0 Have your say Edinburgh is to stage its first Chinese New Year festival as part of a drive to promote the city as one of “Europe’s premiere China-friendly destinations”. Two weeks of special events and promotions will be held across the city in February under a new phase of a “China Ready” initiative.Visitor attractions, hotels, restaurants and retailers are being urged to get involved in the city’s biggest Chinese New Year celebrations.Organisers of the festival, which will run from 2-17 February, say it is aimed at raising greater awareness and understanding of the festivities and Chinese culture.However, it is also hoped to provide a boost to the capital’s tourism industry at one of the traditionally quietest periods for inbound visitors.It is hoped that key buildings across the city will be lit up red to mark the festivities, special discounts will be offered and Chinese New Year window displays will be created.Tens … [Read more...] about Edinburgh gears up for first Chinese New Year festival
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Eastern promise as Edinburgh gears up for major Chinese New Year
0 Have your say Edinburgh is to stage its first Chinese New Year festival as part of a drive to promote the city as one of “Europe’s premiere China-friendly destinations”. Two weeks of special events and promotions will be held across the city in February under a new phase of a “China Ready” initiative.Visitor attractions, hotels, restaurants and retailers are being urged to get involved in the city’s biggest Chinese New Year celebrations.Organisers of the festival, which will run from 2-17 February, say it is aimed at raising greater awareness and understanding of the festivities and Chinese culture.However, it is also hoped to provide a boost to the capital’s tourism industry at one of the traditionally quietest periods for inbound visitors.It is hoped that key buildings across the city will be lit up red to mark the festivities, special discounts will be offered and Chinese New Year window displays will be created.Tens … [Read more...] about Eastern promise as Edinburgh gears up for major Chinese New Year
African swine fever hits Chinese pork industry in run-up to New Year
A deadly and highly contagious virus is threatening pork production in China in the run-up to Chinese New Year, when demand for the country’s most commonly eaten meat is at its highest level. Over the past three months, African swine fever has spread to 12 Chinese provinces, an area home to more than half the country’s pig population. The virus, passed through contaminated feed or exposure to infected animals, has a near-100% fatality rate and there is no vaccine. On Monday, officials identified two new cases in the south, the first in that region. About 70,000 pigs have been culled so far to prevent the spread of the virus, according to the ministry of agriculture, and much of the country’s pig-producing provinces are on lockdown. The agriculture ministry said on Wednesday that it would ban the feeding of kitchen waste to pigs after linking the practice to the majority of the early cases. Beijing has not yet said how the diseaseentered the country, but the ministry … [Read more...] about African swine fever hits Chinese pork industry in run-up to New Year
Loving tributes paid to young mum who was found murdered on New Year’s Day
PUBLISHED: 15:50 08 January 2010 | UPDATED: 09:27 02 June 2010 Tributes have been paid to mother-of-four Dolly Gregory, 32. TRIBUTES have been paid to a former Wisbech woman who was found murdered on New Year s Day. Mother-of-four Dolly Gregory, 32, who was born in Wisbech will be remembered as wonderful mum and a fun-loving, caring woman by her family and friends. She was fou TRIBUTES have been paid to a former Wisbech woman who was found murdered on New Year's Day.Mother-of-four Dolly Gregory, 32, who was born in Wisbech will be remembered as wonderful mum and a fun-loving, caring woman by her family and friends.She was found with serious head injuries at around 4.30am at her home in Welland Court, Grantham.She was pronounced dead at the scene and a 38-year-old man was taken to hospital with series head injuries he remains there under police guard.Ms Gregory was born in the Wisbech area and her parents still … [Read more...] about Loving tributes paid to young mum who was found murdered on New Year’s Day
Baby boy born in China four years after parents died in car crash
A surrogate mother has given birth to a baby boy in China four years after his parents died in a car crash, Chinese media reported. The deceased couple was undergoing fertility treatments before the fatal accident in 2013. Their parents fought a drawn-out legal battle to gain access to the couple's fertilised embryos, kept in a hospital in the eastern city of Nanjing. The baby boy - nicknamed "Tiantian," or "sweet" in Mandarin - was born on December 9 to a Laotian surrogate, the Beijing News reported Tuesday. Surrogacy is illegal in China, forcing those who can afford it to look for potential options abroad. Laos has become the latest impoverished nation in Asia to witness a flourishing but legally opaque commercial surrogacy industry after countries like Thailand, Cambodia and Nepal outlawed the practice in recent years. "He's always smiling. His eyes are like my daughter's, but he looks more like his dad," new grandmother Hu Xingxian, told the state-run newspaper. … [Read more...] about Baby boy born in China four years after parents died in car crash