Thousands in Taiwan and China have celebrated the Lantern Festival, a holiday that marks the end of the Lunar New Year period and is celebrated annually on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar

A town in China that posted pretty pictures of snow-covered buildings to attract tourists for Lunar New Year celebrations has apologized after the picturesque scene turned out to cotton and soapy water.

Air cargo rates have remained firm despite concerns over the impact of US tariffs on China, the temporarily suspended de minimis ban, and the Lunar New Year slowdown. The global Baltic Air Freight Index shows that average airfreight rates were up 1.

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China notched a record 9.02 billion domestic trips during the 40-day Lunar New Year travel rush, the state Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday, surpassing the 8.4 billion trips taken in the same holiday period a year earlier.

In a post on its official Wechat account on February 8, the Chengdu Snow Village project said during the Lunar New Year holiday at the end of January, the weather was warm and the snow village did not take shape as anticipated.

Fyre Festival — but make it winter. A local tourist attraction in southwestern China left guests hoodwinked and led astray. The Chengdu Snow Village project in Sichuan attempted to lure in tourists and visitors during the Lunar New Year with a winter wonderland advertised to feature log cabins and thick layers of snow blanketing the roofs.

A tourist village in China's Sichuan province has apologised after facing backlash for using cotton wool and soapy water to create fake snow. The Chengdu Snow Village project, in its defence, said the weather was warm and the snow village did not take shape as anticipated during the Lunar New Year holiday at the end of January.

China notched a record 9.02 billion domestic trips during the 40-day Lunar New Year travel rush, the state Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday, surpassing the 8.4 billion trips taken in the same holiday period a year earlier.

The Chinese-made aircraft was deployed on 38 routes including Shanghai-Hong Kong, a significant increase compared with last year’s holiday.