South China's Guangdong Province was facing the threat of serious flooding as two swollen rivers converged in the Pearl River Delta on Monday [16 June], resulting in a flood equivalent to a worst in 50 years.

Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) ["Water Supply Resumes in South China City After Oil Pollution scare" - Xinhua headline] Guangzhou, Feb.

Boat crew detained The captain and crew of a barge that slammed into a bridge and caused it to collapse have been detained in Southern China's Guangdong Province, the Xinhua News Agency said yesterday.

By Zhan Lisheng in Guangzhou and Wang Zhenghua in