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Lunar New Yeari

Lunar New Year is celebrated across China and in many parts of Asia and the world where Chinese communities can be found. It is often marked by time off work or school and includes family visits, meals together, and games like mahjong. 

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Closer look at expectations of Financial Secretary Paul Chan and message from Lunar New Year fortune stick ritual recall spirit of city and why it should never give up as it tackles challenges ahead.

  • The number of Chinese tourists visiting the city state has nearly returned to pre-pandemic levels, outpacing the recovery in Thailand and Indonesia
  • Visa exemptions helped. Singapore is also one of the few countries where China is viewed positively, research indicates – and the feeling’s reciprocal

Beijing has relaxed visa rules to attract more visitors in recent months, in line with intentions to stimulate a national economy beset by a property crunch, employment hurdles and hesitant consumer spending.

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China’s rising number of electric car owners, a shortage of charging stations and other issues caused long queues and left some drivers stranded when millions took to the roads at Lunar New Year.

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Post cartoonist Harry Harrison is back with his annual Lunar New Year auction of original illustrations, this time paying homage to the Year of the Dragon – but why did Messi mess things up for him?

A little girl in China was so appreciative of her mother’s love and the sacrifices she made for the family that she wanted to give her all the cash gifts she received from relatives over the Lunar New Year.

A man in China who divorced his wife after she left him to live with her parents, taking the couple’s two children, has failed in a legal bid to grab half of his children’s lucky Lunar New Year money.

Migrant workers returning after the Lunar New Year holiday in China have low expectations for a pay rise this year, as the number of jobs is not as high as last year.

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Readers discuss Hong Kong’s strong track record of getting back on its feet, the international media narrative around the city, and what to make of the divine guidance offered by the Che Kung Temple.

‘Art March’ freebies announced as tourism industry experts say heightened social media presence and better links with rest of Greater Bay Area will speed recovery.

Revenue at China’s largest online travel platform doubles to 10.3 billion yuan (US$1.8 billion) last quarter, underpinning record earnings for the full year. Shares closed at an all-time high of HK$355.20 in Hong Kong.

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Readers discuss ways to attract more visitors from mainland China and belt and road countries, and the success of the Chinese New Year Cup.

Tencent and ByteDance each had two apps in the top five, with four of the five being more than a decade old, according to MIIT report on Lunar New Year period usage.

Visa-free access for Chinese tourists to the Southeast Asia countries boosted traffic and signalled a robust revival in travel since Beijing lifted strict Covid-19 restrictions.

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Dragons are magical, mythical creatures seen as symbols of good luck in China, so to celebrate the coming year of the fire-breathing beast, people have been busy creating edible works of art.

A business in China has thrown a lavish year-end party featuring a mind-boggling game in which employees grabbed their own annual bonus from a mountain of cash.

Chief Secretary Eric Chan says he hopes for tourism boost from more mainland visitors ‘as soon as possible’, although he stopped short of giving timeline.

Tatler Asia chairman Michel Lamuniere tells media outlet he only discovered Messi would not play ‘15 minutes before’ the game started, after earlier saying he was only informed the star would not take to the field late in second half of match.