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Snow, fog, rain likely to cause China travel chaos (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2009 01:51 AM CST Reuters - Snow, fog and rain across China are expected to cause seasonal travel chaos for millions of Chinese returning from their home provinces this week as the Lunar New Year holiday draws to a close.

15 dead, 22 injured in bar fire in southern China (AP) Posted: 01 Feb 2009 01:39 AM CST AP - Revelers celebrating a birthday set off fireworks inside a bar in southern China, triggering a blaze that killed 15 people and injured 22, state media said.

Bad weather blights post-holiday rush in China: state media (AFP) Posted: 01 Feb 2009 01:31 AM CST AFP - Heavy fog added to the severe strain on China's overburdened rail and road systems Sunday as millions headed back to work after the Lunar New Year holiday, state media reported.

Farmer in central China sick with bird flu (AP) Posted: 31 Jan 2009 11:39 PM CST AP - A 21-year-old woman in central China has been sickened with the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the country's eight reported case of the disease this year, the Health Ministry said.

China birthday party blaze kills 15 in bar: media (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jan 2009 08:47 PM CST Reuters - Fifteen people suffocated when a fire sparked by birthday fireworks swept through a bar and restaurant in eastern China, state media said on Sunday, in an accident similar to one last September which killed 44.

Blaze caused by fireworks kills 15 in China: state media (AFP) Posted: 31 Jan 2009 08:42 PM CST AFP - Fifteen people were killed and 20 injured, three of them seriously, in a blaze set off by fireworks inside a bar in southeast China, state media reported Sunday.

Chinese premier joins New Year party in Britain (AFP) Posted: 31 Jan 2009 01:27 PM CST AFP - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao joined Chinese New Year celebrations in London on Saturday on the last leg of his European tour.

China says lunar new year spending up strongly (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jan 2009 09:29 AM CST Reuters - China's consumer spending rose strongly during the week-long Lunar New Year holiday period which just ended, despite the slowdown in the Chinese economy, the Ministry of Commerce said on Saturday.

China's Wen in Britain as world seeks crisis fix (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jan 2009 08:29 AM CST Reuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in London on Saturday in the latest leg of a European tour aimed at tackling the global financial and economic crisis and improving relations between the trading partners.

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