The lunar new year marks the first new moon of the lunar calendar, which this year rises on 29 January, kicking off ...

The history of nian gao according to Chinese legend, and how the rice cakes are eaten to mark new year in Hong Kong, mainland ...

The Lunar New Year begins today, Jan. 29. It's a complex holiday with much symbolism crammed into days of festivities filled ...

Jan. 28 marks the Lunar New Year, beginning the Year of the Snake. It's not the only lunar festival — Ramadan begins Feb. 28, ...

The Lunar New Year (also known as the Chinese New Year or Spring Festival) began as a time for feasting and to honor the ...

From snake-themed events to whether your luck is in: discover all you need to know about the coming Lunar New Year in our Year of the Snake 2025 series. Lo bak go – known as “turnip cake” in ...

In China, people visit their hometowns ... among other round and auspicious treats, nian gao, a round cake made of glutinous rice flour whose second character, gao, sounds like the word for “high or ...

My scope is good, but not that good. During the US Apollo program, six crewed missions landed on the Moon starting with Apollo 11 in 1969, leaving a like number of flags. Now, China recently announced ...

BANGKOK: Thai authorities denied on Wednesday (Jan 22) there was an immediate plan to send back to China 48 Uyghurs held in the country's detention centres, after UN experts warned the group ...

The 48 men were arrested by Thai authorities 11 years ago after crossing the border to Thailand in an attempt to escape persecution in China. They were part of a larger group of about 350 people ...

One week ago, a private lunar lander left the ground on a nearly 7-week journey to reach the surface of the moon. The launch may not have had the headline-grabbing power of last year's historic ...

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