Chinese New Year

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Year of the Dragon: Everything you need to know about Chinese New Year

From parades in town centres to passing on red packets, here's how the world celebrates the Spring Festival.

10/02/2024

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WATCH: Celebrations mark the end of the Lunar New Year in Taiwan

Celebrations mark the end of the Lunar New Year in Taiwan.

05/02/2023

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Watch: Parisian parade ushers in Chinese Lunar New Year

A colourful parade ushered in the Chinese Lunar New Year in Paris. It's the Year of the Rabbit and sees the return of public festivities in the French capital after a break since 2019 due to Covid-19.

29/01/2023

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Watch: Chinese dragon performs during New Year's Day parade in London

Watch as a Chinese dragon performs during a New Year's Day parade in London to welcome the Year of the Rabbit.

22/01/2023

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Beijing marks the Year of the Rabbit in lunar celebrations

The Spring Festival, or the Lunar New Year, is China's most important festival and traditionally sees people across the country return to their hometowns for family reunions.

22/01/2023

China

Beijing slams EU over mandatory Covid-19 testing advice

Portugal becomes the latest EU country to implement mandatory Covid-19 testing for all passengers arriving from China.

07/01/2023

Melting Pot Culture

People around the world celebrate the Lunar New Year

Billions of expats around the world are celebrating the start of the Year of the Tiger with lion and dragon dances, parades and fireworks, and lucky food

09/02/2022

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Lunar New Year parade in central Thailand

Thailand's largest Chinese community held its annual Lunar New Year parade on Thursday, a celebration awash with dragons, acrobats and red and gold apparel.

04/02/2022

Food and Drink

How Paris celebrated Lunar New Year with a new take Chinese cuisine

Paris-based Chinoiseries wants to bring authentic Chinese cooking into the city's homes through cooking classes, dumplings made to order, and their hotly in-demand Supper Clubs.

04/02/2022

Green News

Euroviews. ‘A freezer full of cubs’: The truth behind shocking tiger exploitation

We need international trade agreements that help reverse tiger declines and put an end to big cat farming.

02/02/2022

Art

Meet the calligrapher preserving Hong Kong's Chinese New Year crafts

In the run up to the Lunar New Year, Hong Kong's calligraphy artists set up on the streets. With brush and ink, they create traditional decorations that are a seasonal feature at homes and offices.

31/01/2022

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Vietnam nears Lunar New Year hoping for virus recovery

Vietnamese people are making their preparations for the Lunar New Year of the Tiger, the most festive event of the year, amid warnings of caution against COVID-19.

30/01/2022

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Tiger sculptures and totem poles decorate the streets of Taiwan

Tiger sculptures and totems decorate the streets of Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, ahead of the Year of the Tiger on 1 February.

26/01/2022

China

Happy Lunar New Year: Welcome the Year of the Ox!

It's one of the globe’s biggest annual celebrations with approximately one-fifth of humanity taking part in the festivities. Though the pandemic has closed temples and severely limited travel and family gatherings, many traditional celebrations ARE going ahead across Asia and beyond.

12/02/2021

Travel News

These baby pandas will make your Chinese New Year

Watch these baby pandas make their first public outing in China, just in time for the New Year’s celebrations.

11/02/2021

People

How to celebrate Chinese New Year at home

With Chinese New Year plans on pause this year, we explore how you can recreate the festivities at home.

09/02/2021

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Watch: Chinese New Year is celebrated at the Eiffel Tower

Performances took place in Paris on Saturday.

25/01/2020

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North Korea celebrates Lunar New Year with tributes to its leaders

North Korea joined in Lunar New Year celebrations on Saturday, beginning with a traditional show of loyalty for the country's former leaders.

25/01/2020

China

Drones turn China's Lantern Festival hi-tech

The drones created shapes including a pelican, a lantern, and letters spelling out "Happy Lantern Festival" in the southern city of Haikou.

20/02/2019

China

Sparks fly for Lunar New Year in ancient light show

Molten steel is heated to 1,600 Celcius and flung against a cold brick wall, sparking a spectacle of white-hot light.

20/02/2019