Chinese Lunar New Year: What is it, when is it celebrated in 2026, and why does it matter?Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, marks a fresh start and family reunions, celebrated with vibrant traditions. In 2026, it...
12 Feb, 2026, 07.04 PM IST
Lunar New Year 2025: Year of the Snake; how it is celebrated in Asia and across the worldLunar New Year 2025 brings in the Year of the Snake, a time for people around the world to come together in celebration. From the lively st...
29 Jan, 2025, 11.20 PM IST
Lunar New Year 2025: Theme, element, feng shui, signs, event, holidays and all key details for youThe themes of the Year of the Snake, Lunar Year 2025, combined with the creative energy of the wood element, inspire introspection and rene...
07 Jan, 2025, 08.09 PM IST
Chinese spending jumps over long holiday weekend, tops pre-COVID levelDuring China's Tomb Sweeping holiday, domestic travelers spent $7.5 billion, indicating rising consumer confidence amidst economic challeng...
08 Apr, 2024, 01.44 PM IST
China rings in Lunar New Year with most COVID rules liftedThe Lunar New Year is the most important annual holiday in China. Each year is named after one of the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac in a r...
22 Jan, 2023, 11.25 AM IST
Chinese New Year: Check Chinese Zodiac animal for 2023 celebrationsChinese New Year or Lunar New Year will be celebrated this month and based on Chinese Zodiac animals play a crucial part.
06 Jan, 2023, 08.50 PM IST
China stocks end higher as IT, financial sectors gainAt the close, the Shanghai Composite index was up 0.62% at 3,619.19 points, posting its biggest daily percentage gain since Dec. 21.
30 Dec, 2021, 01.49 PM IST
Stay alert during Chinese New Year holidays, President Xi Jinping tells PLAIt is a usual practice for the Chinese military to enhance its combat readiness in major holidays, Fu Qianshao, a Chinese military expert, ...
09 Feb, 2021, 05.15 PM IST
As China vaccinates, makers say jab works against mutationsChina is racing to vaccinate millions ahead of the country's Spring Festival travel rush. Pharma giant Sinopharm was given "conditional" ap...
05 Jan, 2021, 01.24 PM IST
Spring Festival: When China turns red and brighter, and everyone is happier and more patientThose staying in China’s cities during Spring Festival have to stock up on groceries like prepping for a mild apocalypse
02 Feb, 2019, 11.00 PM IST
Indian, Chinese armies hold ceremonial BPM in Eastern LadakhThe interaction between the delegation leaders "reflected the mutual desire of maintaining and improving relations at a functional level at...
13 Feb, 2018, 08.56 PM IST
Narendra Modi wishes Chinese people on Year of RoosterThe Prime Minister opened an account in Weibo, a twitter like social media platform which is very popular in China during his visit here in...
27 Jan, 2017, 04.39 PM IST
Non-polluting firecracker devised in ChinaIt is more beautiful than normal firecrackers. If customers need, the firecracker can emit water mist and even fragrance, Wang said.
07 Feb, 2015, 03.02 PM IST
Chinese city bans Christmas celebrations in schoolsCelebrating Christmas has become trendy among young Chinese, who see the Christian festival as a merry time to shop, party and dine with th...
25 Dec, 2014, 01.17 PM IST
China reports first trade deficit in 11 monthsChina reported a trade deficit in Feb mainly due to distortion by the Chinese New Year holidays, marking the first deficit since April 2013.
08 Mar, 2014, 02.46 PM IST
China bids adieu to Year of Snake, welcomes Year of HorseChina today bid adieu to the Lunar Year of Snake and welcomed the Year of Horse as most of its urban population moved to rural areas to cel...
30 Jan, 2014, 02.57 PM IST
- China's foreign trade situation could still be challenging: Ministry of Commerce
There were 22 working days in January, five days more than last year, when the seven-day Spring Festival holiday fell during the first mont...
20 Feb, 2013, 04.57 PM IST