Spring Festival appears to be no longer a time solely for family reunions in China.
The reason the mummified remains of a monk found encased in a Buddha statue have received so much attention and even caused surprise may be due to a lack of understanding of Buddhism, according to a Chinese expert.
China's top disciplinary body has pledged to persist with its iron-handed crackdown against corruption and other misconduct.
A FIFA task force recommended on Tuesday that the 2022 World Cup soccer tournament in Qatar should be played at the end of that year to avoid the summer heat.
Chun yun. That's the ubiquitous phrase in China around this time of the year. Literally, it means spring travel. But in practice, it means a nation on the move, going home for the Spring Festival family reunions.
Item from Feb 25, 1986, in China Daily: China's first hydrotropic greenhouse - where vegetables are grown in water-soaked sponges - began supplying Beijing's major hotels this week. The greenhouse is located in the Dabeiyao section of eastern Beijing. Planting began in January of such vegetables as celery, lettuce, cauliflower, chives, peas, turnip greens and cucumbers.
Many Chinese revelers spent this year's Spring Festival staring at their smartphones to snap up cash deposits or shopping vouchers distributed in electronic "red envelopes" via social networking apps such as WeChat.
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While the number of Chinese mainland visitors to Hong Kong fell for the first time in 20 years over the Spring Festival holiday, the government in the special administrative region wants to cut it back even further.
When I stepped into London's 10 Downing Street on Monday evening, I found Lunar New Year in full swing.
Editor's Note: The two sessions, or the annual meetings of the National People's Congress and National Committee of the Chinese Political Consultative Conference, will convene in early March to discuss major economic and social issues such as GDP growth, military expenditures and measures to push reforms forward. China Daily will present a series of stories on the major issues likely to be discussed at the sessions.
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