The most used apps in China during the Lunar New Year holiday were familiar domestic social media and content platforms that have dominated the market for the past decade, according to government data. Among the apps that used the most cellular data during the nine-day holiday were Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok owned by … Read more
As he did in previous years, Xi mentioned Hong Kong and Macau, as well as Taiwan, in his speech. “We have actively supported the better integration of Hong Kong and Macau into the overall development of the country,” Xi said. Chinese President Xi Jinping (centre) attends the Spring Festival gathering hosted by Premier Li Qiang … Read more
Freezing rain is an unusual phenomenon that occurs when falling snow encounters a layer of warm air deep enough for the snow to completely melt and become rain. If the rain then lands on objects colder than 0 degrees Celsius, it forms a smooth, clear layer of ice. The CMA said Anhui province in the … Read more
BEIJING — Chinese lawmakers Friday weighed in on a fiery online debate on whether fireworks should be used to ring in the Lunar New Year in February, saying a total ban on pyrotechnics in the country credited with inventing them would be hard to implement. In an unusually frank response, lawmakers said air pollution prevention … Read more
