Zhejiang Province

A 60-year-old villager carried a communist official wearing leather shoes to prevent them getting wet, while visiting an area severely affected by flooding after Typhoon Fitow.

A policeman in East China became seriously ill after jumping into a polluted river to rescue a teenage girl.

Netizens have been commenting on the fantastic colors of rivers in China—due to severe pollution.

At least three Chinese have died from a new strain of bird flu in eastern provinces that may be spreading between humans.

A delegate to a political meeting in Beijing recently gave a display of adulterated foods in China.

Residents in a Chinese coastal province tried to block the expansion of a chemical factory with massive protests over multiple days recently, despite harsh police suppression and a media blackout.

Populous Chinese coastal areas have been hit by severe tropical storm Typhoon Haikui.

A dust explosion and fire on Aug. 6 at an unlicensed factory in Zhejiang Province left 13 people dead and 14 hospitalized.

About 600 private enterprises in China are experiencing a credit crisis. This crisis was triggered by the collapse of two companies entwined in a reciprocal credit guarantee structure in Hangzhou, the capital city of eastern China’s Zhejiang Province.

Natural latex polluted more than a mile of a stretch of the Quxi River in China’s Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, turning it into what was described as a “river of milk,”

A death sentence against businesswoman Wu Ying was overturned after statements by Wen Jiabao.