From a viral video of a man in southern China’s Guangdong province handing out modest red envelopes to government calls for restraint and online “reference charts” ranking acceptable gift amounts, the ...

A court in eastern China’s Jiangsu province has ruled in favor of two teenagers who had sued their father for pocketing their red envelope, a type of monetary gift given during Lunar New Year or on ...

A Chinese father who, after divorcing, confiscated more than 80,000 yuan (US$11,500) of his son’s Chinese New Year “red envelope” money to cover the expense of a new marriage ceremony, has lost a ...

Lunar New Year is around the corner, this year falling on February 19. On this day, the year of the water rabbit closes and we will begin the year of the dragon — the fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac, ...

Every Lunar New Year billions of red envelopes stuffed with money are exchanged physically and virtually as a token of good fortune in the New Year. This year Lunar New Year falls on Jan. 28 and will ...