BEIJING, 4 April, 2021 (TON): At least 11 people were killed after a truck collided with a passenger bus in eastern China over a busy holiday weekend, media reported on Sunday.

The truck drove through a barrier on a highway north of Shanghai in Jiangsu province and crashed into the bus around 1 a.m. local time Sunday (1700 GMT), sources said.

As traffic piled up at the site of the crash, two other trucks were involved in a rear-end collision. Nineteen people were injured and sent to the hospital.

Footage broadcast by local media showed the passenger bus overturned amid the debris from the barrier. Other early morning videos showed rescue vehicles and two cranes in action.

Road accidents are still common in China, due to poor compliance with the highway code.

BEIJING, 16 March, 2021, (TON): China on Monday criticized the Quad, saying no “small cliques” should be formed, as it accused some countries of trying to “sow discord” among regional nations by “hyping” the ‘China threat’ and asserted that they will not succeed.

Quad countries involving the US, India, Australia, and Japan held their foremost virtual summit on Friday during which President Joe Biden told leaders of the alliance that a “free and open” Indo-Pacific is vital for their nations and pledged that his nation was focused on working with its accomplices and partners in the area to accomplish dependability.

Indian PM Narendra Modi attended the virtual summit alongside Australian PM Scott Morrison and Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga.

“Certain countries should shake off their Cold-War mentality and ideological prejudice, refrain from forming closed and exclusive small circles, and do more things that are conducive to solidarity and cooperation among regional countries and regional peace and stability,”

BEIJING, 15 March, 2021, (TON): Residents urged to avoid outdoor activities as strong winds bring in dust from the northwest.

The China Meteorological Administration announced a yellow alert on Monday morning, saying that the sandstorms had spread from Inner Mongolia into the provinces of Gansu, Shanxi and Hebei, which surrounds Beijing.

Visibility was reduced to between 300 (984 feet) and 800 meters (2,624 feet), state media reported.

Beijing faces regular sandstorms in March and April as a result of its proximity to the enormous Gobi desert as well as deforestation throughout northern China.

Beijing and surrounding regions have been suffering from relatively high levels of pollution in recent weeks, with the city also shrouded in smog during the opening of parliament starting on March 5.