A CNY marked by poverty
While wealth and prosperity are a common theme in Chinese New Year greetings, many still celebrate the occasion with very little or nothing at all.
No more CNY 'back home' for mixed-race couple
For years, Chong Ban Aun and Dewi Budiman would make the trip back to Kampar to celebrate Chinese New Year with his family, but financial constraints have made this impossible anymore.
China braces for Covid holiday surge as people leave megacities for hometowns
After three years of strict and suffocating anti-virus controls, China in early December abruptly abandoned its 'zero Covid' policy, letting the virus run freely through its 1.4 billion population.
WHO working with China on Lunar New Year Covid risks
Covid-19 is spreading unchecked in China after the country lifted its policy in December, but WHO said it still does not have enough information from China to make a full assessment of the dangers of the surge.
Chinese New Year comes to an end
Malaysians end two weeks of celebrations with processions, lion dances and orange-throwing on Chap Goh Mei.
At Sarawak temple, Malay father and son serve up vegetarian meals for CNY
For 20 years, Sapiee and his son Firdaus have spent Chinese New Year in the temple kitchen.
New Year amid flood ruin
Ho Kai Yip and his family struggle to piece their life together again after the massive floods in December put paid to any thought of celebrating Chinese New Year.
No oranges or lion dances this New Year, only mud and dirty water
The recent floods mean a very different Chinese New Year this year for a small village in Telemong, Karak.
Chinese New Year in a Terengganu Peranakan family
While they are a minority in a Malay-majority area, they still celebrate the New Year in full tradition.
In Terengganu, Peranakan Chinese hold to tradition in the face of modernisation
While some have migrated to the city, others continue to celebrate New Year with the traditions they have always observed.
Chinese New Year, Terengganu Peranakan-style
Like the rest of the Chinese community in Malaysia, they celebrate Lunar New Year but with a twist.
Reunion dinners, house-to-house visits given green light for CNY
However, open house events remain off limits.