The Chinese New Year or the Lunar New Year is a major celebration in many Asian countries and their diasporas around the globe. Chinese New Year, also referred to as the Spring Festival, is roughly a two-week-long celebration marking the first day of the Chinese calendar year, which lands on Wednesday this year. Each Chinese…
More than a billion people across the world, from China to the Philippines to diaspora communities in the United States, began celebrating the Lunar New Year on Tuesday with fireworks, family time and feasts. On Wednesday, the first new moon of the Year of the Snake will mark the imminent arrival of spring. Known as…
A Malaysian man has tied the knot with a Muslim Chinese woman after they met on a street in China when he asked her for directions to a launderette. Ethic Malay Zairy Amir, 38, comes from the state of Selangor in West Malaysia. He runs a delivery store in Guangzhou, in southern China’s Guangdong province….
ADOPTING lifestyle medicine, a medical approach that uses evidence-based therapeutic interventions to prevent, treat and even reverse chronic diseases by addressing their root causes, is essential for the success of Malaysia’s Value-Based Healthcare (VBHC) system, says the Malaysian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (MSLM). MSLM president Dr Siva Poobalasingam said that lifestyle medicine is increasingly…
UK, Norway, United States, Greece, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, UAE and more drive Global Hotel Alliance’s 20th Anniversary with over Two billion…
China’s top anti-espionage agency has reminded Chinese tourists to stay vigilant about attempts by foreign intelligence agencies to gather sensitive information from them when they travel abroad during the festive season. The reminder from the Ministry of State Security came just days before Lunar New Year celebrations begin. The holiday, also known as Spring Festival,…
Recent figures from the Hong Kong Tourism Board suggest a robust recovery of our city’s tourism sector, with a surge in both the number and diversity of visitors. Last year brought the city close to 45 million visitors, representing a 31 per cent increase over 2023. Mainland China remains the dominant market, while non-mainland visitors…
There will always be border disputes in Asia, and China should not be singled out because of tensions in the South China Sea, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Wednesday. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Anwar said that Malaysia had border issues with Singapore and its other neighbours in Southeast Asia…
Mainland China “needs the support of Hong Kong” as the country looks to establish a squash team that could compete at the 2028 Olympics, the vice-president of the sport’s world governing body has said. David Mui Ying-yuen met Liu Guoyong, deputy director of the General Administration of Sport of China and vice-chairman of the Chinese…
Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, United States,China’s Lunar New Year Travel Trends of 2025 Show a Surge in Cross-Border Travel…