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The biggest full moon of the year will light up China''s Lantern Festival on the weekend, assuming favorable weather.

"The full moon on Sunday, which coincides with the Lantern Festival, will look 10 percent bigger than its normal size," said Wang Sichao, an expert at the Chinese Academy of Sciences'' Purple Mountain Observatory based in east

An undated photograph posted recently online shows five schoolgirls smoking on a street in Foshan, Guangdong province. [ China Daily]

Photographs posted online of a group of teenage girls in their school uniforms smoking on a street in Foshan, Guangdong province, have aroused public concern.

Animal raisers face a fine of up to 50,000 yuan ($7,320) for improper use of feed and additives, including practices such as adding illegal materials to animal feed and feed additives, and using meat and bone meal for ruminant livestock feed, according to a draft regulation made public over the weekend to solicit public opinion.

The draft

A Beijing court began hearing the first trials Monday involving alleged wrongdoers connected to the massive blaze that damaged the multi-billion-yuan China Central Television (CCTV) high-rise one year ago.

Beijing No 2 Intermediate Court said yesterday it had received a case filed by local

The Lake View Hotel (Wuhu Hotel) was seen moments before it was dismantled with dynamite on Saturday, February 6, 2010 in Nanchang, capital city of eastern China''s Jiangxi Province. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com/CFP]

A 22-floor hotel in Nanchang, capital China city of eastern China''s Jiangxi Province, was demolished Saturday afternoon on