In China’s vast countryside, labor is abundant. Plenty of people need jobs, and fireworks make a welcome cash cow. They are low-tech and cheap to produce by hand.

BEIJING – Much of China's population can expect sub-standard sleep after the country starts ringing in the Year of the Monkey. The rat-a-tat snaps of firecrackers, whistling rockets and mortar ...

But many urban Chinese these days complain that the annual ritual of food, fireworks and TV song-and-dance shows is getting a bit stale. Some now use the holiday to travel overseas.

In China, people made more than 3.5 billion trips this week in order to celebrate with their families. Most traveled from the country's fast-growing, industrializing cities back to the countryside ...

LIUYANG, CHINA / ACCESSWIRE / September 18, 2024 / From September 14 to 15, ... and rolling out the "tour the countryside during the day, watch fireworks at night" leisure mode, ...

Fireworks tragedy mars Chinese celebrations The death toll from a Lunar New Year explosion in China’s central province of Henan rose to 36 on Monday, the official Xinhua news agency said. Jan ...

China goes back to work Friday after a weeklong holiday marking the Year of the Horse. Traditionally, celebrations continue through the first month of the Lunar New Year. As in years past, some ...

LIUYANG, CHINA / ACCESSWIRE / September 18, 2024 / From September 14 to 15, the 16th China (Liuyang) International Fireworks Cultural Festival was successfully hosted in Liuyang. By the ...