Beijing / Hong Kong – One Country, Two Styles. Fireworks are once again key to welcoming in the Lunar New Year. In Hong Kong, tens of thousands gathered peaceably to watch a high-tech pyrotechnic display set to music light up its famous harbour. In the capital, Beiing, things were a little more...

Chongqing — Burning paper offerings and setting off firecrackers to honour ancestors has been a tradition in China for thousands of years. But environmental concerns are leading some younger people to consider flowers in place of pyrotechnics.  See why.

Shenzhen – It’s been called the largest annual human migration in the world. This year was no exception. China’s Ministry of Transport estimated travellers would make more than 2.5 billion journeys during the 40-day Spring Festival in order to celebrate the Lunar New Year at home. The Railway...

Hong Kong – Watch the city celebrating the arrival of the Year of the Tiger. Slideshow produced by Monami Yui Photos by Lise Dalmeijer, Marco Lui, Doug Meigs and Monami Yui

Hong Kong — A sea of pink and red flooded the flower market at Mongkok, Hong Kong with pots of peach blossoms competing with bouquets of roses as Chinese New Year clashed with Valentine’s Day on February 14 this year. As the ring of cymbals ushering in the Year of the Tiger drowned out words...