Tag: Henan Province (China)

Dormitory Fire Kills 13 in Central China

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A fire in the dormitory of a kindergarten and elementary school in central China killed 13 people, Chinese state-owned news media reported on Saturday. A 14th person was being treated for injuries in a hospital after the fire broke out late Friday night, China Central Television said. The blaze was extinguished quickly, and the head of the school was taken into custody, the report said. No further details were provided, including whether any of the dead were children. It was not immediately known whether all the students at the school…

China’s Extreme Floods and Heat Ravage Farms and Kill Animals

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The downpour began in late May, drenching the wheat crops in central China. As kernels of wheat blackened in the rain, becoming unfit for human consumption, the government mobilized emergency teams to salvage as much of the harvest as possible. In a viral video, a 79-year-old farmer in Henan Province wiped away tears as he surveyed the damage. The unusually heavy rainfall, which local officials said was the worst disruption to the wheat harvest in a decade, underscored the risks that climate shocks pose to President Xi Jinping’s push for…

China’s Covid Surge Threatens Villages as Lunar New Year Approaches

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The infections in Dadi Village, a corn farming community tucked between verdant hills in China’s remote southwest, started in early December when a handful of young people returned from jobs in big cities. The nearest hospital was an hour away, and few could afford the $7 bus fare there. The village clinic is not equipped with oxygen tanks or even an oximeter to detect if someone’s blood is dangerously deprived of oxygen. It quickly ran out of its stockpile of five boxes of fever medicine, so officials told sick residents…