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☆ Highway collapse kills 19 people in southern China
  + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Wayne Chang | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
CNN —Nineteen people have been killed after a highway collapsed in China’s Guangdong province on Wednesday, according to the country’s state broadcaster, CCTV. A section of the express highway connecting Meizhou City and Dapu City in Guangdong Province collapsed at around 2:10 a.m. on Wednesday, leaving eighteen cars trapped, CCTV reported. Southern China has been bombarded with heavy rain in recent weeks. Guangdong province, an economic powerhouse home to 127 million people, has seen widespread flooding, which has forced more than 110,000 people to relocate, state media reported, citing the local government. The floods have killed at least four people in Guangdong, including a rescue worker, state news agency Xinhua reported Monday.
Organizations: CNN, Xinhua Locations: China’s Guangdong, Meizhou City, Dapu City, Guangdong Province, Guangdong, Southern China, Hong Kong
☆ Fact Check-Photo shows China’s Nansha bridge, not Nigeria
  + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
A photo of a bridge in Guangdong, China is circulating on social media with a false caption that it shows a new bridge in Nigeria called Anioma. One post sharing the image here wrote: “The Anioma bridge in Delta State opened June 2023. Cost: $700m, raised from securitization of 10% gas pipeline revenues to a 75 year bond.”The photo, however, shows the Nansha bridge in China’s Guangdong Province. Articles about the bridge, opened in 2019 and previously called The Second Humen Bridge, can be seen here, here and here . The photo shows the Nansha Bridge in Guangdong, China, not a bridge in Nigeria.
Persons: Read Organizations: Delta State, Reuters Locations: Guangdong, China, Nigeria, Delta, securitization, China’s Guangdong Province, ”
☆ As Cantonese language wanes, efforts grow to preserve it
  + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +7 min
Or worse, the Cantonese language and culture won’t survive another generation. Ceci Pang, a former kindergarten teacher, runs classes for children at Rainbow Seeds Cantonese school in London. Some turn to social media for advice and camaraderie — a Facebook group called “Cantonese Parents” has thousands of members sharing tips on everything from Cantonese books to YouTube videos. After more than 20 years, the school opted not to renew her contract, which effectively eliminated the Cantonese language program. Aleyda Poe has been overseeing the Cantonese kindergarten at Merit Chinese School in Plano, Texas, for over a decade.
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