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Boy Calls Cops On Dad For 'Stealing' Holiday Money: "Uncle Police, Please Catch..."
During the New Year holiday period, adult relatives give red envelopes or red packets, containing money to minors as a symbolic gesture.
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Alibaba Releases Qwen 2.5 AI Model, Claims It Surpasses DeepSeek-V3
The unusual timing of the Qwen 2.5-Max's release, on the first day of the Lunar New Year when most Chinese people are off work and with their families, points to the pressure Chinese AI startup DeepSeek's meteoric rise in the past three weeks has placed on not just overseas rivals, but also its domestic competition.
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Man In China Takes Daughter Home In 2-Seater Plane To Beat New Year Traffic Rush
China is witnessing a huge rush during the annual Lunar New Year holiday, with travellers heading back to their hometowns and families preparing for traditional reunion dinner gatherings.
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Lunar New Year Boosts Chinese Tourism As Covid Curbs End
Almost a quarter more domestic Chinese tourism trips have been made during this year's Lunar New Year holiday, while cross-border travel more than doubled in the first six days of the week-long break following the end of strict COVID-19 curbs.
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Millions Head Home For China Holidays Even As Xi Jinping Flags Covid Worry
Tens of millions in China headed to their rural hometowns for Lunar New Year celebrations today, though President Xi Jinping said he was "concerned" about the countryside's ability to weather a Covid surge.
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Foxconn Said to Expect iPhone Production at COVID-Hit China Plant to Fully Resume by Early January
Foxconn is said to expect to resume full production at its COVID-hit plant in China by late December to early January. The company's largest iPhone production plant was rocked by worker protests last month, impacting the production of the handsets ahead of the Christmas and Lunar New Year holidays in December and January, respectively.
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iPhone November Shipments to See Further Decline at Foxconn's Plant in China
Foxconn's flagship iPhone plant in China is set to see a further reduction in November shipments after the latest bout of worker unrest this week, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday, as thousands of employees quit. The world's largest Apple iPhone factory has been grappling with strict COVID-19 restrictions that have fuelle...
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Chinese Cities On High Covid Alert As Peak Lunar New Year Travel Season Starts
Several Chinese cities went on high COVID-19 alert as the Lunar New Year holiday travel season started on Monday, requiring travellers to report their trips days before their arrival, as the Omicron variant reached more areas including Beijing.
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Tesla Shares Slump As Coronavirus Hits China Car Registrations
China Association of Automobile Manufacturers had earlier said that overall vehicle sales fell by almost a fifth in January, hurt by Lunar New Year holidays that started earlier than last year and by the coronavirus disruptions.
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China Auto Sales Likely Tumbled 18% In January, Coronavirus Seen Taking Heavy Toll
China's vehicle sales likely fell by almost a fifth in January, marking a 19th consecutive month of decline, hurt by Lunar New Year holidays that started earlier than last year and by the coronavirus outbreak.
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Apple Supplier Foxconn Hopes to Resume Half of Output in Virus-Hit China by Month-End
Foxconn hopes to resume half of its production in China by month-end, a source told Reuters on Wednesday, as the supplier to tech giant Apple and others reopens plants shut over a coronavirus outbreak.
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In Alibaba's Hometown, a Grim Message: 'Don't Go Out'
Hangzhou is famous for being where tech tycoon Jack Ma founded his online shopping business in an apartment two decades ago, a one hour journey on a bullet train from Shanghai.
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Virus Outbreak Delays India's Cotton Exports To China
Most Chinese firms scale back operations or close for long periods around the Lunar New Year holidays, which began on January 24 this year.
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China Auto Sector Braces For Hefty Virus Impact, Hopes It Will Be Short-Lived
The new coronavirus epidemic is likely to wreak havoc on China auto sales and production in the first quarter, but it is too early to push panic buttons as ground could be made up later in the year, industry executives said. Showroom traffic is expected to be sparse when extended Lunar New Year holidays end as much of the population is steering cle...
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China Halts All Group Tours Seeking To Contain Virus Spread: State Media
China will halt all group tours, both at home and to other countries, from January 27, state-owned CCTV reported on Saturday as the country seeks to halt the spread of a new coronavirus.
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Boy Calls Cops On Dad For 'Stealing' Holiday Money: "Uncle Police, Please Catch..."
During the New Year holiday period, adult relatives give red envelopes or red packets, containing money to minors as a symbolic gesture.
-
Alibaba Releases Qwen 2.5 AI Model, Claims It Surpasses DeepSeek-V3
The unusual timing of the Qwen 2.5-Max's release, on the first day of the Lunar New Year when most Chinese people are off work and with their families, points to the pressure Chinese AI startup DeepSeek's meteoric rise in the past three weeks has placed on not just overseas rivals, but also its domestic competition.
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Man In China Takes Daughter Home In 2-Seater Plane To Beat New Year Traffic Rush
China is witnessing a huge rush during the annual Lunar New Year holiday, with travellers heading back to their hometowns and families preparing for traditional reunion dinner gatherings.
-
Lunar New Year Boosts Chinese Tourism As Covid Curbs End
Almost a quarter more domestic Chinese tourism trips have been made during this year's Lunar New Year holiday, while cross-border travel more than doubled in the first six days of the week-long break following the end of strict COVID-19 curbs.
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Millions Head Home For China Holidays Even As Xi Jinping Flags Covid Worry
Tens of millions in China headed to their rural hometowns for Lunar New Year celebrations today, though President Xi Jinping said he was "concerned" about the countryside's ability to weather a Covid surge.
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Foxconn Said to Expect iPhone Production at COVID-Hit China Plant to Fully Resume by Early January
Foxconn is said to expect to resume full production at its COVID-hit plant in China by late December to early January. The company's largest iPhone production plant was rocked by worker protests last month, impacting the production of the handsets ahead of the Christmas and Lunar New Year holidays in December and January, respectively.
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iPhone November Shipments to See Further Decline at Foxconn's Plant in China
Foxconn's flagship iPhone plant in China is set to see a further reduction in November shipments after the latest bout of worker unrest this week, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday, as thousands of employees quit. The world's largest Apple iPhone factory has been grappling with strict COVID-19 restrictions that have fuelle...
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Chinese Cities On High Covid Alert As Peak Lunar New Year Travel Season Starts
Several Chinese cities went on high COVID-19 alert as the Lunar New Year holiday travel season started on Monday, requiring travellers to report their trips days before their arrival, as the Omicron variant reached more areas including Beijing.
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Tesla Shares Slump As Coronavirus Hits China Car Registrations
China Association of Automobile Manufacturers had earlier said that overall vehicle sales fell by almost a fifth in January, hurt by Lunar New Year holidays that started earlier than last year and by the coronavirus disruptions.
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China Auto Sales Likely Tumbled 18% In January, Coronavirus Seen Taking Heavy Toll
China's vehicle sales likely fell by almost a fifth in January, marking a 19th consecutive month of decline, hurt by Lunar New Year holidays that started earlier than last year and by the coronavirus outbreak.
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Apple Supplier Foxconn Hopes to Resume Half of Output in Virus-Hit China by Month-End
Foxconn hopes to resume half of its production in China by month-end, a source told Reuters on Wednesday, as the supplier to tech giant Apple and others reopens plants shut over a coronavirus outbreak.
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In Alibaba's Hometown, a Grim Message: 'Don't Go Out'
Hangzhou is famous for being where tech tycoon Jack Ma founded his online shopping business in an apartment two decades ago, a one hour journey on a bullet train from Shanghai.
-
Virus Outbreak Delays India's Cotton Exports To China
Most Chinese firms scale back operations or close for long periods around the Lunar New Year holidays, which began on January 24 this year.
-
China Auto Sector Braces For Hefty Virus Impact, Hopes It Will Be Short-Lived
The new coronavirus epidemic is likely to wreak havoc on China auto sales and production in the first quarter, but it is too early to push panic buttons as ground could be made up later in the year, industry executives said. Showroom traffic is expected to be sparse when extended Lunar New Year holidays end as much of the population is steering cle...
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China Halts All Group Tours Seeking To Contain Virus Spread: State Media
China will halt all group tours, both at home and to other countries, from January 27, state-owned CCTV reported on Saturday as the country seeks to halt the spread of a new coronavirus.
