China declares emergency in drought-struck regions BEIJING - China declared an emergency Thursday in eight provinces suffering a serious drought that has left nearly 4 million people without proper drinking water and is threatening millions of acres of crops. Global crisis dampens China New Year celebrations BEIJING (AFP) - Tens of millions of people across China were set to usher in the Lunar New Year Sunday with fireworks and big family reunions, but the global economic crisis put a dampener on celebrations. China: Floods kill 63 this month GUANGZHOU, China - Soldiers scrambled to shore up soggy levies with sandbags Tuesday in southern China as forecasters warned that more heavy rain in the central region could trigger flooding on the country's second-longest river.
Octogenarian to Marry 28-Year-Old Bride BEIJING - An 82-year-old Nobel Prize-winning physicist plans to marry a 28-year-old Chinese graduate student next month, a news report said Friday.