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Fire claims building at CCTV Beijing headquarters BEIJING - Fire consumed a building in Beijing that formed part of Central China Television's new headquarters as residents set off fireworks throughout the city to celebrate the Lantern Festival on Monday evening.   Nations:China   Activities:2009 Lantern Festival   2009-02-09 Fire rages at Beijing luxury hotel after fireworks BEIJING - A new 44-story luxury hotel in downtown Beijing was engulfed in flames Monday after being showered with sparks from fireworks set off during China's biggest holiday.   Nations:China   Activities:2009 Lantern Festival   Source:(AP)   2009-02-09 Global crisis dampens China New Year celebrations BEIJING (AFP) - Tens of millions of people across China were set to usher in the Lunar New Year Sunday with fireworks and big family reunions, but the global economic crisis put a dampener on celebrations.   Nations:China   People:Wen Jiabao   Activities:2009 Spring Festival 2008 China Slowdown   Source:(AFP)   2009-01-25 Global slump casts a pall over Chinese New Year BEIJING - Painter Wei Haibin is carefully weighing every purchase as he heads home to Hebei province for China's biggest family holiday -- a time when the economy typically enjoys a bounce.   Nations:China Hong Kong Taiwan   Activities:2008 China Slowdown 2009 China New Year Traffic   Source:(AP)   2009-01-17 China's jobless migrants go home early for holiday GUANGZHOU, China - Some hefted their luggage on bamboo shoulder poles. Others carried their things in plastic buckets. All were migrant workers hurrying to get home Thursday before China's Lunar New Year festival -- a holiday that triggers one of the world's biggest annual migrations of humans.   Nations:China Russia   Source:(AP)   2009-01-09 Headlines Fire claims building at CCTV Beijing headquarters 2009-02-09 Fire rages at Beijing luxury hotel after fireworks 2009-02-09 Global crisis dampens China New Year celebrations 2009-01-25 Global slump casts a pall over Chinese New Year 2009-01-17 China's jobless migrants go home early for holiday 2009-01-09 China to brighten bleak New Year with cash gifts 2009-01-09 New Year in NYC Chinatown: Culture, shopping, food 2009-01-08 Las Vegas marks Chinese New Year 2008-02-07 China shrugs off cold and celebrates Year of the Rat 2008-02-07 Lunar New Year gets off to Olympic start in China 2008-02-06 Millions on move in China on Lunar New Year's Eve 2008-02-06 Power outages threaten Chinese New Year 2008-02-05 Millions in China to greet new year without power 2008-02-05 Group calls on China to respect rats 2008-02-04 Winter chaos in China spreads holiday misery 2008-02-03 Millions suffer power, water cuts in China snow 2008-01-30 Snow causes chaos in China as millions head home for Lunar New Year 2008-01-26 China raises animal disease alarm for holiday 2008-01-23 China vows to improve food safety 2007-06-20 Fog slows China's post-holiday travel stampede 2007-02-26 Lunar New Year starts with a loud bang in China 2007-02-18 Asians greet new year with food, prayer 2007-02-18 Chinese crowds greet the New Year with a bang 2007-02-18 One dead, 270 injured in China fireworks frenzy 2007-02-18 Chinese to send 14 billion holiday SMSs 2007-02-18 Vegas turns red for Chinese New Year 2007-02-17 Fortune: Year of Pig will bring disaster 2007-02-16 New Year bittersweet for China's families 2007-02-11 China to rethink forced holiday plans 2006-10-01 China warns of poisonous Dragon Boat dumplings 2006-05-30 Four detained for China New Year firecracker blast 2006-02-02 China's Lunar fireworks frenzy kills 36 2006-01-30 China marks Year of the Dog with a bang 2006-01-29 China marks Year of the Dog with a bang, and a gulp 2006-01-29 China Welcomes New Year, Fireworks' Return 2006-01-29 Chinese Celebrating New Year in New Style 2006-01-28 China pets face bleak start to Year of the Dog 2006-01-27 Want a Job in China? Be a Dog 2006-01-27 China's New Year travel peak hits record 2006-01-23 China cbank to pour money into market for holiday 2006-01-23 Red Underwear All the Rage in Malaysia 2006-01-20 China's Spring Festival travel season starts 2006-01-15 Women prisoners in Beijing get 24-hour husband visits 2006-01-09 China's migrant men seek paternity tests after long separations 2006-01-04 Beijing to ring in Lunar New Year with a bang 2005-09-09 Beijing firecracker ban may be about to go up in smoke 2005-04-06 China's Tomb-Sweeping Day joins Viagra age 2005-04-05 Thousands Attend Chinese New Year Parade 2005-02-19 China rings in New Year with 11 billion messages 2005-02-18 Matches Shown: | 1-50 | 51-100 Most-viewed Global slump casts a pall over Chinese New Year 2009-01-17 Global crisis dampens China New Year celebrations 2009-01-25 China pets face bleak start to Year of the Dog 2006-01-27 Taipei wants Beijing to reconcile in Year of Snake 2001-01-23 China's jobless migrants go home early for holiday 2009-01-09 Chinese crowds greet the New Year with a bang 2007-02-18 Moon Cakes a Big Business in Taiwan 2004-09-25 France Gives China President Grand Welcome 2004-01-25 Flu-struck Mahathir misses Chinese New Year fun 2001-01-24 New Year in NYC Chinatown: Culture, shopping, food 2009-01-08 China shrugs off cold and celebrates Year of the Rat 2008-02-07 Millions on move in China on Lunar New Year's Eve 2008-02-06 China raises animal disease alarm for holiday 2008-01-23 Asians greet new year with food, prayer 2007-02-18 Want a Job in China? 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