A tourist cools off in front of a fan in Jiangbei District, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Aug. 2, 2025. Chongqing issued a heatwave alert on Saturday, with high temperature hitting 40-43 ...

Temperatures topping 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) have broiled Chongqing, a metropolis in China's southwest known for ...

Chongqing, one of China’s largest and most vibrant cities, is in the middle of a severe heatwave. Known for its spicy food ...

CHONGQING, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- As heatwaves sweep across much of China, high-altitude destinations in the mountainous areas of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality are seeing a surge in visitors ...

The number of high-temperature days China has experienced since mid-March is the highest on record, an official from the ...

Chongqing residents have turned to converted World War Two era air raid shelters for relief from scorching heat, with one ...

This photo taken on Aug. 2, 2025 shows the torch for China's 15th National Games and 12th National Paralympic Games, along ...

Much of China experienced extremely hot weather, causing a record-breaking surge in electricity use, exceeding 1.5 billion kilowatts.

A stretch of heat from Chongqing in the southwest to coastal Guangzhou has affected more than 200 million people in recent days. Some of the worst-hit regions include the provinces of Hunan, Hubei, ...

ZHENGZHOU -- Central China's Henan, one of the country's most populous provinces, is enduring its hottest July since 1961 as a prolonged heatwave grips much of the region, local meteorological ...

Temperatures topping 40 degrees Celsius have broiled the southwest city of Chongqing, pushing some locals to use innovative ...