A 20-month old boy has been rescued by local fire-fighters after being trapped in a narrow well for 10 hours in Xi’an, capital of Shaanxi Province. The child stumbled into the well around 9:30am Saturday. Because the well is only 30-centimeters in dia… read more
China’s National Meteorological Center (NMC) Sunday renewed the yellow alert for Typhoon Mawar, which is expected to hit south China’s Guangdong Province on Sunday.
At 5 a.m. Sunday, the eye of Mawar, this year’s 16th typhoon in the region, was above the South China Sea some 135 km southeast of Guangdong, packing winds up to 25 meters per second, the national observatory said.
The NMC forecast that Mawar would grow stronger while moving northwestward at a speed of about 10 km per hour toward Guangdong, expecting it to land in coastal areas later on Sunday.
The center of the typhoon is expected to weaken quickly after making landfall.
From Sunday to Monday, Mawar will bring gales to some waters near Fujian and Taiwan, as well as parts of the South China Sea. Meanwhile, parts of Guangdong and Fujian will experience rainstorms, the NMC said.
The NMC suggested local governments take precautions against possible disasters, and ships in affected areas return to ports.
China has a four-tier color-coded system for severe weather, with red being the most serious, followed by orange, yellow and blue.
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More than a thousand new cadets have been inducted into China’s Air Force Aviation University.
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China’s new generation of military pilots starts training with the changing face of the Chinese air force. [Photo/Xinhua] |
During a ceremony on Friday, September 1, the PLA’s air force commander, Ding Laihang, inspected more than 2,000 trainee pilots, including the new recruits who come from 31 different provinces in China, and who were selected from 120,000 high school graduates who applied for the air force program.
In a speech, Ding said unprecedented changes had taken place in China’s air force, and he encouraged the new cadets to play their part in creating a more powerful Chinese air Force.
With the changing face of the Chinese air force, so too the training regimen for cadet pilots has been upgraded. Changes to education requirements, and earlier access to flight training, has dramatically shortened the training cycle of tomorrow’s pilots.
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Chinese authorities activated a national disaster alert and response mechanism for Typhoon Mawar Saturday to help local civil affairs departments prepare for relief work. Civil affairs departments in southern provinces including Fujian and Guangdong s… read more
