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Chinese door banners for Year of the Horse.  Image source.   Yesterday was Chinese New Year's Eve, and my husband went and bought decora...

Links not related to the antichrist: 1.  Draco Malfoy becomes unlikely Lunar New Year mascot in China  (February 4) Lol, this is very funny....

Cruise ship.  Image source. I have a couple anecdotes to share about families where one or both parents live in a different city from their ...

Happy Chinese New Year everyone! January 28 was the big night, and it is now the year of the snake! For Chinese New Year, there is a tv show...

Chinese dragon, with the text "2024 Happy New Year."  Image source. Happy Chinese New Year! New year's eve was on February 9 t...

1.   It’s Year-end Party Season For Chinese Companies — Do Workers Like Them?  (January 15) Ha. Yeah, so this is a thing in China. Every com...

Chinese New Year decoration with rabbits, for the year of the rabbit.  Image source. Happy Year of the Rabbit! 兔年大吉！ ---------------- 1.   ...

Chinese-style art with a tiger.  Image source. Happy Chinese New Year everyone! Today (February 1, 2022) is the first day of the Year of the...

Chinese New Year design with a cow, "2021", and "新年快乐" [xīn nián kuài lè].  Image source. Happy Year of the Ox, everyone...

1.   Behind viral photo of Rep. Andy Kim cleaning up at midnight after riots  (posted January 8) "When he finally did walk around the r...

Lights which form a giant "I love SH" logo on the side of a building in Shanghai.  Image source. Last Thursday (January 23) I ...

Photo from CNN: "People wear face masks as they wait at Hankou Railway Station on Wednesday in Wuhan, China. Xiaolu Chu/Getty Images...

A red image of a pig, in the style of Chinese paper cutting, with the text "猪 2019 Year of the Pig."  Image source. Happy Chin...

Red silhouette of a dog, with the text "2018 the Year of the Dog".  Image source. Happy Chinese New Year to everyone! This yea...

To celebrate Chinese New Year, there is currently a 灯会 [dēnghuì], which I will translate as "lantern show," at Yuyuan Garden (豫园 y...