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News Hour: The death toll from a coal mine gas outburst in central China has risen to seven as two more bodies were recovered on Wednesday morning, said rescuers. Four miners remain trapped in Xinjia Coal...

News Hour: Eleven workers are trapped in a coal mine after a gas outburst in central China’s Hubei Province, according to a local government source on Tuesday. The accident occurred at around 11:20 p.m. on Monday...

News Hour: China’s transport ministry said on Monday it expects travelers to make nearly 3 billion trips during the upcoming Spring Festival, putting road, rail and air links through their hardest test during the country’s most...

News Hour: Former England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson Monday took charge of second-tier Chinese club Shenzhen FC, one month after leaving Shanghai SIPG despite leading them to third place in China’s top league. The Swede will replace...

News Hour: China has recently published the collected works of the Bengali Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore in Chinese, according to BSS. It is a 33 volume labor of love by Chinese-Bengali experts in collaboration with the...

News Hour: A minibus crash in China killed at least 18 people on Friday when the vehicle plunged into a lake, state media reported. The minibus was traveling from Ezhou to Wuhan in the central province...

News Hour: Construction of the world’s first full-size replica of the Titanic has begun in China, state media reported on Thursday, where it is expected to enjoy smoother sailing as a lakeside tourist draw than its...

News Hour: China has introduced an additional 10% tax on “super cars”, including Ferrari, Bentley, Aston Martin and Rolls-Royce. The tax, affecting cars that cost more than 1.3m yuan ($189,000; £151,024), is aimed at curbing lavish...

News Hour: At least 40 people were killed when part of a power station under construction in China collapsed on Thursday, the official Xinhua news agency reported, the latest industrial accident in a country with a...

News Hour: Facebook has built a tool for geographically censoring posts at the leading social network as it seeks a path back into China, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. The New York Times cited...