Sinkholes, sinkholes, everywhere. An unsuspecting young woman in Xi'an found herself suddenly swallowed up by a sidewalk which caved in as soon as she stepped onto it. Fortunately, a cab driver who was passing by witnessed the accident and came immediately to her rescue, as seen in the surveillance video above. However, it wasn't until firefighters arrived on the scene much later that the girl was pulled out to safety. In a similar accident earlier this month in Beijing, another young woman suffered 90% burns after falling into hot water from exploded pipes underground after the pavement beneath her suddenly caved in. She died soon afterwards in the hospital. more ›

A motorcyclist was apparently injured Tuesday during a live stunt performance of "Cosmic Voyage" at Shanghai Circus World. According to China News, the male driver sustained injuries to his face and hands after falling off his bike in midair. more ›

A woman in Beijing is now in critical condition, with 90% of her skin deeply burned after she fell into hot water beneath the pavement when the road suddenly collapsed, according to Beijing News. more ›

This clip from "Accidents That Should Never Happen," an allegedly instructional bit from Beijing TV's show Traffic Light, makes us wonder two things: if the people are going to be okay, and how their genes survived this long with that level of decision-making. Via beijingcream.com. more ›

A car crash on Sunday in Beijing's Haidian district near Baofu Temple in which the driver of the Ferrari died and two female passengers were injured has led to widespread speculation over the identity of the driver and the blocking of the keyword "Ferrari" on Chinese social networks. more ›

A district court has rejected an appeal by a Middle Eastern expatriate who tried to seek insurance compensation after a hit-and-run accident, according to Shanghai Daily. more ›

A severe cold snap in China caused more than 20 car accidents and at least six injuries. Meanwhile, many people in rural China are facing sub-zero temperatures as another cold snap gets ready to hit the country. [AP] more ›

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Anti-American crusader Sima Nan (司马南) got his head stuck recently at an escalator at the airport in Washington D.C. but he can consider himself lucky that he walked away with moderate injuries. A nine-year-old boy in Beijing was not so fortunate. He died yesterday after his head got caught between two escalators at a mall: more ›

The 56-year-old traveler, whose identity has not been released by authorities, had been traveling with her sister, who resides in the US, when the $450 million-dollar ship, carrying upwards of 4,200 passengers and crew members, collided with a reef off the Tuscan coast, since claiming the lives of at least six people, while at least 29 people are still missing, according to foreign media reports. more ›

The State Administration of Work Safety has informed the press that the probe report will be released soon on the website of the official Xinhua News Agency. However, the safety watchdog did not tell the exact date of the report's release, only saying that it won't be "long". more ›

Koinkidink, much? Fortunately, it's not as serious as the one that just happened in Gansu, and nobody died. Shanghai Daily with the details: more ›

We told you yesterday about a school bus tragedy in Zhengning (正宁) County of Qingyang (庆阳) City in Western China's Gansu province in which a minibus overcrowded with preschoolers crashed with a truck, killing 20 and injuring dozens. Public anger is now rising over the incident, which today topped the list of trending topics on Sina Weibo, China's most popular microblogging platform. more ›

That Chinese mines are still the world's most dangerous is confirmed once again with a second deathly and dusty accident this week. Only this time, the story has a little smudge of tragicomedy to it. more ›

A Good Samaritan in Longkou by Yantai, Shandong has been hailed "the most beautiful girl" after she risked her life and was left crippled from rescuing a crash victim, reported Qilu Evening News. Diao Na, a 24-year-old Nanshan Tourism manager, was hit by a car and injured after she and her husband ran to the assistance of a wounded woman lying in the traffic lane. more ›

Another day, another rich drunk idiot crashing their expensive cars into shit and expecting clemency. This time the deed happened in Guangzhou, when a drunk 30-something woman drove her Porsche the wrong way down a one way street, smacked a taxi cab, then began verbally harassing the occupants before telling police "I know city leaders!" more ›

Yesterday around 3pm in Runan County, Henan, a police car veered onto the sidewalk and knocked down a lamppost, killing four and injuring three according to state media. Other sources said the man driving the car was a heavily intoxicated policeman, and that the accident led to six deaths and one injury. more ›

At 11:17am yesterday, at Xixiang Village in Shenzhen's Bao'an district, a 1 and a half-year-old young girl was killed outside of her home after she was struck by a truck. more ›

WARNING: Graphic image after the jump. Reader discretion advised! Luzhou Evening News brings us a report from October 20 that in Luding County, Sichuan Province, Luzhou City, a truck knocked down a five-year-old child returning home from school, causing the child to die on the spot. Luzhou citizens have claimed the accident was actually cold-blooded murder. more ›

The parents of Yueyue, the Foshan toddler who passed away after a week-long battle for her life following a horrific double hit-and-run that has hogged international headlines, have engaged a lawyer to sue the two drivers that knocked her down. more ›

Earlier media reports that Yueyue, the toddler who was knocked down by two vehicles outside a market in Foshan, has passed away have turned out to be false. more ›

The two-year-old girl, Yueyue, who was knocked down by two vehicles outside a market in Foshan and left to die by the roadside until a trash collector came to help her has passed away. more ›

Warning: The following video contains graphic images not suitable for all viewers. If you have children with you, please lock them out of your room before clicking on this video. more ›

So apparently there were two pilots in the F-7 Flying Leopard fighter jet that went down yesterday in the Shaanxi air show. One made it, the other most likely didn't:

One of the two pilots ejected from the cockpit and deployed his parachute. But only one parachute was seen opening, and the plane, a two-seater JH-7 "Flying Leopard" jet, burst into flames as it crashed. more ›

CCTV aired images of this crash at the Shaanxi air show earlier today. The plane is a F-7 Flying Leopard fighter jet that suffered a malfunction during the performance. There are no casualties reported, and you can see the pilot eject and a parachute open (hopefully there was only one pilot, as it is a two-seat plane.) Emergency vehicles responded immediately to the crash, which took place 2 kilometers west of the show grounds, and the air show is now ongoing. more ›

The Shanghai government has announced the names of the 15-member investigation panel which it has assembled to look into Tuesday's subway collision. The panel is made up of two teams -- an 11-member incident investigation team, headed by Qi Jun, bureau chief of the Shanghai Work Safety Administration, and assisted by Shen Weizhong, his assistant bureau chief, as well as a four-member team of expert consultants headed by Liu Ruichang, formerly deputy chief engineer at the Shanghai Railway Bureau. more ›

Shanghai Metro's latest statement released on its website yesterday has contradicted earlier assertions by company chairman Yu Guangyao that faulty signals equipment supplied by Shanghai Casco Signals Corp, a joint venture of France-based Alstom SA, caused Tuesday's subway collision. more ›

Here's a quick round-up of all you need to know about yesterday's Shanghai Metro rear-end collision: more ›

Also watch a report by Channel News Asia after the jump... more ›