SHANGHAI: More than 20 people including four Singaporeans were missing on Friday after a tugboat sank on a trial voyage on the Yangtze, China's longest river, state media and authorities said.

The newly built vessel was undergoing testing with 25 people aboard in the eastern province of Jiangsu on Thursday afternoon when the accident happened, state media said.

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