Beijing, March 29 (IANS) At least three people were killed, and 23 others sustained injuries, including nine who are reported to be in critical condition, after a fire broke out in a building near Qinxian North Street in Taiyuan, located in North China’s Shanxi Province, local media reported on Sunday. Authorities have launched an investigation to determine the cause of the fire, while follow-up rescue and relief efforts are still underway, according to reports by CCTV News.The blaze erupted at …
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Beijing, Feb 8 (IANS) China’s crackdown on churches is part of a broader effort to align social institutions with the ideological priorities of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), a report said. On January 5, hundreds of armed police surrounded Yayang Church in Wenzhou region of China’s Zhejiang province and led to the removal of the church’s cross from its scaffolding, an action that indicated more than a local zoning dispute, the report added.”Its targeting reflects an intensifying national cam…
Beijing, Jan 18 (IANS) A wildfire has been raging for nearly two days in a village in southwest China’s Yunnan Province as of Sunday, with 326 people mobilised for rescue efforts, local authorities said.The fire broke out at 4:51 p.m. on Friday in Jiasheng Village, under the jurisdiction of Nujiang Prefecture. The local government has organised 326 rescuers, including personnel from forestry, grassland, and firefighting departments, to combat the blaze.No casualties have been reported so far, re…
Washington, Jan 8 (IANS) Half a dozen members of an underground Protestant church based in Sichuan’s Chengdu have been arrested by the Chinese authorities, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) mentioned in a statement. This is the latest in a series of arrests of members of prominent unofficial “house churches” in China in the past year, it stated. On January 6, the Early Rain Covenant Church stated that police conducted raid at the home of its current leader, Li Yingqiang, in Deyang and took him away. …