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A girl selects a dragon-shaped doll at a shopping mall in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 19, 2012. The Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Jan. 23, marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. (Xinhua/Chen Xiaogen) A customer selects dragon-shaped dolls at a shopping mall in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 19, 2012. The Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Jan. 23, marks the start of the Year of the...Read Full Story

Passengers queue up to enter the subway station near the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 26, 2012. Railway terminals in major Chinese cities are braced for a new travel rush, as millions of travelers are returning to city work near the end of the week-long Spring Festival holiday. (Xinhua/Fan Jiashan) Passengers queue up to buy tickets at the coach station at Luocheng County in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 26, 2012. China is braced for...Read Full Story

Firefighters work to put in chemicals made from dissolved aluminum chloride to neutralize the polluted Longjiang River in Hechi City, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan 26, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua] Firefighters work to put in chemicals made from dissolved aluminum chloride to neutralize the polluted Longjiang River in Hechi City, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 26, 2012. Eighty tonnes of aluminum chloride, a neutralizing agent, has been put into the...Read Full Story

BEIJING ( Reuters ) - At least 15 children were killed when a school bus crashed in China 's eastern province of Jiangsu , state media said on Tuesday, the latest in a string of traffic accidents that has triggered public fury across the country. The bus fell into a ditch as it veered off the road to avoid a pedicab, the official Xinhua news agency said. At least eight children were injured in the accident, which happened after school on Monday. Xinhua had conflicting accounts on the number...Read Full Story

BEIJING ( Reuters ) - Fifteen children were killed when a school bus crashed in China 's eastern province of Jiangsu , state media said on Tuesday, the latest in a string of accidents fanning public fury across the country. The bus rolled into a ditch as it veered off the road to avoid a pedicab, the Xinhua news agency said. At least eight children were injured in the accident, which happened after school on Monday. "Students became trapped at the bottom of the overturned bus and drowned as...Read Full Story