Lunar New Year festivals and prayers are marking the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield.

China’s Lunar New Year travel rush has kicked into high gear, with billions of trips expected in coming days for the peak of ...

Travellers thronged railway stations and airports on Friday, clutching large suitcases and gifts such as boxes of fruit as ...

More than a billion people across the world, from China to the Philippines to diaspora communities in the United States, ...

The annual television extravaganza, which is tightly scripted to highlight Beijing’s priorities, rarely features American ...

As Lunar New Year approaches, the once-endangered folk tradition of stilt walking is undergoing something of a revival in ...

A boy jumps to touch red lanterns hung on trees at the Ditan Park ahead of Lunar New Year in Beijing on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) People offer prayers at the Baiyun Taoist ...

The Lunar New Year typically provides a significant boost to the Chinese economy, with increased spending in sectors like ...

Hundreds of millions of people across Asia celebrate the Lunar New Year with their families on Wednesday, as they bid ...

Beijing was gearing up on Friday to celebrate the Lunar New Year. The Chinese Lunar New Year, also called 'Spring Festival', ...

China remains ‘key engine’ of global growth and will push ahead with reforms and guard against ‘external shocks’, leader says ...

Xi addressed the gathering of top Communist Party officials as China gears up for its biggest public holiday, which this year ...