Yellow River flood, 1938-47

Yellow River flood Chinese Nationalist soldiers 1938

…the river to attain objectives, undertaking projects to channel and redirect its flow to fortify their positions and deploy it against their enemies. To carry out wartime hydraulic engineering projects,…

Haiyuan earthquake, 1920

Haiyuan earthquake destruction 1920

…in provinces such as Hunan and Jilin, and from the central government’s relief bureau in Beijing.[11] Later in winter, foreign missionaries in Gansu joined efforts to reconstruct communities, re-open communication…

Tangshan earthquake, 1976

Tianjin Worker Hero Tangshan Earthquake Memorial 2012

common people keeping their eye open for macro and micro anomalies in natural environment and using simply-constructed earthquake survey facilities to issue earthquake predictions and warnings.[12] Although afterwards some early…

North China famine, 1920-21

Famine relief poster Shenbao Shanghai 1920

…Tianjin, and other cities in late summer and autumn 1920.[18] In October, some of these Chinese societies combined with efforts initiated by members of the resident foreign community to form…

Sichuan famine, 1936-37

China plague Manchuria 1910 1911

to develop Sichuan’s economy, infrastructure and governance. The Szechwan Famine Rehabilitation Research Committee used the famine to petition the government for an end to opium cultivation and ‘oppressive taxes’, often…

Northwest China famine, 1928-30

…shifting northwest to inland Henan, Shaanxi and Gansu, millions faced a natural disaster that would plague northern communities for three years. Despite limited local and international relief efforts, the Northwest…

華中洪災,1931

Yangzi Dykes Breaking Flood 1931

…Ward, 1967), p. 265. [8] On links between Yangzi floods and El Niño Southern Oscillation see for example Jiang Tong, Zhang Qiang, Zhu Deming and Wu Yijin, “Yangtze floods and

华中洪灾, 1931

Yangzi Dykes Breaking Flood 1931

…links between Yangzi floods and El Niño Southern Oscillation see for example Jiang Tong, Zhang Qiang, Zhu Deming and Wu Yijin, “Yangtze floods and droughts (China) and teleconnections with ENSO…