China is seeing a huge, in some cases record-setting, number of travelers heading home with the end of the weeklong Lunar New Year holiday - just as snow and ice are making travel conditions challenging in many areas.
My China Album, a story-sharing event focusing on the friendship between people from China and the United States, was launched at a reception hosted last week by the Chinese embassy in Washington. It was created to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the establishment of China-US diplomatic relations.
China saw a decline in oceangoing cruise tourism last year, with 13 domestic ports welcoming fewer cruise ships and visits than in the previous year.
World leaders sent Lunar New Year's greetings as Chinese people around the globe celebrated their most important holiday season of the year - Spring Festival.
People who believe fireworks are an essential part of the Spring Festival celebration have found it more challenging to get them or find a location to set them off in major Chinese cities this year. That is because more regions have imposed harsher bans or restrictions on fireworks for reasons of safety and environmental protection.
President Xi Jinping and his Portuguese counterpart, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, vowed on Friday to make concerted efforts to advance bilateral ties to benefit the two countries and the two peoples.
Vietnam is in the spotlight after its selection to host the second summit between Democratic People's Republic of Korea top leader Kim Jong-un and United States President Donald Trump.
The recent Lunar New Year marks the start of the Year of the Pig, Zhao Xu reports
All of society should be encouraged to respect, love and support the elderly as China enters a period of an aging population, President Xi Jinping said on Sunday.
The United States and Russia both announced over the weekend that they will suspend a major nuclear weapons agreement, known as the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, a decision that has triggered grave concerns over the possibility of a new arms race between the world's two largest nuclear powers.
Purchases of imported food products set to see rapid growth during the extended family-reunion period
William N. Brown, a United States professor at Xiamen University, Fujian province, was taken by surprise when he received a letter from President Xi Jinping ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year.
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