Miaohui is an event that dates back to ancient times, when farmers would offer New Year sacrifices to their village gods. As time progressed, the event later saw marketplaces spring up, with villagers peddling their wares and performers putting on sh

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North Korea's most recent satellite launch was seen by Washington as cover for the development of ballistic missile technology that could be used to deliver a nuclear weapon. On Wednesday, US ally Japan reacted to the launch, with Japanese Prime Mini

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Kicking off the New Year with a bang. In the heart of New York's Chinatown hundreds brave the cold and snow for a glimpse of the New Year fire crackers. Public schools in the city are closed for this holiday for the very first time and families aren'

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The Chinese zodiac consists of 12 animal signs based on a twelve-year cycle, each year related to an animal sign. In common with all the twelve animals - namely the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig - th

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With the Lunar New Year holiday now in full-swing, many are taking time to head to Chongli County in Hebei to try their hand at skiing. Chongli is located on the outskirts of Zhangjiakou, around 220-kilometers northwest of Beijing. Even before the gr

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Recent surveys by a youth group show that more than 80 percent of single youths in China are constantly under pressure from their parents to get married. As familial pressures are at an all-time high during big holiday gatherings such as the Spring F

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The alliance decision to begin formal talks over a possible deployment of the THAAD missile system in South Korea was announced in the wake of recent satellite launch by the North. South Korea insisted that the possible deployment will be only operat

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Led by the civil group 'Alliance in Support of Our Police Force', more than 200 demonstrators gathered at Hong Kong's landmark Clock Tower, holding up banners and signboards and shouting slogans in support of the police. Leticia Lee is the founder of

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A customer surnamed Chen from Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, claimed he was charged over ten thousand yuan for a fish feast during a visit to a wild fish village in Harbin city. A bill posted by Chen on his Sina Weibo account shows the price of the Hus

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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