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Chinese Jet Barely Doesn't Hit US Spy Plane
Two Chinese fighter jets came within 50 feet of crashing into a US spy plane above the South China Sea.
Police Clash With 10,000 Seeking to Stop Construction of Medical Center in Southern China
Townspeople in southern China fearing a new medical center would spread disease protested the facility and clashed with police.
‘Team Beau Geste’ Wins Hong Kong to Hainan Race in Record Time
HONG KONG—TP52, “Team Beau Geste” won the IRC-0 Class, Hong Kong to Hainan yacht race recording a record time of 25h 54m 33s for the 380 nautical mile trip. This is 2h 49m 21s less than the record set by “FreeFire” over a 10nm shorter course in 2012.
Typhoon Causes 1 Death With 6 Missing in South China
Typhoon Son-Tinh swept through South China’s Hainan and Guangxi provinces this past weekend, causing one death with six reported missing. Millions were affected.
Police Respond With Teargas to Hainan Power Plant Protest
Desperate to head off the construction of a large coal-fired power plant in their area, residents of Ledong County of the island Hainan Province have been protesting for a month.
Cholera Outbreak Spreads to Hainan University
A cholera outbreak recently spread to Haikou, the capital of China’s Hainan Province, forcing the quarantine of Hainan University.
Girl Died from Cholera Outbreak in Hainan Province
An eight-year-old girl died of complications due to a Cholera outbreak in Hainan Province in late October 2008. The have been a confirmed 30 cases and 297 others which are suspected to be Cholera infections in Danzhou City.