New Delhi, June 9: Tangjiashan quake lake in Sichuan province of China continues to be a threat to the 1. 3 million people with an alarming rise in its water levels.

Beijing  - An aftershock Monday shook a rising, earthquake-created lake in China that threatens 1.3 million people downstream.

Hong Kong  - Hong Kong's problem-plagued Big Buddha cable car ride has suffered another setback after storms and a landslide damaged a fibre-optic cable, forcing its temporary closure, the operator

Hong Kong  - A candlelight vigil held yearly in Hong Kong to mark the anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing's Tiananmen Square was covered for the first time b

Taipei - Semi-official talks between Taiwan and China in Beijing next week will see the two sides signing pacts on opening weekend charter flights and allowing mainland tourists to visit Taiwan.

Beijing  - Drainage of the dangerous Tangjiashan "quake lake" in Sichuan Province has gone smoothly since Saturday, but the local government remained on on high alert, state-run media said Sunday.

Army engineers fired missiles to blast boulders in a man-made sluice channel to accelerate water drainage, Xinhua news agency said.

The agency said water flowing through the sluice channel widened from previously less than five metres to about 9 metres.