Happy Lunar New Year -- the year of the Fire Horse! The Lunar New Year widely celebrated in Korea, Mongolia, Ryukyu, Taiwan, Tibet, and Vietnam... and historically, Japan. Although China is a diverse country and with people such as the Dai, Miao, Kazakhs, and Uyghurs (who mark other dates as the beginning of the new … Continue reading Chinatowns, Soft Power, and the Lunar New Year
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Happy Lunar New Year’s Eve
Tonight is Lunar New Year's Eve in the Americas. It's already New Year's Day in Asia so I suppose I should've posted this earlier since a good number of my readers are in (descending order to gently if unlikely stoke a bit of competition) Japan, the Philippines, China, Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, … Continue reading Happy Lunar New Year’s Eve
Eric Brightwell 