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View all search resultsLunar-New-Year
World 5 years ago
Taiwan wishes China happy new year, but says won't yield to pressure
China, which claims democratic Taiwan as its own territory, has increased its military activity around the island in recent months, responding to what Beijing calls "collusion" between Taipei and Washington, Taiwan's most important international backer.
World 5 years ago
China reports no new local COVID-19 infection for first time in two months
The total number of COVID-19 cases rose slightly to 14 on Feb. 7 from 12 a day earlier, the National Health Commission said in a statement, but all were imported infections from overseas. Seven of the cases were in Shanghai, the rest in the southeastern Guangdong province.
Business 5 years ago
China's peak Lunar New Year air travel season fizzles as COVID cases rise
As a result, airline bookings made as of Jan. 19 for Lunar New Year travel have plunged 73.7 percent compared with the holiday period in 2019, according to data from travel analytics firm ForwardKeys provided to Reuters. ForwardKeys did not provide 2020 data, saying the early days of the COVID outbreak distorted the numbers.
World 6 years ago
61 Chinese tourists in Bali depart for Wuhan in time for Cap Go Meh celebrations
The tourists, comprising 49 adults and 12 children, had been stranded in Bali since Wednesday, following the Indonesian government’s decision to temporarily halt all flights to and from mainland China.
City 6 years ago
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Cap Go Meh festivities in Chinatown celebrate city's diversity, unity
Hundreds of Jakartans were drawn into the excitement of the post-Lunar New Year celebration of the Cap Go Meh festival in the capital’s Chinatown area of Glodok in West Jakarta on Saturday, with visitors enjoying the various performances that celebrated diversity and the fusion of Chinese and local traditional cultures.
