The students were visiting an ore processing plant in northern China when a grid plate they were standing on collapsed, plunging them into a flotation cell.

E.U. leaders are in Beijing to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations with China, but they have major disagreements over trade and Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Beijing confirmed that China-born, Atlanta-based Mao Chenyue is banned from leaving the country. This comes during a trade war with the Trump administration.

Beijing has dramatically loosened its tourist visa policies, partly to boost the economy and partly to show it’s fun and friendly (no matter what Trump says).