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A ship carrying 458 people capsizes in the Yangtze river in China's Hubei province, killing 442 people.

Sinking of Dongfang zhi Xing

Chinese ship sunk on 1 June 2015

MV Dongfang zhi Xing was a river cruise ship that operated in the Three Gorges region of inland China. On the night of 1 June 2015, the ship was traveling on the Yangtze River when it capsized during a thunderstorm in Jianli, Hubei Province with 454 people on board. On 13 June,…
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Yangtze

Longest river in Asia

The Yangtze or Yangzi is the longest river in Eurasia and the third-longest in the world. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains of the Tibetan Plateau and flows 6,374 km (3,961 mi) including Dam Qu River the longest source of the Yangtze, in a generally easterly…
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Hubei

Province in Central China

Hubei is a province in Central China. It has the seventh-largest economy among Chinese provinces, the second-largest within Central China, and the third-largest among inland provinces. Its provincial capital at Wuhan serves as a major political, cultural, and economic hub for…
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