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China Focus: Tourism in speedy recovery as trans-provincial group tours resume

After a 176-day hiatus, Wu Rongjun finally guided a group tour in the Yangtze River Delta region, consisting of 24 tourists from across China. The trans-provincial gro

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Gongs, loudspeakers and footprints: Local flood control methods effective in rural China

Lei Xia had safely evacuated long before the flood came in the afternoon of July 16, and avoided heavy property loss as she also took her furniture and electric applia

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Landslide blocks river, forms barrier lake in China's Hubei

A landslide has blocked a river in central China's Hubei Province, forming a barrier lake that threatens nearby villages and the downstream city of Enshi, local author

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China Focus: Fighting floods at China's largest freshwater lake

Yu Zhongdai carries a heavy sandbag and puts it down on the Dongsheng South Embankment to prevent water from overflowing. The tide is high and more sandbags are needed.

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China Focus: Migrant workers' homeward journey to fight floods

Li Yajie, a migrant worker, usually goes back home once a year during the lunar New Year or to attend friends' weddings, but his recent unforeseen return was for a spec

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China's Huaihe River flood response raised to highest

The Huaihe River Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources on Monday raised the emergency response for flood control to Level I, the highest of the four-tier emerg

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Xinhua Photos of the Day (July 20)

BEIJING, July 20 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.Photo taken on July 19, 2020 shows floodwater being dis

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Yangtze River's No. 2 flood passes Three Gorges Dam

The second flood of China's Yangtze River this year has smoothly passed the Three Gorges Dam on Sunday as the inflow into the reservoir has decreased. The Three Gorges

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China issues blue alert for rainstorms

China's national observatory on Sunday issued a blue alert for rainstorms, even as incessant downpours have already wreaked havoc in vast stretches of the country. Fro

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China's Huaihe River faces rising flood risks

Aerial photo taken on July 18, 2020 shows water being discharged from the Chushandian Reservoir in Xinyang City, central China's Henan Province. (Photo by Hao Guang/Xin

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China Focus: Private rescue team aids Yangtze River flood relief

Huang Fumei had to leave her money and valuable items at home due to the fast-rising water level of the Yangtze River, China's longest, which has been plagued by sever

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Massive flood arrives at China's Three Gorges reservoir

Aerial photo taken on July 18, 2020 shows the Three Gorges Dam opening the floodgates to discharge the floodwater on the Yangtze River in central China's Hubei Province

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Xinhua Photos of the Day (July 19)

BEIJING, July 19 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua. Armed police officers move sandbags on the embankment in Poyang County, east China's J

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Update: Massive flood reaches China's Three Gorges reservoir

Aerial photo taken on July 18, 2020 shows the Three Gorges Dam opening the floodgates to discharge the floodwater on the Yangtze River in central China's Hubei Province

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Residents evacuated amid torrential rain in China's Chongqing

Photo taken on July 18, 2020 shows flood water of the Yangtze River near Chaotianmen, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. (Photo by Zhong Guilin/Xinhua)CHONGQING,

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China's Jiangsu issues red alert for Yangtze River floods

Aerial photo taken on July 13, 2020 shows the Yangtze River in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng) The water resources department of east China

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Heavy rain affects over 3 mln in east China's Anhui

Heavy rain has disrupted the lives of more than 3.06 million people in east China's Anhui Province, local authorities said on Friday. The downpours, which started on J