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A series of earthquakes yesterday injured several people, damaged buildings and disrupted transportation. A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 8km northeast of Hualien County Hall at 12:38pm at a depth of 23.8km, the Central Weather Bureau’s Web site showed. It was followed at 1:11pm by a magnitude 6.5 quake centered near Yilan County’s Nanao Township (南澳) at a depth of 66.8km. A magnitude 5.4 earthquake followed less than a minute later, with its epicenter near the county’s Datong Townsh...

Taipei, Oct. 24 (CNA) Aftershocks of magnitude 4 or over are expected over the next three days after the strongest earthquake recorded in Taiwan this year struck Yilan County Sunday afternoon, a Central Weather Bureau (CWB) official said.

AFTERSHOCKS LIKELY: A hiker was hurt by falling rocks at the Taroko National Park, while a tower crane was damaged at a construction site in New Taipei CityBy Chen Hsin-yu and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNA

When he was a little boy in the 1980s, Wang Xiaojun was taught to be proud of his home town of Luliang in the northwestern Chinese province of Shanxi. It is China’s largest coal-producing region, and Luliang was a significant base for the army during World War II. Nestled in the mountains of the dusty Loess Plateau, Luliang, a city of 3.4 million people, has had less to shout about in recent years. A series of corruption scandals in the city brought down several high profile officials shortly ...

Northern China is seeing an early start to the winter heating season due to falling temperatures, which will boost demand for coal, natural gas and electricity sooner-than-expected and is bullish for fuel prices at a time when global supply remains tight, according to market participants and traders. Eight provinces and regions in northwest and northeast ...

Those who helped fuel China’s growth fear for livelihoods, while power shortages create transition dilemma for Xi Jinping

The northeastern Chinese province of Liaoning imposed curbs on electricity use on Monday, marking the fifth power shortage ...

The coal supply of rain-ravaged Shanxi, a major coal base in northern China, will likely remain stable as most coal mines have fully resumed production.

TAIYUAN, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- The coal supply of rain-ravaged Shanxi, a major coal base in northern China, will likely remain stable as most coal mines have full

Despite the rapid expansion of windfarms off the coast of Scotland, the green revolution is passing by former manufacturing hub in Fife as parts are being made in China thanks to cheap energy.