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News China » Gansu » Politics: Kindergarten head sentenced to life imprisonment over lead poisoning of 247 children in NW China

News channel or source: https://en.people.cn/n3/2026/1017/c90000-20509617.html

Published on: Saturday 17 October 2026

A court in northwest China's Gansu Province on Friday sentenced six people for producing and selling toxic and harmful food, which poisoned 247 pre-schoolers at a kindergarten in Tianshui City, with ...

News China » Gansu » Politics: Gansu, China Landslide Buries 33 at Forestry Work Site, Killing at Least 5

News channel or source: https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/gansu-china-landslide-buries-33-at-forestry-work-site-killing-at-least-5-post-6058643

Published on: Tuesday 07 July 2026

A landslide buried 33 people at a forestry work site in China’s mountainous northwestern Gansu Province on July 7, killing at least five and leaving 12 missing, according to Xinhua, China’s state news ...

News China » Gansu » Politics: Landslide death toll rises in China's Gansu Province as heavy rains continue

News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/landslide-death-toll-rises-chinas-gansu-province-heavy-rains-continue-2026-08-02/

Published on: Saturday 01 August 2026

BEIJING, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Flash floods in Gansu Province ‌in China's northwest last week killed 25 people and injured 23 more, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday, raising earlier ...

News China » Gansu » Politics: Tibetans enraged over the death of former political prisoner Jigme Gyatso in Gansu

News channel or source: https://phayul.com/tibetans-enraged-over-the-death-of-former-political-prisoner-jigme-gyatso-in-gansu/

Published on: Tuesday 05 July 2022

DHARAMSHALA, July 5: The former political prisoner Jigme Gyatso, also known as Labrang Jigme, who was arrested multiple times in the last decade resulting in numerous injuries, has reportedly died at ...

News China » Gansu » Politics: China: Dozens dead in Gansu flash floods

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/weather/general/china-dozens-dead-in-gansu-flash-floods/ar-AA29etTl

Published on: Saturday 01 August 2026

Chinese authorities will launch an investigation into the floods, amid warnings of further landslides as the rainy weather continues. The death toll after a flash flood in the northern Gansu province ...

News China » Gansu » Politics: Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes China's western Gansu province

News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/magnitude-52-earthquake-strikes-chinas-gansu-province-says-cenc-2026-01-26/

Published on: Sunday 25 January 2026

BEIJING, Jan 26 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude of 5.5 struck near the rural county of Tewo in Gansu province in western China on Monday, the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC) said, ...