Spring Festival holiday abuzz with travel, cultural celebrations
16 February 2026

Spring Festival holiday abuzz with travel, cultural celebrations

The Beijing Hour

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Hundreds of millions of Chinese people are taking advantage of a long Spring Festival holiday, reuniting with family or traveling, as festivities across the country heat up on Chinese New Year’s Eve (01:13). Iran and the United States are preparing for a new round of talks in Geneva although stark differences remain (14:15). And Japan’s economic growth fell well short of expectation in Q4 2025 amid weak business spending and faltering exports (21:43).