A tiger cub died after falling off a building in an east China city, as it was apparently spooked by firecrackers during the Spring Festival holiday. The seven month old cub struggled free of its chains and escaped its cage on Feb. 18, the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, and jumped off the Guwu Building in Pingdu City, Shandong Province, according to the local government. Firecrackers play a big part in Chinese celebrations, as many believe that they scare away evil spirits. Pictures on the Sina Weibo microblog site show the dead tiger in a parking lot. Police and forestry officials are investigating whether the tiger was legally raised.
Bus overturns in Xinjiang, killing 22
A bus overturned on a highway in China’s far western region of Xinjiang, killing 22 people and injuring 38, state media said yesterday. The official Xinhua News Agency said the accident occurred shortly before midnight on Tuesday night in Kashgar prefecture. It said all of the injured were hospitalized and the cause of the accident was being investigated. China has a high road fatality rate, and traffic accidents killed more than 62,000 people in the country in 2011. Inexperienced drivers and overloaded buses and trucks are common.
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