1490 Ch’ing-yang Meteor Shower
The Ch’ing-yang event of 1490 (1490 年 慶陽 事件), also known as the Chi-ing-yang meteor shower (Qingyang, 陽 流星 雨), was a presumed meteor shower … Read more
China raises toll to 20 dead in quake in southwest mountains
Zhangzha earthquake BEIJING (AP) — Chinese monitors say they’ve detected multiple landslides but no major building collapses following a powerful earthquake in the country’s mountainous … Read more
Villagers begin to mourn dead after deadly China landslide
XINMO, China (Reuters) – Villagers in China visited what used to be their relatives’ homes on Monday to mourn loved ones lost when a landslide … Read more
18 images of the disastrous consequences of Typhoon Meranti in China
BEIJING (Reuters) – Typhoon Meranti slammed into southeastern China on Thursday with strong winds and lashing rain that cut power to 1.65 million homes, but … Read more
15 rare historical photographs of the 1931 China floods
1931 yangtze river flood From the end of the 20s, China was afflicted by a long drought. Abnormal weather over central China began in the … Read more
12 rare pictures: removing corpse teams in China (1948)
The disastrous years of the War of Resistance against Japanese aggression and the War of Liberation devastated China: corpses were scattered along Chinese roads. Natural … Read more
Qinghai earthquake disaster photos
Qinghai earthquake – A deadly earthquake struck in Western China at a magnitude of 7.1. According the Chinese state media the quake struck in an … Read more