Rain floods southern China Downpours brought by a fading tropical storm caused widespread flooding in south China, toppling more than 3,600 houses, while in the northeast hundreds were evacuated to avoid landslides, state media said on Monday. Tale of two cities on China-N. Korea border DANDONG, China - Sinuiju and Dandong are like darkness and light. The two cities stare at each other across the Yalu River, the waterway that divides China from North Korea, mirror images of each other but decades apart. China boosts N. Korea border inspections Customs officials examined trucks at the North Korean border Monday as China complied with new U.N. sanctions on Pyongyang for its nuclear test. But China's U.N. ambassador indicated its inspectors will not board ships to search for suspicious equipment or material.
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