The event, originally postponed for a year due to China's stringent zero-Covid measures, has drawn over 12,000 participants representing 45 nations and territories from Asia and the Middle East, all converging on the eastern city to compete across 40 different sports.

Authorities in China's eastern province of Zhejiang have evacuated over 380,000 residents from potentially dangerous areas in connection with the Haguebee typhoon, which hit the province's coast on Tuesday, local media reported

The death toll from last week's Xinjia Express hotel collapse in China's eastern Fujian province has risen to 26, and three more people remain trapped under the debris, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Wednesday

The death toll from Saturday's hotel collapse in the eastern Chinese province of Fujian, which housed people who had contact with coronavirus patients, has risen to 11, while 21 people remain trapped under the rubble, the Chinese People's Daily newspaper reported on Monday