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• Top legislator to mark Macao law's promulgation
• SW China forest fire extinguished
• Chinese FM to visit S Africa, Russia
• Chinese flotilla sets sail on escort missions
• Domestic comedies highest-grossing during holiday
• Evacuation after Shanxi reservoir collapse
• Accidents down during Spring Festival in China
• Accidents down during Spring Festival in China
• Spring Festival holiday sees 440 mln trips
• Spring Festival holiday sees 440 mln trips
• Chinese enjoy 'frugal' and 'green' Spring Festival
• Top legislator to mark Macao law's promulgation
• Houstonians celebrate Chinese new year with kaleidoscope of Chinese traditional operas
• SW China forest fire extinguished
• Gold demand set to outstrip supply by 2015
• Man gets 8 months in jail for setting fire to dog
• SW China forest fire extinguished
• Less fireworks remains in Beijing
• Beijing sees toll-free holiday travel peak
• China's foreign minister to visit South Africa, Russia

Top legislator to mark Macao law's promulgation Posted: 16 Feb 2013 09:18 AM PST BEIJING - China's top legislator, Wu Bangguo, is scheduled to visit the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) from February 20 to 22 to mark the 20th anniversary of the promulgation of the SAR's Basic Law. Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, will attend commemorative activities at the invitation of the Macao SAR Chief Executive Chui Sai On. The Basic Law of the Macao SAR, which was promulgated on March 31, 1993 and took effect on December 20, 1999 when the government of the People's Republic of China resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Macao, has been the cornerstone of the SAR's political and legal systems.

SW China forest fire extinguished Posted: 16 Feb 2013 09:18 AM PST KUNMING -- A forest fire that broke out on Thursday afternoon in southwest China's Yunnan Province has been put out, local authorities said on Saturday. The fire, which started around 3 pm in the border areas between the towns of Longpan and Lashi in Yulong Naxi autonomous county, was extinguished at about 11:30 am on Saturday, a county government information office official said. A total of 1,695 people, including the forest police, army, professional fire-fighting teams and local residents, are clearing the ember and monitoring the situation at the site. No casualties have been reported and it is not yet clear how much of the forest area has been affected, the official said. The site of the fire is 100 km from Yulong Snow Mountain, a famous scenic spot. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Chinese FM to visit S Africa, Russia Posted: 16 Feb 2013 09:18 AM PST BEIJING - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi will pay official visits to South Africa and Russia from February 17 to 23, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Saturday. Spokesman Hong Lei said that Yang was invited by South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane and Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, respectively.

Chinese flotilla sets sail on escort missions Posted: 16 Feb 2013 09:18 AM PST A missile destroyer "Harbin" sets sail at a port in Qingdao city, East China's Shandong province, Feb 16, 2013, to depart for the Gulf of Aden and the sea off Somalia on escort missions. The flotilla, as the 14th batch of its kind to engage in escort missions, consists of a missile destroyer and a frigate as well as a supply ship which are all from the North Sea Fleet of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy. [Photo/Xinhua]

Domestic comedies highest-grossing during holiday Posted: 16 Feb 2013 09:18 AM PST BEIJING - Chinese comedies have raked in the most money during the Spring Festival holiday, beating foreign rivals like the Hollywood blockbuster Cloud Atlas. "Odyssey," a fantasy action comedy directed by Hong Kong comic actor Stephen Chow, has taken 422 million yuan ($67.73 million) in the five days since it premiered on February 10. It has taken the majority share at the mainland box-office, according to figures from the movie's producer Huayi Brothers Media Group. For three consecutive days "Odyssey" set new box-office records for a single day for a Chinese movie, the producer said. On Valentine's Day, it peaked by taking 122 million yuan on the mainland, breaking the single-day record of 112 million yuan set by "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" in 2011. The "101st Marriage Proposal," a low-budget domestic romantic comedy took 45 million yuan on Tuesday, its release day. The film took 30 percent of the day's entire ticket sales. It set a new record for a romantic movie on Valentine's Day, according to its producer, New Classic Media Corporation. In addition, Chinese animated films have done well during the seven-day Spring Festival holiday, which started from February 9. Figures show that the latest installment of "Pleasant Goat and the Big, Big Wolf," which hit the screens on January 24, saw it pass the 100 million yuan mark during the holiday. Related stories: Martial arts film genre popular in Berlinale Imported films steal the show at nation's cinemas China is world's 2nd largest film market Blockbuster film nears mainland box office record Screens rise for documentary film industry

Evacuation after Shanxi reservoir collapse Posted: 16 Feb 2013 09:18 AM PST TAIYUAN - Residents near a reservoir in North China's Shanxi province have been evacuated after part of its dam collapsed, causing flooding, said a local official on Saturday. The top of an irrigation water duct of Quting Reservoir in Hongtong county caved in around 7 am on Friday, leading to the partial collapse of its dam walls, said the official. No casualties have been reported as residents downstream were evacuated. The Ministry of Water Resources has sent a work team to the scene to deal with the flooding. Workers are using sand bags and other materials to seal the breach. The irrigation water duct was established in 1959. Its old age was one cause of the collapse, according to local officials.

Accidents down during Spring Festival in China Posted: 16 Feb 2013 05:03 AM PST Traffic accidents during this year's Spring Festival were down about 50 percent from last year, according to a Saturday statement from the Ministry of Public Security (MPS).

Accidents down during Spring Festival in China Posted: 16 Feb 2013 04:04 AM PST Traffic accidents during this year's Spring Festival were down about 50 percent from last year, according to a Saturday statement from the Ministry of Public Security (MPS).

Spring Festival holiday sees 440 mln trips Posted: 16 Feb 2013 03:26 AM PST Chinese made 440 million trips during the Spring Festival holiday, which lasted from Feb. 9 to 15, transportation authorities said Saturday.

Spring Festival holiday sees 440 mln trips Posted: 16 Feb 2013 03:26 AM PST Chinese made 440 million trips during the Spring Festival holiday, which lasted from Feb. 9 to 15, transportation authorities said Saturday.

Chinese enjoy 'frugal' and 'green' Spring Festival Posted: 16 Feb 2013 02:33 AM PST With fewer fireworks being set off and not as many feasts, "frugal" and "green" are two words to describe the seven-day Chinese Spring Festival holiday.

Top legislator to mark Macao law's promulgation Posted: 16 Feb 2013 01:02 AM PST China's top legislator, Wu Bangguo, is scheduled to visit the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) from Feb. 20 to 22 to mark the 20th anniversary of the promulgation of the SAR's Basic Law.

Houstonians celebrate Chinese new year with kaleidoscope of Chinese traditional operas Posted: 16 Feb 2013 01:02 AM PST A concert of Huangmei opera and Hui opera debuted Friday night in Houston, feasting overseas Chinese and locals in the fourth largest U.S. city with colorful traditional Chinese performing arts.

SW China forest fire extinguished Posted: 16 Feb 2013 12:39 AM PST A forest fire that broke out on Thursday afternoon in southwest China's Yunnan Province has been put out, local authorities said on Saturday.

Gold demand set to outstrip supply by 2015 Posted: 16 Feb 2013 01:00 AM PST Chinese consumers' seemingly insatiable thirst for gold is set to provide a strong impetus for local mines.

Man gets 8 months in jail for setting fire to dog Posted: 15 Feb 2013 09:40 PM PST A Hong Kong man was sentenced to eight months in jail on Thursday for setting fire to a neighbor's dog, the Nanfang Metropolis Daily reported.

SW China forest fire extinguished Posted: 16 Feb 2013 12:37 AM PST A forest fire that broke out on Thursday afternoon in southwest China's Yunnan Province has been put out, local authorities said on Saturday.

Less fireworks remains in Beijing Posted: 16 Feb 2013 12:42 AM PST Fireworks remains were significantly less this year, with the city's sanitation workers cleaning up 5,282.55 tons of fireworks debris by Friday, Feb. 15.

Beijing sees toll-free holiday travel peak Posted: 16 Feb 2013 12:39 AM PST Tourists have enjoyed the toll-free expressway policy during the Spring Festival holiday, with a total number of 8.68 million visiting Beijing.

China's foreign minister to visit South Africa, Russia Posted: 15 Feb 2013 11:38 PM PST Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi will pay official visits to South Africa and Russia from Feb. 17 to 23, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Saturday.

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