Chinese New Year
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Over the Lunar New Year holiday, Chinese travelers visited tourist hot spots across Asia, including Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia, at numbers exceeding pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels. Since Beijing lifted strict COVID-19 restrictions in early 2023, visa-free access for Chinese tourists to Southeast Asia countries signaled the robust recovery of the travel industry. It provided welcome relief…
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As millions of people in China journey home to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival holiday, severe weather conditions have created chaos across central, eastern, and southern regions of the country. Freezing rain, snow, and ice have led to major traffic disruptions, particularly in southern Hunan and central Hubei provinces. Highway traffic has slowed to a…
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The Spring Festival is also gaining popularity in the U.S. despite the anti-China sentiment orchestrated by a few hawkish populist politicians in the U.S. in recent years. The celebration of the festival has been around in the U.S. for more than two centuries since the arrival of the first wave of Chinese immigrants as railroad…
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The 2018 Chinese New Year is on Friday, February 16, 2018 (GMT+8). According to the Chinese 12-year animal zodiac cycle, this is the year of the Dog. Each Chinese zodiac year begins on Chinese New Year’s Day, which is also the new moon day. The exact new moon time for year 2018 is at 05:06 on…
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It’s true that China has many customs, traditions and superstitions which translate to taboos if one is not careful to control some habits on a special day like the New Year. There are countless number of behaviors or expressions which are acceptable in foreign cultures but considered “wrong” in the Chinese setting. For instance, you…
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Preparations for the 2017 Chinese New Year have just begun. For every Chinese, in China and other ethnic communities around the world, lunar new year celebrations are considered the most festive holiday in a calendar year. Family members from far and near would travel home for family reunion as they usher out the old year,…
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