Hu Xia, 29, carrying her 2-year-old daughter, stands in front of a damaged house in Wuxing village, Longmen township, Lushan county, Sichuan province, April 22, 2013. [Photo by Feng Yongbin/Asianewsphoto]
China launched its second space laboratory, the Tiangong II, on Thursday night, which space officials said will become the country’s largest scientific platform in space.