An inland Chinese province in the Yangtze basin, known for industry, culture and recent floods
Typhoon Dolphin has weakened inland but continues to cause extreme rainfall and floods across Zhejiang, Shanghai and Fujian. Authorities have evacuated hundreds of thousands, canceled thousands of flights, and closed major attractions as the storm moves westward.
Dolphin has made landfall near Yuhuan, Zhejiang, bringing winds of 151 km/h and torrential rain. The storm has prompted mass evacuations, flight cancellations, and widespread transport disruptions as authorities warn of prolonged rainfall and flood risk across eastern China.
Zhu Rongji has died in Beijing at 98. Xinhua confirms his death after medical treatment failed. He chaired China’s economy as premier from 1998 to 2003, steering reforms that liberalized markets, pushed state firms toward efficiency, and helped secure WTO membership. His tenure coincided with rapid growth and rising inequality, and his legacy is seen differently inside and outside China.
A mudslide in Suichuan County, Jiangxi province, has killed at least one person and left others missing as rescuers search collapsed homes. Authorities say the event prompted mass evacuations, with thousands relocated amid ongoing rainfall from Saudel, which has already made multiple landfalls in nearby provinces.
A mudslide in Jiangxi’s Suichuan County leaves multiple fatalities and rescuers continue operations as the area relocates thousands. Separately, downpours fueled by Saudel cause more deaths in Hunan province while Zhejiang and Fujian remain impacted by the typhoon’s path.
Anthropic reports several Chinese firms have engaged in distillation attacks, using outputs from advanced models to train less capable ones. Alibaba, Moonshot, DeepSeek and others are implicated, with millions of exchanges rerouted to Claude and used to train rival systems. The firm reports dozens of millions of affected interactions and warns of regulatory and security risks.