It’s not just what’s on the inside that counts. Unique CNY red packets stand out and people remember where and from who they received them. The gorgeous red packets from private banking and financial ...

Two new style red paper packets designed by painter Huang Xiaoxiao. [Photo by Li Hongrui/chinadaily.com.cn] Recently, I checked how many WeChat red packets I got in 2016: 495, which contains about ...

SINGAPORE: Each Chinese New Year season, banks, retailers, telcos and other organisations will print millions of pretty and fancy hong baos to be given away to their customers. This has a “significant ...

Red packets traditionally contained a small sum of money given to children during the Chinese New Year. But unlike in southern China, such as Guangdong Province and Hong Kong, where people mostly give ...

To give or not to give? That is the question facing many Chinese regarding hongbao, or red envelopes, during Spring Festival every year. Hongbao refers to small red packets containing money usually ...

While lai see can be handed out during all auspicious occasions – such as birthdays, weddings and graduations – at Lunar New Year, they should be exchanged between the first and 15th day of the ...

NEW year, new red packets. As much as e-gifting has gained popularity due to convenience and the move towards a more environmentally friendly way of handing out money, the giving and receiving of ...

A WeChat logo is displayed on a mobile phone as a woman walks past as she talks on her mobile phone at a taxi rank in this picture illustration taken July 21, 2016. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/Illustration ...

To give or not to give? That is the question facing many Chinese regarding hongbao, or red envelopes, during Spring Festival every year. Hongbao is given to visitors to the old town of Qiantong, ...