INQUIRER.net: Fewer New Year fireworks in polluted Beijing

INQUIRER.net Philippine News for Filipinos

Fewer New Year fireworks in polluted Beijing Feb 11th 2013, 01:10 BEIJING – The annual Lunar New Year fireworks barrage in Beijing was notably muted following government appeals to reduce the smoky celebrations after air pollution rose to near catastrophic levels over recent weeks.   The holiday was also being celebrated in Vietnamese and Korean communities, and in North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, streams of residents offered flowers and bowed deeply before giant statues of national founder Kim Il Sung and his son and late leader Kim Jong Il.   In Jakarta, Indonesia, where Chinese cultural observances had been suppressed before 1998, ethnic Chinese flocked to the city's oldest temple Sunday to pray for health and success. ... Keep on reading: Fewer New Year fireworks in polluted Beijing Media files: beijing-new-year.jpg (image/jpeg)

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