It's estimated nearly 6 million overseas trips are going to be made by Chinese people during this Spring Festival. Leading online Chinese travel agency Ctrip has released its tourism outlook for the holiday, suggesting over 60 percent of its customer...
Did you get a hongbao? seems to be the question on everyone's lips these days. The tradition is as strong as ever. But its origins are steeped in history. Long ago it was seen as a means of protecting children from evil spirits. That evolved into mor...
The Spring Festival is the most important holiday for the Chinese people; this year, the Lunar New Year has become an international celebration. In Europe, many countries are participating in the celebration of Chinese Spring Festival, including Brit...
The playbill for this year's show was released on Saturday. The 39 performances on the list will start from 8:00 pm Sunday and last into the first day of the lunar New Year. As widely expected, popular domestic trio the fighting boys will make their...
The Chinese Foreign Minister visit to Africa aims to implement the 10-point China-Africa cooperation plan proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping at last year's Johannesburg China-Africa Cooperation Forum. During his meeting with Namibian President...
China National Tourism Administration spokesman Zhang Jilin says there has not been any word of injuries involving citizens from the Chinese mainland. So far, we haven't received any reports on casualties among tourists from the Chinese mainland. And...
As the world's largest coal producer and consumer, massive coal production has powered China's economic advance over the past few decades. But shrinking domestic demand amid an economic slowdown has made much of this capacity redundant. Wang Xianzhen...
According to a report released on Friday by an investigatory team from the State Council, China's Cabinet, the disaster was identified as an extraordinarily serious production safety accident. The team has concluded after 5 months of investigation th...
Preparations for the Chinese New Year are well underway in Beijing with streets and parks lined with decorations. At Wukesong New Year market, all manner of lanterns and decorations, many in the shape of the monkey, are on sale. Liang Jianfeng took h...
Statistics show that Chinese tourists visiting South Korea are getting younger. The share of those in their 20s and 30s rose to 46 percent last year, from 41 percent in 2013, according to the government-run Korea Culture and Tourism Institute. While...
Beijing Railway authority estimate that 950-thousand people are heading out of Beijing on Thursday. Tens of thousands of passengers were seen holding their luggage and backpacks waiting to board trains in the Beijing West Railway Station. Same as eve...
Four Acquitted after 22 Years in Jail Thursday's rehearing by the Higher People's Court of Fujian ended with the four defendants cleared of charges and their original sentences overturned. Cai Jinsen was among them. When the acquittal was announced,...
The State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense released 17 pictures captured by Gaofen-4 on Wednesday, covering an area of at least 400 kilometers. The project's chief designer, Tong Xudong, said Gaofen-4 is in good...
The snow caused delays for 27 trains, stranding roughly 50 thousand passengers. Guangzhou Railway Group is now using high-speed trains to clear the backlog at Guangzhou station. Eight high-speed trains from the south headed to central China's Hunan P...
U.S. billionaire investor George Soros recently said China's economy was heading for a hard landing as last year's economic growth registered the slowest annual expansion in a quarter of a century. Commenting on the concern, Xu Shaoshi, head of the N...