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Three Gorges Dam getting cleaner, safer 2011-04-18

Workers clean the body of the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, Central China's Hubei province, April 14, 2011.

Urging the sturgeon's recovery 2011-04-15

Volunteers release a Chinese sturgeon, a rare species that lives in the Yangtze River, into a section of the river in Yichang, Hubei province, on April 14, 2011.

Spare time for an old tradition 2011-04-13

Children look on as Ding Yi paints a facial mask in Xiangyang, Central China's Hubei province, April 12, 2011. Ding, a laid-off worker, has made more than 1,000 masks featuring the traditional Luo culture since becoming interested in the handicraft in 2008. The masks were mainly sold during festivals, only raising enough money to cover costs.

Tea harvest in C China 2011-04-13

Farmers work at an organic garden and collect tea leaves in Enshi, central China's Hubei Province, April 9, 2011.

Friendly relations 2011-04-12

An official from Wuhan, the capital of Central China’s Hubei province, presents Chinese calligraphy to Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert at the Wuhan-Utah Friendship Banquet in Beijing on Sunday.

Students nationwide study security, safety 2011-03-29

Chinese students in primary and junior high schools took part in drills during the annual security education day, which is the last Monday in March.

Panic salt buyer finds he can't sell or transport his bulk purchase 2011-03-25

First female Taoist abbot recruits graduates 2011-03-23

Chinese first female Taoist abbot has recruited eight undergraduate and graduate students as her disciples for Taoism culture communication in Changchun Taoist Temple in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province.

C China city encourages green burials 2011-03-22

Residents of Wuhan, in Central China’s Hubei province, are asked to consider flower burials by pouring ashes into the cellar beneath flower beds, xinhuanet.com reported Tuesday.

Billions to help people displaced by hydro dam 2011-03-21

The Chinese government will invest 124 billion yuan ($19 billion) during the coming 10 years on follow-up projects associated with the Three Gorges Dam, an official who was in charge of the project told China Daily.

Rule breakers in frame during city's shame campaign 2011-03-21

The campaign calls for the release each week of a list of names of people caught breaking minor rules and engaging in so-called uncivilized behavior.

Hubei getting much closer to the world 2011-03-14

The Hubei government plans to use business representatives abroad to increase investment in the province, according to the head of its Commerce Department.