Rescue operations underway after Chongqing landslide
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
An aerial drone photo taken on July 18, 2026 shows rescuers working at the site of a landslide in Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County, southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. The geological disaster occurred at 9:08 a.m. on Friday in the Hanjia sub-district of Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County in Chongqing, burying more than 10 residential buildings. Search and rescue operations are still underway. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)
An aerial drone photo taken on July 18, 2026 shows rescuers working at the site of a landslide in Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County, southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. The geological disaster occurred at 9:08 a.m. on Friday in the Hanjia sub-district of Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County in Chongqing, burying more than 10 residential buildings. Search and rescue operations are still underway. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)
Rescuers work at the site of a landslide in Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County, southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, July 18, 2026. The geological disaster occurred at 9:08 a.m. on Friday in the Hanjia sub-district of Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County in Chongqing, burying more than 10 residential buildings. Search and rescue operations are still underway. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)
Rescuers work at the site of a landslide in Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County, southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, July 18, 2026. The geological disaster occurred at 9:08 a.m. on Friday in the Hanjia sub-district of Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County in Chongqing, burying more than 10 residential buildings. Search and rescue operations are still underway.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
