Category: lunar new year

For Millions in China, Persecution Casts a Shadow on New Year Celebration

NEW YORK—Around this time every year, what Gao Hongmei looks forward to the most is a phone call. In a conversation that would sometimes stretch for hours, she would exchange Lunar New Year greetings with her mother in China—whom she last saw face-to-face 12 years ago before she left the country— and chat about other…


Falun Gong Adherents Worldwide Send Lunar New Year Greetings to Founder

Thousands around the world expressed well wishes and greetings to Mr. Li Hongzhi, founder of the spiritual practice Falun Gong, to mark the start of a new Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb. 12 this year. It has long been a tradition for the Chinese to send new year greetings to their loved ones…


‘Wartime Mode’: Inside China’s Current Virus Hotspots

China is seeing its worst CCP virus resurgence in months as the Lunar New Year approaches. During the annual holiday, tens of millions travel across the country, crowding buses, trains, and planes, to reunite with their families. But this year, dozens of Chinese provinces and cities are urging against “unnecessary trips,” telling people to stay…


Chinese Regime Attempts to Curb Lunar New Year Travel Rush as Virus Makes Comeback

Grappling with new COVID-19 outbreaks across the country, China’s central government and local officials are urging the populace not to make “unnecessary” trips for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday in a frantic effort to contain the disease. For the country’s most important traditional holiday, hundreds of millions of Chinese head home for the holidays…