At least 94 people living near a lead factory, most of them children, have tested positive for lead poisoning, state media said Monday, prompting authorities to order the closure of the plant. Hundreds more people are still waiting for test results. Reports of lead poisoning have emerged around the country since last year, highlighting the heavy environmental cost of China ...

A 20-year-old man was rescued from the mud and rubble of a massive landslide in north China early Friday after being buried for 54 hours, as the death toll rose to 27, state media said. The man, identified as Cao Lele, was still in intensive care in a hospital near the site of the disaster in a remote part of ...