Lunar New Year is around the corner, this year falling on February 5. On this day, the year of the dog closes and we will begin the year of the pig — the twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac, signifying ...

2月12日，农历牛年第一天，《牛津英语词典》（Oxford English Dictionary）选的“每日一词”（Word of the day）是来自汉语的 hongbao（红包），非常应景。 那么红包在中国文化中到底有何讲究呢？我们通过下面这篇文章来了解一下。 A red envelope (hóngbāo) is simply a long ...

Getting a fat hongbao, or red envelope, stuffed with crisp new notes is one of the hallmarks of Chinese New Year, which starts today and runs for two weeks. As China’s tech companies build their ...

A friend asks if I have folded lucky red envelopes before. I tell them about the hongbao workshop I will be leading. There’s some hesitation and a “hmmm”. No, I admit, but there’s always a first.

Businesspeople regularly use the social media platform WeChat to promote events but when Sara Jane Ho did it for the first time, she was asked to pay with a WeChat red envelope. "I was promoting a new ...

Chasing down Pokemon is a thing of the past. Instead, the latest in augmented reality (AR)-enhanced quest games, developed by a Chinese mobile payment app, offers players a quick payday if they can ...