Event: Spring Festival

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

general

Chinese New Year: In the year of the monkey

Chinese New Year means a veritable Chinese banquet, writes Ciara Mc Donnell

world

Fireworks and prayers greet Chinese Year of the Tiger

world

Chinese ‘hire’ girlfriends to fob off pushy parents

world

Fifteen killed in revellers use fireworks in bar

sport

Liu set for six months out after surgery

world

Stampede deaths bring tragic end to Chinese festival

37 dead after stampede at Chinese festival

At least 37 people were killed in a stampede at a lantern festival celebration marking the end of China’s Lunar New Year in a town outside the Chinese capital of Beijing today.

Thu, 05 Feb, 2004

China hopes Year of the Monkey brings prosperity

EXUBERANT explosions echoed across Beijing yesterday as Chinese people welcomed the Year of the Monkey, a time they hope brings wealth to a country that has made prosperity its official policy.

Fri, 23 Jan, 2004

Health experts to visit suspected SARS patients

A TEAM of World Health Organisation (WHO) experts are to visit two suspected SARS patients in a southern Chinese hospital as tourists began canceling trips to disease-hit Guangdong province.

Wed, 14 Jan, 2004