Fireworks

Hundreds of thousands turn out for Lunar New Year fireworks

12 Feb 2013

The Year of the Snake hit the city with a bang last night with 4.5 tonnes of explosives fired off in the fireworks display above Victoria Harbour. About 340,000 people watched the fireworks at the...

Pollution fears dampen Beijing's Lunar New Year firework displays

12 Feb 2013

Beijing saw almost twice the number of smoggy days as usual last month, with levels of small-particle air pollution going off the charts at times. That prompted calls for restraint, along with a...

Briefs, February 12, 2013

12 Feb 2013

Tibetans in the region around Xiahe, Gansu province, which has been a focus of self-immolation protests against Beijing's rule, marked a low-key Tibetan New Year yesterday, with many saying...

China Digest, February 12, 2013

12 Feb 2013

Travel agencies in Jiangsu say their business has suffered after the central government waived highway tolls during the Lunar New Year holiday.

Asia greets Year of Snake with raucous celebrations

10 Feb 2013

A billion-plus Asians ushered in the Year of the Snake on Sunday with a cacophony of fireworks, after a Chinese televised gala featuring megastars including Celine Dion kicked off a week of...

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Fewer New Year fireworks light up polluted Beijing

The annual Lunar New Year fireworks barrage in Beijing was notably muted on Sunday following government appeals to reduce the smoky celebrations after air pollution rose to near catastrophic...

Briefs, February 8, 2013

The high-profile Beihai "four lawyers" perjury case came to an end on Wednesday as prosecutors dropped the charge against the last defendant, Guangxi lawyer Yang Zaixin, Caixin magazine reported...

Parade to offer all singing, all dancing hello to Year of the Snake

Thirty-six floats and performing groups from 14 countries will take part in the Chinese New Year Night Parade in Tsim Sha Tsui next Sunday.

Illegal fireworks blamed for deadly blast

Chinese authorities say a truck that exploded and caused an elevated stretch of highway to collapse, killing 10 people, was loaded with holiday fireworks that were illegally produced and...

26 killed in bridge collapse after fireworks truck explodes on Henan highway

At least 26 people were killed when a truck carrying fireworks exploded and destroyed part of an elevated highway in central China's Henan province, state media reported on Friday.

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Flare incident at Bundesliga match renews security debate in Germany

After hooligans forced a Bundesliga game to be delayed by throwing lit flares at the weekend, Germany coach Joachim Loew is leading the call for tighter security measures in stadiums.