China celebrates International Children's Day

China has held various activities to celebrate the International Children's Day.

In Changsha City of central China's Hunan Province, children joined a "dragon boat race" on the ground using "dragon boats" made by themselves, as the country is also marking the Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, which fell on May 31 this year.

A school in Qujing City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, brought pupils to a piece of farmland, where they learned how to transplant rice seedlings. The activity enhanced their awareness of saving food.

While in Qitai County, a major wheat production area in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, students acquired more farming knowledge during visits to a wheat culture museum.

The National Working Committee of the Chinese Young Pioneers organized activities including initiation ceremonies of Young Pioneers, as well as visits to educational bases, sci-tech exhibitions and museums.

"I have learned a lot about artificial intelligence and aerospace, and I have also joined many practices. As an old member of the Young Pioneers, I will work with the new members in contributing our efforts to our motherland's growth," said Sun Linxi, a pupil in Tianjin.

China Soong Ching Ling Foundation hosted a performance themed on the International Children's Day on Saturday evening at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing.

Troops of the People's Liberation Army across the country held open day events to cerebrate the International Children's Day.

China celebrates International Children's Day

The death toll from a landfill collapse in the central Philippine city of Cebu has risen to eight by Monday morning as search and rescue operations continued for another 28 missing people.

The landfill collapse occurred on Thursday as dozens of sanitation workers were working at the site. The disaster has already caused injuries of 18 people.

Family members of the missing people said the rescue progress is slow, and the hope for the survival of their loved ones is fading.

"For me, maybe I’ve accepted the worst result already because the garbage is poisonous and yesterday, it was raining very hard the whole day. Maybe they’ve been poisoned. For us, alive or dead, I hope we can get their bodies out of the garbage rubble," said Maria Kareen Rubin, a family member of a victim.

Families have set up camps on high ground near the landfill, awaiting news of their relatives. Some people at the site said cries for help could still be heard hours after the landfill collapsed, but these voices gradually faded away.

Bienvenido Ranido, who lost his wife in the disaster, said he can't believe all that happened.

"After they gave my wife oxygen, my kids and I were expecting that she would be saved that night because she was still alive. But the night came and till the next morning, they didn't manage to save her," he said.

Death toll in central Philippine landfill collapse rises to eight