Editor's note: To see the ongoing Spring Festival travel rush firsthand, China Daily photographer Zou Hong on Jan 15 boarded a passenger train - L187 - traveling from Beijing to Yichang, Central China's Hubei province.
Guided by a coach, firefighters in Xiangyang city, Central China’s Hubei province, practice yoga to improve their flexibility and alleviate homesickness on Jan 13, 2012.
BEIJING - Dongfeng Motor Corp, China's second-largest carmaker by sales, last week announced a 2012 sales target of 3.3 million vehicles, an 8 percent increase from last year.
Mugur Ciugancan (you can call him "Wei Hua") stands out in the Four Seasons, a quiet Japanese restaurant near Beijing's Solana mall. The handsome young Romanian pop singer has just settled into a cozy booth after a week of rehearsal and recording for CCTV's upcoming Spring Festival show, Songs and Smiles. A bit weary and eager to relax, he still seems to contain a disproportionate amount of the energy in the room. His body is constantly in motion: He talks with his hands, points to the choicest items on a menu he knows well, and waves at passing members of the restaurant staff. A decade ago, Ciugancan was riding an early wave of foreigners who made a place for themselves in China by taking the stage and singing in both Mandarin and their home language. The fedora-topped singer had plenty of confidence back then - the 18-year-old had already recorded two albums in Romania and had been singing on Romanian TV for a year.
WUHAN - It was not the first time Stephano Smars has traveled in Central China's Hubei province, but this time is special: Smars is among the first group of high-level foreign officials invited to attend the Hubei People's Congress.
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