Many Chinese people believe in paying off ... year. Don’t buy new shoes the character for "shoes" is a homonym for “rough” in Cantonese. It is believed those who buy new footwear during the ...

costumed dancers and long dragon and snake figures held aloft in a colorful procession that kicked off a 10-day Lunar New Year festival on Tuesday night. The Chinese and Russian governments have ...

Chinese factories shut down for the holiday and then some, with hundreds of millions of migrant workers heading to their hometowns, part of the world's largest mass movement of people. In the lead ...