29 Jul 2025

Xi Jinping, Premier Li Qiang push preparedness as China’s flood season bears down

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China's summer flood season has arrived with a vengeance, and top leaders are doing what they can to limit the impacts:

Premier Li Qiang used Friday’s State Council executive meeting to push for improved early warning systems and told officials to act decisively when relocating people out of harm's...