"We made kites as far back in ancient Chinese history as the Warring States period," says Wang, one of the mainland's top folk artists and a renowned kite master from the city of Weifang ...

On the eve of Lohri, the sale of banned Chinese string, also known as ‘China dor’, picks up drastically. Kite lovers nowadays prefer to fly kites with the deadly plastic string only.

Police with the seized bundles of Chinese kite strings in Jalandhar. (HT Photo) The crackdown is part of an initiative to combat the illegal sale and use of these fatal strings, which have been ...

Stunt kites from Greece, Chinese Dragon from Indonesia, a series of 100 kites of Kathakkali in a row are among the kites to be flown during the two-day ONGC-MRPL Mangaluru International Kite ...

I haven’t made too many this year, but crafting these kites helps pass the time, so in a way, it feels good.” Despite the rise of Chinese materials during the festive season that have impacted ...

RAIPUR: A seven-year-old child died after he was severely injured by a banned Chinese kite string (manjha) while riding on a motorbike with his father. The string slashed his neck, leading to his ...