Qingming Festival 2025: Cleaning the "Grandparents' Tomb"

"Qingming" in Teochew dialect in Chinese is divided into "Qing" meaning clean and pure and "Meng" meaning bright. When put together, it means a time of clarity and joy. Since it is in the spring in China, the trees and grass are lush and beautiful. Therefore, it is a suitable time to pay respects to ancestors at the gravesite instead of paying resp

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Myanmar earthquake death toll reaches 3,085

at the beginning of the 20th BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting, Mr. Marish Sengiampong, Minister of Foreign Affairs and representatives from the other 6 BIMSTEC member countries, including Than Shwe, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar, stood in silence for 1 minute to mourn the victims of the major earthquake on 28 April. P

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