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Deadly blasts in Tianjin mean Toyota likely to divert vehicle shipments: executive Shanghai and Dalian ports should have enough capacity to prevent a severe logistical problem for Japanese car manufacturer in world’s biggest auto market PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 19 August, 2015, 4:54pm UPDATED ...

Son of China's top safety official taken away at same time as father, media reports Yang Hui, whose father Yang Dongliang leads China's work safety administration, is a deputy general manager at a subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corporation PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 19 August, 2015...

‘Air and water at Tianjin blast site both safe’ says official as report claims nerve gas detected PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 19 August, 2015, 4:05pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 19 August, 2015, 9:05pm Li Jing [email protected] An aerial view of the scene of the deadly Tianjin explosions. Photo: Reuters...

Four big questions Chinese people want answered following deadly Tianjin blasts PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 19 August, 2015, 1:51pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 19 August, 2015, 6:17pm Naomi Ng [email protected] Mangled cargo containers and twisted wreckage at the site of the explosions in Tianjin...

Authorities in Tianjin rule out buying back flats damaged in explosions but homeowners standing firm PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 19 August, 2015, 1:14pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 19 August, 2015, 11:00pm Jun Mai in Tianjin [email protected] Injured residents evacuated from their home after last week's...

Chinese safety inspectors gave Tianjin blasts warehouse 'the all-clear’ Officials said in review last year that firm handling dangerous goods had ‘established rather sound safety management system’, newspaper reports. PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 19 August, 2015, 12:59pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 19...

Tianjin residents ask for compensation

The heroes who didn't return: Tianjin mourns firefighters lost in port blaze Relatives recall the young firemen who answered the call in city's hour of need PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 18 August, 2015, 11:38pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 19 August, 2015, 3:14am Jun Mai and Keira Lu Huang in Tianjin...

Mystery white foam and skin burns reported as rain falls at Tianjin blast site, amid fears of chemical reactions PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 18 August, 2015, 11:32pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 18 August, 2015, 11:32pm Li Jing, Keira Lu Huang and Jun Mai A pictuer taken by Caixin shows the mystery white...

Mounting questions prove test of leadership PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 19 August, 2015, 3:18am UPDATED : Wednesday, 19 August, 2015, 3:18am Cary Huang [email protected] Premier Li Keqiang (second from left) visits the blast site on Sunday. Photo: Reuters The twin explosions that convulsed...

China's work safety chief detained for alleged graft in midst of Tianjin blast fallout Investigation comes as the city remembers those who lost their lives in tragedy PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 18 August, 2015, 11:41pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 18 August, 2015, 11:51pm Zhuang Pinghui, Li Jing, and Jun Mai...

Alibaba billionaire Jack Ma attacked online for not donating money to victims of Tianjin blast PUBLISHED : Monday, 17 August, 2015, 2:53pm UPDATED : Monday, 17 August, 2015, 3:58pm Coco Feng [email protected] Alibaba founder Jack Ma Yun has been criticised online for not donating to help...

'Mum, it exploded... I can’t find dad': Boy recalls moment his father disappeared during Tianjin blasts Father pushed his son under a fire truck to protect him after warehouse explosion PUBLISHED : Monday, 17 August, 2015, 2:29pm UPDATED : Monday, 17 August, 2015, 4:01pm Kathy Gao...

Without transparency, probe into Tianjin blasts will yield few answers PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 18 August, 2015, 2:14am UPDATED : Tuesday, 18 August, 2015, 2:14am SCMP Editorial Without transparency, probe into Tianjin blasts will yield few answers Premier Li Keqiang's pledge to investigate...

What are the dangers of sodium cyanide? PUBLISHED : Monday, 17 August, 2015, 11:50pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 18 August, 2015, 12:07am Naomi Ng [email protected] People injured in the Tianjin explosions protest on Monday outside a hotel where the authorities held a press conference. Photo: AFP...

Homeless Tianjin residents demand compensation, answers AFP August 17, 2015, 8:35 pm Tianjin (China) (AFP) - Residents who fled their homes near vast and deadly explosions in the Chinese port city of Tianjin gathered in anger on Monday to demand redress from a government they say is ignoring...

Tianjin blasts: Ruihai International Logistics under the microscope A closer look at the operator of warehouse at the centre of massive explosions in Chinese port city PUBLISHED : Monday, 17 August, 2015, 11:59pm UPDATED : Monday, 17 August, 2015, 11:59pm One of the two blasts that occurred...

‘There’ll be no cover-up over Tianjin blasts’, Communist Party reassures as death toll rises to 114 PUBLISHED : Monday, 17 August, 2015, 11:35am UPDATED : Monday, 17 August, 2015, 7:00pm Li Jing and Keira Lu Huang Rescue are working around the clock to clear chemicals from the...

Visiting the dead heart of Tianjin's catastrophe PUBLISHED : Monday, 17 August, 2015, 11:56pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 18 August, 2015, 12:02am Keira Lu Huang in Tianjin [email protected] SCMP reporter Keira Lu Huang visits the Tianjin blast site. Photo: KY Cheng It was hard to get a true...

Fears of deadly cyanide gas reaction as rain forecast for Tianjin City's vice-mayor admits the chemical has spread 1km from blast site, amid concerns it will react with rain to produce deadly compound PUBLISHED : Monday, 17 August, 2015, 11:40pm UPDATED : Monday, 17 August, 2015, 11:54pm Li...