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Shi Cheng was intentionally flooded by the Chinese government in 1959 and nearly 300,000 people were relocated to make way for a hydroelectric dam. Now, some people dive at the site

The US and China appear to have been set to launch their respective secret spacecraft around the same time, and both Beijing and Washington are said to be increasingly interested in each other's efforts

Security Minister Tom Tugendhat aimed a jibe at his Cabinet colleague David Cameron, the Foreign Secretary, eight years after the then PM predicted a "golden era" of relations with Beijing

The man had been suffering with seizures and headaches but waited for a month before going to seek medical help when it was discovered he had hundreds of tapeworms in his body

Dr Gareth Nye, Programme Lead for Medical Science and Chester Medical School, said the pneumonia outbreak in China could be a Covid virus but at the moment there's no need to panic

Republican Senator Rick Scott is calling for an investigation into Chinese garlic imports, alleging they grow the cooking essential with sewage fertiliser and that an 'existential emergency' is brewing

Recent weeks and months have seen a sudden surge of respiratory illnesses in China, leading to hospitals being packed out with sick children, and alarm at some of the parallels drawn with early days of Covid

China’s security services have made it near impossible to know what is truly going on, with repression and dictatorship rife but multiple senior politicians have vanished without a trace

A mysterious respiratory illness has been spreading around the world after images were shown of hospitals full of children in China and a medical expert has lifted the lid on what it is

A mystery Covid-like respiratory illness that has been sweeping through China and appears to be only affecting children, could be a forgotten disease from the 19th century

Forest City in Johor on the southern tip of Malaysia was meant to house tens of thousands of aspirational Chinese families, but is largely empty years after the project began

The respiratory illness that is sweeping through China and leaving hospital wards full of sick children has been traced in Europe - and experts have warned it can be spread in a variety of ways

A Japanese man tragically died on Sunday after jumping off the Macau Tower in China, according to reports. An investigation is ongoing at the popular tourist attraction

A mystery illness that has been spreading through China and resembles a Covid-like pneumonia has now been found in two European countries amid fears the UK could be next

China has recorded an upsurge in respiratory illness in children since mid-October - and some health experts are worried the illness could spread to other countries too

As a mysterious virus sweeps through China, its neighbouring countries are beginning to prepare for it to spread. Britain may be able to avoid it this winter, one expert says

'I just burst into tears,' says Downton Abbey star Lesley Nicol when she learned of the plight of Asia's black bears who are held in cruel conditions and farmed for their bile

A health expert said the public health system must be aware of the risks of a wave of illness similar to the one China is experiencing - which the country said is not a new virus

The man - who was dressed all in black - was seen gripping the tall bird by its neck and dragging it off the road before it was knocked down by a passing vehicle in China's Henan Province

Symptoms of white lung syndrome - thought to be a type of mycoplasma pneumonia - include fever, cough and fatigue, doctors warn, as cases of the illness rise across states in the US and elsewhere, including Denmark

The mystery respiratory illness is currently sweeping China, leaving hospitals over-run with sick children and schools closed, but one expert has warned Europe needs to be prepared

Edinburgh Zoo is preparing to bid farewell to Yang Guang and Tian Tian, a pair of giant pandas who visitors loved since their arrival in 2011, as they return to the China Wildlife Conservation Association

A shocked landlord in China has found his female tenant left her flat buried in mounds of rubbish including toilet paper, takeaway boxes and empty drinks bottles up to three feet high

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin was "mortgaging Russia's future" to China as it is shunned by the West following its invasion of Ukraine

China has brought social distancing and mask-wearing back as it deals with a mystery viral outbreak which has put tens of thousands in hospital, with Beijing and Lianing struggling