It finally rained in the northern Chinese province of Jilin to break a bout of unbearable heat. But the cats and dogs didn't just decide to pe from the skies. They had a little push. BON's Katie Fischer reports.

Heavy torrential rain has continued to pound China's southern regions.

In some areas, water levels have reached their highest levels in more than a decade causing a devastation of flooding and landslides that has so far killed more than 100 people and left over a million homeless. BON's Kelda Yuen has more on the latest rain-triggered tragedy in China's Fujian province.

Teaching small children is conventionally seen in China and possibly other countries as a woman's domain.  The numbers of young men who apply for kindergarten teacher training courses are negligible. But one province in China is hoping to make the profession into a more even playing field. BON’s Kelda Yuen has more on the measures the government of Jiangsu are taking to encourage more men to enter the role of preschool teacher.

The field of Regenerative medicine, or RM as it’s commonly known, is one that has seen Chinese scientists making a number of breakthroughs. This relatively new branch of medicine deals with the regeneration of cells and tissue and often relies on stem cell research – a field that has caused deep pisions in the US on ethical grounds. But as BON’s Neela Eyunni reports – China’s differing point of view means progress here has been spectacular.

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Floods, storms, drought, snow. Weather wise- It’s been a strange year so far in many parts of China. On July 22nd, the city of Zhouqu in Gansu Province experienced the heaviest rain in the region’s history. The rain caused a catastrophic landslide that killed more than 1,400 people, with an additional 300 people reported missing. And what is strange is that the northwest Gansu is traditionally a dry area. Meanwhile, the Three Gorges dam in the Yangtze river witnessed its most intense flooding since its establishment. In July, the Dam reached a flood peak of 70,000 cubic meters per second exceeding even the Yangtze River Floods back in 1998 that caused thousands of casualties.