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Let it snow: China builds "world's largest" ice Santa
HARBIN, China - China's freezing northern city of Harbin is building what organizers say is the world's largest Santa Claus ice sculpture.
Nations:China Activities:2009 Harbin Ice Festival
2008-12-25
China's icy Harbin rediscovers its Russian roots
Russian swimmer Lyudmila Smolyakova strips down to a bathing suit and flip-flops and prances in front of Chinese tourists bundled up against below-freezing weather before diving into a pool cut into an iced-covered river.
Nations:Russia People:Mao Zedong Activities:China-Russia
2007-02-05
Chinese River Said Not Contaminated
HARBIN, China - For Harbin resident Zhao Lichun, enjoying the city's giant sculptures made from ice from the Songhua River is an annual tradition - even six weeks after a toxic spill polluted the river and disrupted running water to millions of people.
Activities:2005 Songhua River Pollution
2006-01-05
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