Tag: Year of the Rat

  • Beijing has gotten really quiet

    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…

  • Chinese New Year 2020: The Year of Rat

    Chinese New Year 2020: The Year of Rat

    With the end of the CCTV Chunwan gala (and the striking of midnight), it is now officially the Year of the Rat and the start of a new lunar year. Though this year has been dampened a bit by the outbreak of the coronavirus in Wuhan, it still is an important time to get together…

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