An indication of China’s clout abroad was the special train in Russia decorated with Chinese New Year patterns. But what about the arrears in wages owed to the poorest every new year?

Feared by some and revered by others, imagery of the snake sparks debate as the symbol of Lunar New Year 2025. In one story from ancient Chinese folklore recounted by Gong Liang, director of the ...

1 February-2 March CHINESE/LUNAR NEW YEAR: 2 February 2025 is Chinese New Year/Lunar New Year, with plenty of events going on around London to welcome in the Year of the Snake. 2 February CLOWN ...

Most people think of deserts as sweltering expanses of sand, but not all deserts fit that scorching stereotype. Nestled in northern and northwestern China and southern Mongolia, the Gobi Desert is one ...

Kenji Kai, a meteorologist who specializes in yellow dust, reckons he was lucky when his vehicle was engulfed in a sandstorm near the Gobi Desert in Mongolia two years ago. He managed to record a ...

Continuing our beastly series of animals in London. Snakes don't always get the best press. As a consequence, we don't see them celebrated or commemorated much around town. But there are exceptions.

Wednesday marked the start of the Year of the Snake, one of 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac. Throngs of people in down jackets filled a Beijing park for a “temple fair” on a sunny but chilly day.

Despite the negative press that snakes sometimes generate, the Year of the Snake is serving up a slew of positive possibilities for 2025. The snake brings with it wisdom, transformation ...

Polish adventurer Mateusz Waligora is returning to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia next month. Waligora plans to fat bike from the Altai region in Western Mongolia to the city of Sainshand in the East.