Holiday ritual offers a touch of home

As Christmas is to Westerners, Chinese New Year - the first day of the first lunar month - is regarded as the most important festival in China.

Spring Festival celebrations to light up 6 continents

More than 2,000 events, including concerts, film screenings, parades and exhibitions, are set to be held in more than 140 countries across the world to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, which falls on Feb 8.

Families of expats can stay longer

Foreign family members of Chinese citizens will be eligible for a two-year residency permit in Beijing based on a family visit visa, according to the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau.

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More funds to improve air quality

The city of Beijing will cut the level of PM2.5 in the air by 5 percent this year, and will allocate more funds for projects to reduce emissions, an environmental official said.

Beijing's hutong under pressure

Local officials in Beijing vowed to further renovate and protect the city's cultural heritage, in particular the narrow streets or alleys known as hutong, in the downtown area.

City's smelly waterways set to be cleaned by 2018

All smelly and polluted rivers and waterways in Beijing will be cleaned up with the help of recycled water in three years, local authorities said on Tuesday.

Guangdong's future comes with green tint

Guangdong has set the goal of turning all nine cities in the Pearl River Delta green by 2020, building the country's first conglomeration of State-level forest cities.

Incentives planned to encourage births

Shanghai's legislators and political advisers are pushing for more incentives to better implement China's new universal two-child policy and encourage women to become mothers for a second time.

Center of attention

When he received the ownership certificate for his new home, Wang Lin took a long, deep breath of relief; the six-month struggle to sell his old apartment and buy a new one had finally come to an end.

Grandfather serves as photographer's muse

A 30-year-old professional photographer with an interest in fashion recently found an unlikely yet dapper muse: his 85-year-old grandfather.

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