People perform a traditional local play to bless the upcoming Spring Festival or Chinese Lunar New Year, in Pumiao town of Nanning city, capital of South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on Jan 1, 2013. [Photo by Yu Xiangquan/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.