Tag: Spring Festival
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Spring Festival 2021 – The Year of the Ox
It’s here again, the Spring Festival, China’s celebration of the lunar new year and the change from one animal’s time in the zodiac to the next. This year we move from the Year of the Rat to the Year of the Ox. Previous New Year’s blog posts: Chinese New Year 2015 – The Year of…
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Beijing has gotten really quiet
How quiet is “really quiet”? I no longer hear the cleaning lady use the elevator to go up to the top floor to begin her morning garbage duty. The elevator itself is being used far less (I live right by the thing). And if the fridge isn’t doing its cycle and I just sit in…