(2000 est. pop. 90.79 million). Shandong is a large, densely populated Chinese northern coast province on the Shandong Peninsula, which separates the Bohai Gulf from the Yellow Sea. Bordered on the northwest by Hebei Province, on the southwest by Henan...

Coordinates: 36°30′N, 118°0′E Shandong (help·info) (simplified Chinese: 山东; traditional Chinese: 山東; pinyin: Shāndōng; Wade-Giles: Shan-tung) is a coastal province of eastern People's Republic of China. Its abbreviation is Lu,...

A 14-month-old boy has died of hand, foot and mouth disease in eastern China, the second fatality linked to an outbreak of the viral infection since April, state media said Monday.The boy was admitted over the weekend to Linyi People's Hospital in Linyi, a city...

Record rainfall this week triggered floods, landslides and mud flows that killed 152 people in China and forced the evacuation of hundreds of thousands, state media reported Sunday.Since the start of the annual rainy season in June, floods have hit nearly half of China's regions...

Health officials on Monday dismissed media reports that 292 cases of a viral disease common in children had been found in eastern China and that the outbreak had been covered up.The Shanghai Morning Post said last week that the cases of hand, foot and mouth...

An outbreak of a viral disease common in children has sickened almost 900 people in eastern China but the outbreak has been contained, state media said Saturday.The outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease began in late April in the city of Linyi in Shandong...