China, Lunar New Year

China readies for Lunar New Year, amid worries about the economy
Travellers thronged railway stations and airports on Friday, clutching large suitcases and gifts such as boxes of fruit as they joined millions of Chinese returning to their hometowns to celebrate the Lunar New Year festival with family.
China: Beijing gears up for Lunar New Year celebrations
Beijing was gearing up on Friday to celebrate the Lunar New Year. The Chinese Lunar New Year, also called 'Spring Festival', will fall on 29 January 2025, which is the Year of the Snake. Camera: WU HAO.
China travel peaks as millions head home for Lunar New Year
Train stations and airports across China saw the biggest peak in travellers on Saturday ahead of the Lunar New Year, as millions of people returned home to spend the holidays with their families in an annual migration that is expected to be a record.
China’s Lunar New Year travel rush kicks into high gear with 9 billion trips expected
The government estimates over 270 million cross-region travels to be made on Friday, with 14.2 people traveling by train.
Lunar New Year travel offers boost to China’s economic woes
China’s annual mass migration ahead of the Lunar New Year will peak with billions of trips anticipated during this year’s holiday, which begins Tuesday. An estimated 9 billion trips are expected. This year’s holiday lasts from Jan.
China: Lunar New Year travel rush continues in China as billions travel home
Chinese travelers have begun to travel to their hometowns as Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival draws near. The Chinese Lunar New Year for 2025, representing the year of the Snake, falls on 29 January and local officials expect 9 billion trips during the 'Chunyun',
PHOTO COLLECTION: Lunar New Year
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 ...
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How China's Lunar New Year travel rush is world's biggest annual migration
BEIJING, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Hundreds of millions of Chinese criss-cross the country during the Lunar New Year ...
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Attends Beijing Unit's Lunar New Year Celebration
(Yicai) Jan. 20 -- Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, was in Beijing yesterday to attend the Chinese New Year ...
China moves to boost languishing markets by ordering funds to invest more in shares
The Chinese government plans to ensure that share prices will rise by ordering pensions and mutual funds to invest more in ...
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Economic woes not a deal breaker as China's Lunar New Year travel rush kicks off
Annual travel rush for Spring Festival lasts till Feb. 22 A record 9 billion trips in China expected this year Mood to ...
Taking delicacies home
As reservations for family reunion dinners on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year at restaurants are drawing to a close, new forms of "reunion feasts" such as takeout, self-pickup, and pre-made meal ...
More countries, including China, are grappling with shrinking and aging populations
A growing number of countries are confronting the dual challenges of population decline and aging. China said Friday that its ...
Fuchsia Dunlop’s culinary guide to Lunar New Year
The writer, cook and Chinese-food champion gets ready to greet the Year of the Snake. Plus, FT correspondents reveal how their cities will mark the occasion ...