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• Dozens die in New Year's club fire in Bangkok
Dec. 26: Six months after surviving massive earthquakes in China's Sichuan province, schoolchildren are back in makeshift classrooms, but many bear terrible psychological and emotional scars. NBC's Ian Williams reports. BANGKOK - At least 53 people ...
• China blasted over 'panda diplomacy'
... Progressive Party paraded in the background wearing panda costumes, mockingly miming past Chinese successes in using "panda diplomacy" to advance Beijing's international agenda. "Tuan Tuan" and "Yuan Yuan" arrived in Taipei from China's Sichuan ...
• China court rejects school collapse case
The lawsuit was filed in December by a group of about 60 parents against school and local authorities in Sichuan province. It was registered at the Deyang People's Intermediate Court, said a parent who would only give his surname, Sang, because he ...
• Heavy security for pandas' departure
Giant pandas Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan are seen at the Bifeng Gorge Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Yaan city, in southwest China's Sichuan province, before traveling to Taiwan, on Monday. CHENGDU, China ...
• Grumpy pig voted China's favorite animal
An online poll in China named this pig, seen last July 6, as the country's favorite animal after it survived the May earthquake in Sichuan Province. BEIJING - A pig that survived 36 days buried in the rubble of May's massive Sichuan earthquake has ...