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Happy Chinese New Year 新年快乐 (2018)

Happy Chinese New Year 新年快乐 2018! This year marks the Year of the Dog, 狗 (Gǒu). The dog is the 11th animal in the Chinese Zodiac. Lucky Flowers: Rose, Oncidium Lucky Numbers: 3, 4, 9 Lucky Colors: Green, Red, Purple The Dog symbolizes loyalty and honesty According to Chinese tradition, people born in the Year of the ...

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Chinese New Year: What You Need to Know

Unlike the New Year celebration’s date most of us in North or South America, Europe, or Australia are used to, Chinese New Year is never on the same date. There are many holidays we celebrate each year in every culture. Each religion, each culture celebrates in its own unique way and its own unique traditions. ...

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Hong Kong Mall and Chinese New Year: Time for Decorations

Of all the Chinese holidays, Chinese New Year is the most revered, as it brings together family members from all parts of China. Chinese New Year is never celebrated on the same date. In 2018 Chinese New Year falls on February 16. This date is determined by the Chinese Lunar calendar. In line with the lunar ...

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Salt and Pepper Prawns Recipe

The following recipe is inspired by a Chinese cooking show called Daydaycook on YouTube. If you are a seafood fan and love cooking, then this Salt and Pepper Prawns recipe might be just what you have been looking for. The video below even includes a step-by-step guide to preparing the dish. We are greeted by a ...

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Salt and Pepper Prawns.

Super Blue Blood Moon: What You Need to Know (With Video)

A Blue Moon, Supermoon, and Blood Moon coincided on January 31, 2018 for the first time since 1866. It’s what has come to be known as a “Super Blue Blood Moon.” As people lifted their heads, in their line of latitude respectively, to observe the night sky, they would have noticed — the moon shone differently last night. ...

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12 Signs of Bad Parenting

Chinese Facebook users have recently been spreading a comic video about “12 signs of bad parenting.” The video is considered provocative and touches on sensitive points for many parents. Parents try to show love for their children by giving them too much freedom, unknowingly spoiling their kids, and harming their healthy growth. On the other ...

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A parent scolding a child.

Boy Who Fell Into the Enclosure of Harambe, the Cincinnati Zoo Gorilla

The gorilla, named Harambe, only had 10 more minutes to live after a boy climbed over the barrier of his enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and dropped down five meters into Harambe’s shallow water pit in 2016. Harambe, a silverback gorilla, was shot dead in order to save the 4-year-old boy after he had managed to climb ...

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iPhone X Face ID: Is It Really Capable of Replacing Fingerprint ID?

Since the release of Apple’s iPhone X, the new biometric kid on the block is the iPhone X Face ID. In case you might be wondering. No, facial recognition is not a new concept.  However, with its advent on the iPhone X, released in November of 2017, the biometric alternative to fingerprints for smartphones stepped ...

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China and the Advent of Porcelain

The Chinese have been at the forefront of many inventions throughout history — the compass, gunpowder, paper, etc., just to name a few. But one of the seemingly least talked about is porcelain, which is also a Chinese invention. The full scope of inventions that could be attributed to China’s participation in past times is not ...

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Porcelain tea cups and saucers.