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January 19, 2023 Life in Asia / Traditions

A Very COVID Chinese New Year in 2023

As we prepare to hop into the Year of the Rabbit, there’s something else in the air besides holiday spirit.

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February 4, 2021 Culture / Life in Asia / Traditions

Not Home for the Holidays: An Unusual Chinese New Year

The Chinese saying of “moneyed or not, return home for Chinese New Year” (有钱没钱回家过年, yǒuqián méi qián huíjiā guònián) endures

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October 13, 2020 Culture / Family / Life / Traditions

Until Death Do Us Part?

My first Chinese New Year experience was not what I was expecting. Of course, before I married into a Chinese

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January 8, 2020 Culture / Traditions

Step on Villains? A Curious Find While Buying Lucky Red Socks for Chinese New Year

2020 will welcome the Year of the Rat, the Chinese zodiac sign for some family members, which has prompted me

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February 8, 2019 Culture / Life in Asia / Life in the West

How Are Age and Chinese New Year Connected?

Years ago, when I went to have my fortune read at the Shihlin Night Market in Taipei, the fortune-teller gave

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January 25, 2019 Life in Asia

Chinese New Year – Time for a Fresh Start

I love Chinese New Year, but not just for the way the city I live in empties out as everyone

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November 9, 2018 Family / Life / Traveling

Going “home” for the holidays

After 15 years in Beijing, it definitely feels like home to me, but there’s something about the big holidays –

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February 19, 2018 Culture / Life in Asia

Celebrating Chinese New Year in a Bygone Era

Have you ever lost a meaning in translation because you didn’t quite understand another culture? That happened to me the

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February 9, 2018 Culture

“Christmas Is Your Chinese New Year”: On Fascinating Similarities Between the Holidays

Christmas is your Chinese New Year. I’ve heard this phrase uttered countless times by people in China when the holidays

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January 26, 2017 Culture / Family / Life in Asia

How 6 Western Women Celebrate Spring Festival with Their Chinese Husbands

The Legend Behind Spring Festival Once every year, a hungry monster called Nian (年) would make its way from the

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