Traditional Chinese handicrafts regularly feature on postage stamps, and paper-cutting art is a popular choice because of the vivid colors, joyful motifs and primitive charm they use.

Scientists have figured out what type of paper is the most prone to cut skin. Kaare Jensen, associate professor of physics at the Technical University of Denmark, explains.

Nina Abdullah is a Malay homemaker from Selangor who cuts across cultural borders to promote the art of Chinese paper-cutting.

A GRAN nearly died and will lose all four limbs after a paper cut got infected. Marguerite Henderson's family were told to say their goodbyes, while she lay in a medically-induced coma for seven days.

China Post issued a set of four postage stamps on Jan 24 showing various styles of paper cutting from northern China. Each bears a face price of 1.2 yuan (18.7 US cents).