Students keep busy as winter holidays start

Students play Chinese chess in Yinchuan, capital city of Ningxia Hui autonomous region in Northwest China, Jan 16, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua]

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President Hu Jintao is on a state visit to the US from Jan 18 to 21.

The discovery of the fossile of a female pterosaur nicknamed as Mrs T and her un-laid egg are shedding new light on ancient mysteries.

China's GDP growth jumped 10.3 percent year-on-year in 2010, boosted by a faster-than-expected 9.8 percent expansion in the fourth quarter.