Over 380 people were killed and around 1,800 injured after an earthquake measuring from 6.1 to 6.5, according to different estimates, toppled thousands of buildings in China’s southwestern Yunnan province. The majority of the dead were from Ludian County, which Chinese state television said was at the epicenter of the quake. Ludian authorities said at least 296 people were killed in their jurisdiction,... 

China is on track to have the world’s largest telescope, as large as 30 football fields, installed in its southwest. The installation process, due for completion in 2016, is currently being undertaken in Pingtang County of Guizhou Province. The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) which is basically nothing more than just a bigger clone of the US Arecibo Observatory (305 meter),... 

A young Chinese couple has been arrested for burying an elderly woman alive, having hit her while driving drunk after a boozy karaoke all-nighter. The case has sparked mass outrage forcing many to speak out about declining public morality. The couple from Guizhou province, both 25, were returning on April 30 after a night out, when they reportedly hit a pedestrian. A witness heard a cry and saw an...