Shandong

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met in Belgrade on Monday with Lin Wu, Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of China's Shandong province, to discuss the most important matters in the bilateral relations with China and numerous aspects of the strategic partnership between Serbia and China.

Temperatures in Beijing increased above 40 degrees Celsius on Thursday for the first time since 2014, breaking the record for the hottest day in June and the Chinese capital warned of extremely hot weather over the weekend, Reuters reported.

China sent warships and aircraft near Taiwan for a second day on Friday, Taipei said, after President Tsai Ing-wen angered Beijing by meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Eleven workers trapped for two weeks by an explosion inside a Chinese gold mine were brought safely to the surface on Jan. 24.

State broadcaster CCTV showed workers being hauled up one-by-one in baskets on Jan. 24 afternoon, their eyes shielded to protect them after so many days in darkness.

Vucic said that this is important for Valjevo, Lajkovac, Mionica, but also the entire Kolubara district.
He stated that by the end of 2022, it is realistic to complete the works on the road and watercourses.

The coronavirus has reached the highest levels of government and the sporting world, with Canada's prime minister isolating himself when his wife tested positive, the Arsenal manager and a Chelsea player being diagnosed and the Australian Grand Prix cancelled just hours before the event was due to start.
China

At the end of 2018, there were a total of 10,249 star hotels in China, 843 of which are five-star hotels, according to a report by the country's Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Several other important economic agreements, including an agreement on investment in Zrenjanin, worth nearly a billion US dollars, have also been signed, the Serbian government announces.

The world's largest unprotected Ferris wheel opened in the Chinese city of Weifang, Shandong province, TASC reported.

Explosion at a chemical plant in East China has claimed the lives of four people, the Associated Press reported, citing China's Xinhua News Agency.
 
The explosion occurred today at the Tsushan Chemical Plants Co. in Shandong province south-east of Beijing for maintenance.