CITIES across China blink with fairy lights, fancy hotels flaunt trees and tinsel, and glossy magazine covers display festive recipes and table settings. "Joy up!" reads a sign (in English) on ...

SHANGHAI -- Shanghai authorities urged residents to stay at home this weekend, seeking a toned-down Christmas in the nation's most populous city as COVID-19 rages nationwide after tough curbs were ...

Christian churches abound in Shanghai, but they are not merely appreciated for their architecture. At Christmas they come alive with story and song. Churches built by early Western missionaries ...

22 January marks one of the most important festivals in Chinese culture, the dawn of the Lunar New Year. Chinese New Year, known as the Spring Festival, is packed full with food, family and ...

China has sent jets and ships around Taiwan in what it said was practice for a blockade of the self-ruled island.