For white-collar workers who live in one place and have family in another, the money given to younger relatives doubles and the expectations, due to the widening wealth gap, are high.
Elementary and middle school students in Shanghai were assigned extra work during the one-month winter break: protecting themselves from accidents like fire and road mishaps.
With the clock ticking down to Spring Festival - one of the two major annual holidays in China known as a "Golden Week" - many Chinese people have been flocking to jewelry stores to snap up valuable trinkets for friends and relatives.
It's freezing outside. The roads are empty. Air and rail tickets are sold out. Your Chinese colleagues and friends have withdrawn into their shells to watch the CCTV gala and are snuggling up to their dear ones, or gone home to enjoy piping hot dumplings.
The sales of pet rabbits in Chengdu have nearly doubled compared to the same time last year, the Chengdu-based Tianfu Morning Post reported on Jan 26.
With Spring Festival travel crowds converging on the capital's airport and crime likely to soar as a result, police protecting the hub say they will fight to ensure illegal activity is grounded, both at the terminal and in the air.
China's railway police have detained 618 people for scalping train tickets over the Internet, amid a crackdown on online ticket scalping.
As the coldest time in winter and traditional Chinese Lunar New Year dawn, over 1,000 electricians in Hunan will have complete aerial work for 10 days to ensure power during the holidays and through the rain and snow.
The Chinese central government in Beijing pledged Saturday that it would work to ensure smooth and safe traveling for the public as many return home to reunite with families during the Spring Festival.
Bookings for dinner on the eve of Spring Festival, China's lunar new year, neared 10,000 on Monday, the Beijing News reported Tuesday.
Police captured three ticket scalpers after a tip off from an online whistleblower, Jan 19, 2011.
An online car-sharing website has relieved many from the headache of buying a train ticket during the Spring Festival travel rush, attracting more than 100,000 applicants since it started on Jan 5.
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