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Trainee participate in a brutal VIP security training course at the Genghis Security Academy in Beijing, capital of China, June 6, 2013. Some 70 trainees, including six females and three foreigners, will receive intensified training at the bodyguard camp for over 20 hours per day in a week. One third of them will be eliminated. (Xinhua/Liu Changlong)

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BEIJING, China (AFP) - At least 38 people died and more than 30 were injured when a bus "burst into flames" in southeast China, state media reported, the country's latest deadly road accident.

Images on China's Internet news portals showed a heavily burnt-out shell was all that remained of the bus, which caught fire in the city of Xiamen, in China's southeast Fujian province at about 6.30pm (10.30 GMT), Xinhua said, citing local officials.

Online pictures also showed survivors with blood-stained clothes sitting stunned, and thick, black plumes of smoke rising from the BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) vehicle as it burned on an elevated road.

One passenger told Xinhua that she had smelled gasoline, before the fire spread quickly through the bus.

A local official told the state-run news agency that the bus caught fire 500 metres away from the Jinshan bus stop, which appears to be in a residential area of the city.

The accident was under investigation, Xinhua added.

Last August, at least 36 people died when a double-decker sleeper bus slammed into the rear of a methanol tanker and burst into flames, China's worst traffic accident in more than a year.

The accident, in China's northern Shaanxi province, was the deadliest since a fire on an overcrowded sleeper bus carrying flammable materials killed 41 passengers in central China in July in 2011, according to the country's work safety watchdog.

Although accidents on China's popular urban bus network are less common, many buses are crowded with both standing and sitting passengers.

BRT networks, which now operate in many of China's heavily congested cities, provide faster bus travel by using roads designated for public transport.

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A bus is seen on fire on an elevated track in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, June 7, 2013. The bus in the city's BRT (bus rapid transit) service burst into flames at about 6:30 p.m. Friday, with no immediate report of casualty. (Xinhua)

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Photos taken by mobile phone on June 7, 2013 shows the debris of a bus on an elevated track in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province. At least 20 people died and more than 30 others were injured after the bus in the city's BRT (bus rapid transit) service burst into flames at about 6:30 p.m. on Friday. (Xinhua)

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Actor Jackie Chan poses at his hand and footprint ceremony in front of the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California on June 6, 2013. (Xinhua/Zhao Hanrong)

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Photo taken on June 6, 2013 shows the cockpit of an electric two-seater light sport airplane at the Caihu Airport in Shenyang, capital of Northeast China's Liaoning province, June 6, 2013. The lithium-battery-powered aircraft, independently-developed by Shenyang Aerospace University, had a successful test flight Friday. [Photo/Xinhua]

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A teacher encourages her student taking the national college entrance exam in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, June 7, 2013. Some 9.12 million applicants are expected to sit this year's college entrance exam. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

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SHANGHAI, June 7, 2013 (Xinhua) -- Parents watch their children entering the exam site to take the national college entrance exam in Shanghai, east China, June 7, 2013. Some 9.12 million applicants are expected to sit this year's college entrance exam. (Xinhua/Pei Xin)

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An electric two-seater light sport airplane flies over the Caihu Airport in Shenyang, capital of Northeast China's Liaoning province, June 6, 2013. The lithium-battery-powered aircraft, independently-developed by Shenyang Aerospace University, had a successful test flight Friday. [Photo/Xinhua]

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Nearly 2,000 fans of cheongsam, a traditional Chinese dress, put on a show in Shanghai on Thursday to display the Shanghai-style cheongsam. [Photo/Xinhua]

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A child washes feet for an old man using moxa leaf water during an event at Guizhou Township in Zigui County, cental China's Hubei Province, June 7, 2013. People in Zigui, the hometown of Qu Yuan, prepare to celebrate the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival, or Duanwu Festival, which falls on the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese lunar calendar, or June 12 this year. The festival is to commemorate the death of Qu Yuan, a patriot poet during the Warring States Period (475-221B.C.), who committed suicide by flinging himself into the Miluo River after his mother kingdom, fell into enemy's hands. (Xinhua/Zheng Jiayu)

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Villagers have a trial run of their new dragon boat during a launching ceremony at the Chenhanhui Shipyard at Shangjiao Village in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, June 6, 2013. Chenhanhui Shipyard has been busy making new dragon boats and renovating old ones for the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival that falls on June 12 this year. People in many parts of China have the tradition to hold dragon boat races during the festival. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)

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Parents of examinees of the national college entrance exam wait outside the exam sites at the No. 14 Middle School in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, June 7, 2013. Some 9.12 million applicants are expected to sit this year's college entrance exam on June 7 and 8. (Xinhua/Nie Jianjiang)

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Lin Chi-ling promotes online game

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Gamer nerds pose with Lin Chi-ling

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Education chiefs in northeast China have devised a new tactic to clamp down on cheating in the country's annual university entrance exams: they have banned bras.

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