HONG KONG (AFP) – One of China's rarest stamps sold for HK$6.9 million ($890,000) at auction in Hong Kong, the auctioneers said Wednesday. With just 32 recorded copies, the Qing Dynasty "1897 Red ...

SINGAPORE — Once banned by Mao Zedong as a bourgeois activity, stamp collecting has become increasingly popular in China in recent years. While early collectors were from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the ...

China's grandest annual celebration, Spring Festival otherwise known as Chinese Lunar New Year, has in recent years become an occasion to celebrate the country's rich culture by the entire world. We ...

In the 20 years since Jeffrey Schneider's first Hong Kong stamp auction, demand for Chinese issues has exploded. "It's such a booming market because you have the influence of China, and an enormous ...

BRUSSELS -- The European Union announced Wednesday a €37.2 million ($48.2 million) grant to help China stamp out piracy as the two sides kicked off negotiations on a trade agreement that should boost ...

With the rapid development of modern technology, communication has become almost instantaneous — just a tap of a screen. The once-cherished art of writing letters and affixing stamps seems like a ...

The current tariff war between the USA and China has its roots in the fact that for decades we have allowed China unrestricted access to our markets. They took full advantage of this to develop ...

By 3 am, some citizens in Jinan, East China's Shandong Province had lined up outside a post office, ready to purchase a set of special stamps commemorating the imminent Chinese zodiac Year of the ...

HONG KONG (Reuters Life!) - A rare Chinese 19th century stamp valued at around $258,000 is the star lot of a philatelic auction in Hong Kong next month which will feature offerings from several Asian ...

To welcome the Year of the Dragon, China's postal service plans to release commemorative postage stamps featuring the fabled beast. But many customers are finding the image to be a little over the top ...

As millions around the world prepare to usher in the Year of the Boar on Feb. 5, the U.S. Postal Service has issued the last stamp in its second series of Celebrating Lunar New Year postage. Chinese ...