Posts Tagged ‘ xinhua news agency ’

Waterfall Festival Promotes Folk Culture

Sep 20th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Culture, News

The Huangguoshu Waterfall Festival kicked off near Huangguoshu, the largest waterfall in China, on Friday, Xinhua news agency reported.
Actors in traditional costumes perform in front of a giant replica of a mask used in Di opera in Anshun of southwestern China’s Guizhou Province on September 19, 2008. The Huangguoshu Waterfall Festival kicked off that day [...]



Over 600,000 evacuated as tropical storm hits China

Jul 21st, 2008 | By admin | Category: News

More than 600,000 people were evacuated as tropical storm Fung-wong made landfall on China’s southeastern coast, state media reported Tuesday. The typhoon weakened to a tropical storm late Monday as it hit Fujian province after slamming into Taiwan, where it had whipped up strong winds and unleashed heavy rains that left two people dead.
No one [...]