{"id":83729,"date":"2026-02-17T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanbusinessmagazine.com\/media-outreach\/global-neighbors-yiwu-turning-a-foreign-land-into-home\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T09:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T09:45:00","slug":"global-neighbors-yiwu-turning-a-foreign-land-into-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europeanbusinessmagazine.com\/media-outreach\/global-neighbors-yiwu-turning-a-foreign-land-into-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Neighbors @Yiwu: Turning a Foreign Land into Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>YIWU, CHINA &#8211;  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media OutReach Newswire<\/a> &#8211; 17 February 2026 &#8211; As red lanterns light up the streets and alleys, Yiwu is welcoming spring in a unique way. For the international community living here, the city has transformed from a foreign commercial hub into a warm &#8220;hometown.&#8221; <\/p>\n<figure data-image-width=\"1280\" data-image-height=\"720\" style=\"display: block;width: 100%;margin: 0px;padding: 0px;text-align: center\" align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"youtube\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sQgslLxocOk\">     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sQgslLxocOk%0A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/europeanbusinessmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1-5.jpeg\" alt=\"image-1.jpeg\" style=\"width: 100%;margin: 0px\" width=\"100%\"><\/a>   <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p> This year, three expatriates shared their unique Chinese New Year experiences in Yiwu. <\/p>\n<p> For Lina from Ukraine, the festival is a visual feast of &#8220;Chinese Red.&#8221; Having lived in Yiwu for five years, she immerses herself in local traditions, shopping for &#8220;Get-Rich Horse&#8221; dolls for the upcoming Year of the Horse and buying traditional red outfits to take back to her home country. <\/p>\n<p> For He Lvsheng, the holiday offers a chance to find a comfortable rhythm. While he notes that the New Year isn&#8217;t celebrated with the same intensity in his home country, in Yiwu, he enjoys the festive atmosphere by buying food and toys for friends while maintaining his daily fitness routine. <\/p>\n<p> For foreign businessman Weihua, the Spring Festival is about unity. He celebrates by pasting spring couplets with his Chinese employees and handing out &#8220;Hongbao&#8221; (red envelopes), turning business partners into family. <\/p>\n<p> From the scent of ink on couplets to the shared joy of the holidays, Yiwu&#8217;s inclusive environment allows entrepreneurs and residents from around the world to strive, live, and turn a foreign land into home. <\/p>\n<p>Hashtag: #Yiwu<\/p>\n<p>The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/track.media-outreach.com\/index.php\/WebView\/450495\/153638\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" style=\"width:1px;height:1px;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YIWU, CHINA &#8211; Media OutReach Newswire &#8211; 17 February 2026 &#8211; As red lanterns light up the streets and alleys, Yiwu is welcoming spring in a unique way. For the international community living here, the city has transformed from a foreign commercial hub into a warm &#8220;hometown.&#8221; This year, three expatriates shared their unique Chinese [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":83730,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83729","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-media-outreach"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/europeanbusinessmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/europeanbusinessmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/europeanbusinessmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europeanbusinessmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europeanbusinessmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/europeanbusinessmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europeanbusinessmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/europeanbusinessmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europeanbusinessmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europeanbusinessmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}