China on Saturday launched a Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3) carrier rocket from the sea, sending a test satellite into its planned orbit to promote satellite internet technology.

Residents of Pingtou, a village in Guangdong province, are struggling to recover after record rainfall caused the worst flooding in living memory — and they say they had no warning.

More than 7,000 cases of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus have been reported across Guangdong province in China since July, with nearly 3,000 cases emerging in the past week. The outbreak is centered in Foshan city, where patients are being hospitalized under strict isolation measures.

Chinese and Russian armies have launched joint naval drills, dubbed Exercise Joint Sea-2024, in the waters and airspace near Zhanjiang City, south China's Guangdong Province, the Chinese Ministry of National Defense said on Friday, News.Az reports citing CGTN.

At least 47 people have died as downpours in southern China’s Guangdong province caused historic flooding and slides, state media reported Friday, while authorities warned of more extreme weather ahead in other parts of the country, News.Az reports citing AP.