Firecracker

China Digest, December 19, 2012

19 Dec 2012

The director of the supply and market co-operative in Lixin county, Haozhou, was ridiculed online after his portrait appeared on "anti-fake" labels on firecrackers, the Southern Metropolis Daily...

City Digest, September 20, 2012

20 Sep 2012

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Firecracker

15 Jan 2012

Firecracker
Hong Kong Ballet

Just as Christmas would not be the same without The Nutcracker, choreographer Yuri Ng Yue-lit's contemporary take on the classic, Firecracker...

A case in pointe

31 Jan 2010

Is there a point in creating a dance that's based on the famous Tchaikovsky score of the beloved ballet, The Nutcracker? Yes, Hong Kong choreographer Yuri Ng Yue-lit said 13 years ago.

Child death toll rises after blast

1 Dec 2009

Guangxi health officials have admitted the number of children killed in an illegal fireworks factory explosion last month was more than first announced, but they would not reveal how many have...

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In less than two months, two youngsters have seriously injured themselves while making bombs with instructions they gleaned from the internet. The incidents may well be isolated, but there is...

Blizzards merely delay a girl's perilous toil

As millions of mainland students return to school this week after the winter break, 11-year-old Tan Yuke , who lives in one of the areas worst hit by the snowstorms, is facing a completely...

Ruined bamboo crop deals blow to villagers

As the deafening sound of firecrackers ricochets among the snow-covered hills, and the sun melts ice off frozen roofs, the residents of Dinghu township in Hunan province try to shake off the...

Weather-relief efforts lift holiday gloom on the mainland

Air, road and rail traffic was getting back to something like normal on the mainland yesterday after snowstorms that cut power supplies and stranded tens of millions of holiday travellers.

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The story behind fireworks

There once lived a monster called Nian . He slept all year round, except on Lunar New Year's Eve when he woke up and killed people.

Flowers, food, family - welcome to the new year

It's the most important festival in the Chinese calendar - Lunar New Year. Traditionally a period for spending time with family, for many hard-toiling workers it is the one holiday of the year....