Last Monday, Feb. 8, billions of Chinese celebrated this year’s Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, according to a report by the Global Times. North to south, rich or poor, every Chinese celebrated the time-honored tradition.
The Unites States has urged China to put more pressure on North Korea after its recent nuclear test and rocket launch. A senior U.S. official said that China is in a "unique position" as North Korea's neighbor and ally.
This Lunar New Year, cities from Vancouver to Shanghai are prepared to usher in the year of the Monkey. However, the transport system has always been a problem in the past, something that has luckily changed this year due to the high-speed rail.
A ban on fireworks in downtown Shanghai during the Chinese New Year’s Eve reduced the workload of street cleaners by 80 percent.
China is set to reward anyone who gives important information concerning online “terrorist” content in its latest crackdown on extremism in cyberspace.
Africa has always been a top destination for Chinese government envoys, a testament of China’s high regard of the continent, according to a report by the Global Times.
In a bid to promote low-emission travel, Beijing announced its plan to build more subway lines. The Chinese capital will also construct roads and lanes for the exclusive use of public buses and bikes.
China will soon start building its first overseas naval logistics support outpost in the Horn of Africa to help Chinese peacekeeping fleets, the foreign ministry told China Daily on Thursday, Feb. 4.
Shanghai launched a 20-point strategy to attract rich talent into the scientific research and innovation six months ago, and it is already producing fruits.
Yongxing Island, China’s southernmost island in Sansha City, is set to launch commercial flights, following the arrival of a civil aircraft for Spring Festival on Saturday, Feb. 6.
Xi Jinping, Chinese president and general-secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, conveyed his condolences Sunday, Feb. 7, to the victims of the magnitude 6.4 earthquake that hit southern Taiwan early Saturday, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
Edgar Mitchell, one of 12 people who walked on the moon, has passed on at 85, according to Anita Mitchell, Edgar’s ex-wife.
It is expected that the number of Chinese outbound tourists will set a new record during the upcoming Lunar New Year festival, with neighboring countries like Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, and South Korea being the major destinations.
Li Jian, a railway worker, says maintaining water supply in passenger trains running to and from Beijing West Railway Station has not been easy. He says that to fill up water for carriages, he walks beyond 20 kilometers every day.
Visitors from China may soon be able to come to Malaysia without visa after the Southeast Asian country scraps the visa requirements for Chinese tourists, starting in March, China Daily reported.
