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02.27.18China’s Media Is Struggling to Overcome Its Racial Stereotypes of Africa
Quartz
For most Chinese people, the Spring Festival is a time to honor family ties, friendships and acquaintances.
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01.30.18Taiwan Retaliates Against Chinese Airlines, Hampering Lunar New Year Travel
New York Times
Tens of thousands of Taiwanese working in China are at risk of being unable to return home for the Lunar New Year in mid-February as a result of an escalating battle over airspace in the Taiwan Strait.
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02.25.15Traffic Peaks as Lunar New Year Holiday Ends
Xinhua
The last day of the holiday saw about 9.7 million train trips, 1.4 million by plane, and 73.6 million by highway.
Culture
02.20.15
‘Still Not Married?’ A Graphic Guide to Surviving Chinese New Year
Maya Hong is a Beijing transplant from a small town outside of Harbin, the icy city not far from China’s border with Siberia. Though proud of her glacial origins and skilled at combating subzero temperatures, over the years Hong, 30, has had to add...
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02.18.15Ringing In the Lunar New Year, Whatever It’s Called
New York Times
Because Han Chinese culture developed in regions where herders and goats prevailed, many think the zodiac talisman must be a goat.
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02.16.15With Lunar New Year Show, Another Link to China for a New York Fireworks Family
New York Times
The Central Academy of Fine Arts, China’s largest art academy, is involved in the celebrations this year.
Media
02.10.15
Chinese Corruption, Now Officially Hilarious
Corruption is finally funny—at least, according to the Chinese Communist Party. That’s because comedic performances in the upcoming February 18 performance of China’s annual New Year Gala, a variety show on China Central Television (CCTV) expected...
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12.30.14
Seeing China in 2014
In 2014, ChinaFile published great original work in photography. As always, we worked to look beyond stereotypical images of the country to find nuanced representations of the new and ChinaFile contributors’ commentary on it. Still, many of our...
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02.04.14China Crushes Puny US Super Bowl Audience: 704 Million Watch New Year Gala
Hollywood Reporter
Some 814 million watched the Lunar New Year TV extravaganza from China Central Television—way more than the 112 million viewers for the 2014 Super Bowl on Fox in the U.S.
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01.24.14China Media: Xi's Chinese New Year Greetings
BBC
President Xi Jinping said the Communist Party of China “firmly relying on the people, including non-communist members, defeated various challenges and difficulties in the last year and achieved outstanding results.”