The Grand 9th Guilin Dragon Boat Race to be celebrated on June 10th

Date: 2008-6-4 by iris;

2008 the Ninth Guilin Dragon Boat Race will be celebrated on June 10th. This year is the tenth year after last Dragon Boat Festival held in Guilin. As custom of the traditional Dragon Boat Festival: a small competition held every five years and a grand competition held every ten years, and moreover, for welcoming Beijing Olympic Games, this years Guilin Dragon Boat Festival will be exceptiona ... View Details

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Olympic torch burns brightly in Jingzhou

Date: 2008-6-1 by david;

JINGZHOU, Central China, June 2 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Olympic torch relay started its Jingzhou leg on the middle reaches of the Yangtze River on Monday, the last segment in central China's Hubei province. The 18.6-kilometer relay of 208 torchbearers kicked off at 8:13 a.m. at the Golden Phoenix Square and will pass through the Ancient Jingzhou Town and end at Shalongda Square. Zheng Lihui, who ... View Details

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Torch relay continues in China's Anhui

Date: 2008-5-30 by david;

Torchbearer Ding Junhui runs with the torch during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Jixi, east China's Anhui Province, May 30, 2008. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli) Jixi County belonged to Huizhou city in ancient time and now is a county in Xuancheng city . ... View Details

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Sichuan Earthquake Caused Damage to Tourist Attractions in the Region

Date: 2008-5-21 by chinatravel;

The deadly earthquake hitting Sichuan province in May 12 and the thousands of aftershocks damaged the regions tourist attractions to different extent. According to preliminary estimates, the tourist sights in Beichuan region and Dujiangyan Tourist Region such as the Qingcheng Mountain Tourist Zone and Ewang Temple were badly damaged and the economic loss expects to reach 12 hundred million. Fortun ... View Details

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A Miracle in Wenchuan 7.8 Richter scale Earthquake

Date: 2008-5-20 by chinatravel;

Suffering from the killer 7.8 Richter scale earthquake and thousands of aftershocks, the famous tourism attraction-Qiang Village in the epicenter Wenchuan still stands firm and erect. None of the houses in the village collapsed entirely. More important, none of the 500 villagers or 20 tourists was dead or even injured. What a miracle it is! When the reporter reached the Qiang Village at 7am May ... View Details

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