News on Hubei Province

China Three Gorges

2010-10-26T04:01:19Z

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, water fills the reservoir of the Three Gorges Dam, left side, in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010. The water level at the world's large...

Risky C Sections

2010-03-28T16:38:06Z

In this photo taken June 27, 2007, a nurse examines Deng Qin, who was scheduled to deliver her quadruplets by caesarean section, at a hospital in Wuhan, in central China's Hubei Province. Rates of C-sections have reached "epidemic proportions" in many countries worldwide, the WHO said in a report surveying nine Asian nations. (AP Photo) China's Xinhua News Agency, Deng Yujiao is seen at a local court in Badong County, central China's Hubei Province, Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Deng, a Chinese karaoke bar waitress who became a folk hero after fatally stabbing a communist official who dem...

Mud wrestling competition

2010-04-08T06:11:27Z

Two Chinese women wrestle in the beauty mud in a TV show staged on the scenic East Lake in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province 03 May 2009. The final mud wrestling competition between five Chinese and five foreign women will be held next Sunday

Cosmetics made from dried herbals

2010-04-08T11:59:47Z

Students at a college of traditional Chinese medicine practice skinscrapping with fish-shaped tools before applying herbal cosmetics made according to an ancient tradition in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province, 30 April 2009. Their teacher, Zhang Ping, claims the ancient way is as effective as moder...