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U.S.-born panda Bao Bao celebrated her fourth birthday in southwest China’s Sichuan Province Wednesday. Staff with the Dujiangyan base of the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda prepared a 50-kilogram birthday cake made from bamboo,… read more

China has begun a first round of marine inspections to deal with land reclamation problems.

According to the State Council, China’s cabinet, inspections will focus on reclamation processes as well as marine resource exploitation and utilization.

China’s State Oceanic Administration sent two inspection teams Tuesday to Liaoning and Hainan provinces, and another four will start on-site investigations into Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the provinces of Hebei, Jiangsu and Fujian.

Inspections will last about a month, and public feedback is welcomed via telephone hotlines and PO boxes.

Hato, the 13th typhoon to hit China this year, made landfall in the city of Zhuhai in southern China’s Guangdong Province at noon Wednesday, bringing gales of up to 45 meters per second.

Hato will move west and scale down to a tropical storm passing Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Wednesday night, the National Meteorological Center said.

As of 5 p.m., no casualties were reported in Guangdong Province.

So far, 13 cities and counties in Guangdong have issued red alerts for the typhoon.

Gales and downpours have suspended work, classes, and production in the cities of Zhuhai, Jiangmen and Zhongshan. Several expressways have also been closed.

Initial investigation showed the typhoon blew down over 2,000 trees, damaged signs, railings and fences on roads in the province.

Power supplies were disrupted in some areas but had been partially restored as of 3 p.m..

As the typhoon moves westward, neighboring provinces have also been affected. Flights were disrupted in Guangxi and rail services delayed or canceled in Yunnan Province.

The typhoon will also bring heavy rain to central China’s Hunan Province, the provincial flood control headquarters warned on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, thousands of people were evacuated in parts of south China in preparation for the arrival of Hato.

China has a four-tier color-coded weather warning system, with red the most severe, followed by orange, yellow and blue.

A former Beijing lawyer pleaded guilty to subversion in court on Tuesday and confessed to receiving Western training that sparked ideas of “overthrowing China’s current political system”. Jiang Tianyong, 46, stood trial at the Changsha Intermediate Pe… read more

The Chinese public has called for harsher punishment for those found guilty of sexual harassment, according to a recent survey. The China Youth Daily research showed that of 2,023 people surveyed, 71.5 percent wanted harsher punishment for people comm… read more