People look at profile boards of possible candidates to find future partners for their children at a matchmaking event at a park in Beijing February 4, 2011.
Chinese New Year celebrations kicked off around the world on February 3 with a bang.
Pro-Mubarak supporters march towards anti-government supporters in Tahrir Square in Cairo February 2, 2011. Opponents and supporters of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak fought with fists, stones and clubs in Cairo on Wednesday. [Photo/Agencies]
Fire gutted Thursday a five-star hotel in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, and no casualties had been found, local officials said.
China will fight to control inflation and crack down on property speculators in the year ahead, state media on Wednesday quoted Premier Wen Jiabao as saying, as the country readied to welcome the Year of the Rabbit.
The Chinese Lunar New Year begins on February 3 and marks the start of the Year of the Rabbit, according to the Chinese zodiac.
Chinese people have a good time as lunar new year celebrations spread around the nation.
Two planes flew 456 more Chinese nationals back to Beijing early Wednesday, allowing them to rejoin their families on the eve of Chinese lunar New Year.
A revived volcano in southern Japan erupted Tuesday with its biggest explosion yet, shooting out a huge plume of gas, boulders and ash and breaking windows 5 miles (8 kilometers) away.
Almost half of the Bohai Sea's surface is still covered by ice, although temperatures are rising in most parts of China, marine forecasters said.
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