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People's Republic of China

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Violence in the news: 156 reports in the week to Oct 19, 2026 · ×0.9 · against the three weeks before; GDELT, not verified

Protests in the news: 28 reports in the week to Oct 19, 2026 · ×0.5 · against the three weeks before; GDELT, not verified

Level, last 60 days

  • Deaths 30 d

    0

    UCDP up to 2026-08-31

  • Per million 90 d

    –

    last 90 days

  • Civilians

    –

    last 90 days

  • Incidents 30 d

    0

  • Population

    1406.6 M

    World Bank

  • Plants near violence

    0 / 476

    near violence / total; 12 nuclear

Why this level1

  • +14 extreme weather warnings in force from the national weather serviceWMO Severe Weather Information Centre

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

  • Severe weather warnings in force

    16

  • Refugees who fled

    253 678

  • Extreme weather warnings in force

    4

  • Confirmed outages, places, 24 h

    31

  • Natural hazards, 7 days

    1

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

People's Republic of China, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

  • State-based conflict · 0%
  • Non-state conflict · 0%
  • Against civilians · 0%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
–
2026-09
Share in food crisis
–
2026-09
Undernourishment
2.5%
2024
Refugees who fled
253,678
2025
Refugees hosted
712
2025
Internally displaced
–
2025
Sanctions designations
3,322
2026-10-20
GDP per person
$13,862
2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

FEWS NET does not cover this country.

Latest incidents of organised violence0

No organised violence recorded in the current data.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Conflicts, 90 days0

No organised violence recorded in the current data.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days0

None in the last 30 days.

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: Hong Kong: No specific restriction

People's Republic of China: 20 extreme weather warnings

• Dense fog – Extreme ×12 • forest fire – Extreme ×3 • hail – Severe ×2 • gale – Severe • Rainstorm – Severe • high temperature – Severe

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS

Next 7 days in Beijing

Day°CRainGustsWatch
Tue, Oct 208…132.6 mm40 km/h
Wed, Oct 213…140.0 mm27 km/h
Thu, Oct 224…150.0 mm32 km/h
Fri, Oct 237…150.0 mm19 km/h
Sat, Oct 248…180.0 mm17 km/h
Sun, Oct 2511…133.9 mm22 km/h
Mon, Oct 269…190.0 mm35 km/h

Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.

Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Disasters since 200040

0152000: 020002001: 02002: 02003: 02004: 02005: 020052006: 02007: 02008: 02009: 02010: 020102011: 02012: 02013: 02014: 02015: 020152016: 02017: 02018: 02019: Droughts 1, Tropical cyclones 7, Floods 2, Earthquakes 12020: Tropical cyclones 8, Floods 2, Earthquakes 120202021: Tropical cyclones 6, Floods 4, Earthquakes 22022: Tropical cyclones 4, Earthquakes 3, Floods 22023: Earthquakes 2, Tropical cyclones 5, Floods 12024: Tropical cyclones 8, Earthquakes 12025: Tropical cyclones 10, Earthquakes 3, Floods 220252026: Floods 4, Tropical cyclones 5, Earthquakes 42026

EarthquakesFloodsTropical cyclonesDroughts

  • Earthquake in China · Aug 28, 2026 · Magnitude 5M, Depth:10km
  • Flood in China · Aug 22, 2026 · Magnitude 0
  • Tropical Cyclone SAUDEL-26 · Aug 18, 2026 · Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 213 km/h)
  • Flood in China · Jul 31, 2026 · Magnitude 0
  • Earthquake in China · Jul 28, 2026 · Magnitude 5.7M, Depth:10km
  • Tropical Cyclone DOLPHIN-26 · Jul 27, 2026 · Hurricane/Typhoon > 74 mph (maximum wind speed of 269 km/h)
  • Flood in China · Jul 25, 2026 · Magnitude 0
  • Tropical Cyclone NOUL-26 · Jul 23, 2026 · Hurricane/Typhoon > 74 mph (maximum wind speed of 157 km/h)
  • Tropical Cyclone BAVI-26 · Jul 1, 2026 · Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 287 km/h)
  • Tropical Cyclone MAYSAK-26 · Jul 1, 2026 · Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 93 km/h)
  • Earthquake in China · Jun 16, 2026 · Magnitude 6.3M, Depth:10km
  • Flood in China · Jun 6, 2026 · Magnitude 0
  • Earthquake in China · May 18, 2026 · Magnitude 5.1M, Depth:10km
  • Tropical Cyclone FUNG-WONG-25 · Nov 4, 2025 · Tropical Depression (maximum wind speed of 213 km/h)
  • Tropical Cyclone FENGSHEN-25 · Oct 18, 2025 · Tropical Depression (maximum wind speed of 93 km/h)
  • Earthquake in China · Oct 9, 2025 · Magnitude 5.5M, Depth:10km

GDACS (orange and red alerts since 2000)