2011年2月3日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


New Year fire destroys China hotel (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 12:04 AM PST

Fire devours an entire block of the Dynasty Wanxin Hotel in Shenyang in northeast China's Liaoning province Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. State media reports say the fire was set off by fireworks to celebrate the Chinese new year and firefighters had trouble dealing with the fire because their fire engines shot water up only 50 meters (165 feet), while the building was 219 meters (720 feet) tall. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP - State media reports say a fire set off by fireworks to celebrate the Lunar New Year destroyed a five-star hotel in northeast China.


Fireworks rock China as leaders visit drought areas (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 11:30 PM PST

A girl and her father watch as fireworks explode during celebrations on Chinese New Year Eve in downtown Shanghai, February 2, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaReuters - Chinese leaders celebrated the Year of the Rabbit with visits to the drought-stricken north while ordinary citizens rocked city streets with cacophonous fireworks.


China restricts reports on Egypt protests (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:52 PM PST

A Chinese paramilitary policeman, right, waves to a photographer to stop taking pictures at the Egyptian embassy in Beijing Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. China's state media is painting the protests in Egypt as the kind of chaos that comes with Western-style democracy instead of overthrowing a longtime dictatorship. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - The protests in Egypt are about free elections and overthrowing a longtime dictator? Not according to China's state media, which is painting them as the kind of chaos that comes with Western-style democracy.


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