Customs officers prepare to destroy sub-standard firecrackers in
northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on February 11,
2007, a week before the Chinese Lunar New Year. It's a Chinese
tradition to celebrate the Spring Festival by setting off fireworks, which
gives rise to rampant illegal fireworks. The destruction was
launched to ensure a safe new year.
A customs officer shows a sub-standard firecracker before
destroying a total of 2600 boxed of them in northwest China's
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on February 11, 2007, a week before
the Chinese Lunar New Year. It's a Chinese tradition to celebrate
the Spring Festival by setting off fireworks, which gives rise to
rampant illegal fireworks. The destruction was launched to ensure a
safe new year.
Customs officers prepare to destroy sub-standard firecrackers in
northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on February 11,
2007, a week before the Chinese Lunar New Year. It's a Chinese
tradition to celebrate the Spring Festival by setting off
fireworks, which gives rise to rampant illegal fireworks. The
destruction was launched to ensure a safe new year.
Customs officers prepare to destroy sub-standard firecrackers in
northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on February 11,
2007, a week before the Chinese Lunar New Year. It's a Chinese
tradition to celebrate the Spring Festival by setting off
fireworks, which gives rise to rampant illegal fireworks. The
destruction was launched to ensure a safe new year.
A total of 2600 boxes of substandard firecrackers are destroyed
by detonation in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on
February 11, 2007, a week before the Chinese Lunar New Year. It's a
Chinese tradition to celebrate the Spring Festival by setting off
fireworks, which gives rise to rampant illegal fireworks. The
destruction was launched to ensure a safe new year.
(China Daily February 13, 2007)
