China's Ministry of Transport estimates over 2 billion passenger trips will take place during the 40-day Lunar New Year season as people across the country will be travelling domestically and abroad for the first time without travel restrictions since the start of the pandemic over three yea
Chinese epidemiologist Wu Zunyou warned that Covid infection numbers in certain specific regions could rise during this Lunar New Year, state media outlet Global Times reported.
The Los Angeles Times reported that a man had opened fire at a local dance studio around 10 pm on Saturday. The incident reportedly took place near the downtown area where the Monterey Park Lunar New Year Festival is held each year.
Wu Zunyou, the chief epidemiologist of China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention has claimed that the present "wave of epidemic has already infected about 80 pc of the people" in China.
The shooting occurred at Monterey Park around 10 pm local time near the site of a Chinese Lunar New Year celebration, the US newspaper reported citing law enforcement sources and witnesses.
Authorities in some Chinese cities have lifted the ban on fireworks amid protests, ahead of the Lunar New Year on January 22, US-based non-profit news service Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported.
Indian tourists now are the second highest number of visitors arriving in Singapore, overtaking China. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, China had the highest number of tourists visiting the island nation.
Last week, Singapore Airlines, the city-state's national carrier, reported a record first-half operating profit of SGD 1.23 billion (USD876 million) for the period which ended in September. It was also the best-ever quarterly profit of SGD 678 million, eclipsing the previous best of SGD 674.
Washington [US], January 12 (ANI): Ahead of the celebration of the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, Italian luxury fashion brand Bottega Veneta has taken over a part of the Great Wall of China for a unique presentation.
Hanoi [Vietnam], January 10 (ANI): Vietnam Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh on Sunday assigned ministries, sectors and localities to work with China to speed up customs clearance, striving for no congestion of trucks carrying goods for export at border gates before the Lunar New Year.