41:00

Chinese authorities say nearly 400 dams were damaged by Monday's massive earthquake, according to media reports, as efforts to relieve the pressure at a dam near one quake-hit city continue.

China: Dam feared quake-damaged safeupdated: Wed May 14 2008 17:18:00

China's death toll from a massive earthquake soared by thousands Wednesday as troops rushed to a dam feared critically damaged.

Time.com: China Races to Save Quake Victimsupdated: Wed May 14 2008 06:00:00

A massive rescue effort is under way to free tens of thousands of people believed to be trapped under collapsed buildings

China earthquake toll updateupdated: Wed May 14 2008 02:55:00

The official death toll from the China earthquake stood at 12,012 on Wednesday afternoon, but it is expected to rise as soldiers and rescue crews pull more bodies from crumbled buildings at the epicenter in Sichuan province.

Time.com: Toll Mounts in China Earthquakeupdated: Mon May 12 2008 08:00:00

A 7.8 magnitude quake strikes central China, killing thousands and trapping hundreds of students under their school

Threatened pandas taught new sex movesupdated: Tue Mar 25 2008 08:37:00

Animal handlers in China have developed a "sexercise" program to try to encourage extinction-threatened pandas to overcome their notoriously low sex drives.

Dalai Lama 'powerless' to stop protestsupdated: Fri Mar 21 2008 03:30:00

Tibet's spiritual leader Thursday said he was powerless to stop anti-Chinese violence as authorities in Beijing acknowledged for the first time that unrest had spread into neighboring Chinese provinces.

Time.com: Tibetans in China: Fearing the Worst updated: Tue Mar 18 2008 14:00:00

In Litang, in the west of Sichuan province, Tibetans have not joined the protests elsewhere. Still, they fear Beijing's fist

Time.com: Battling the Floods in Chinaupdated: Wed Aug 01 2007 13:00:00

Some 5 million have been evacuated, but improved emergency-response planning may have saved thousands

China toll rises, dam on alertupdated: Wed Sep 08 2004 00:17:00

Floods unleashed by torrential rains have killed at least 161 people and left dozens more missing in southwestern China, prompting authorities to put the massive Three Gorges hydroelectric project on alert.

China rainstorms kill 55updated: Sun Sep 05 2004 19:12:00

Flooding and landslides set off by heavy rains have killed 55 people and left 52 missing in China's southwestern province of Sichuan, state media said on Monday.

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