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Global crisis dampens China New Year celebrations
BEIJING (AFP) - Tens of millions of people across China were set to usher in the Lunar New Year Sunday with fireworks and big family reunions, but the global economic crisis put a dampener on celebrations.
Nations:China People:Wen Jiabao Activities:2009 Spring Festival 2008 China Slowdown Source:(AFP)
2009-01-25
Global slump casts a pall over Chinese New Year
BEIJING - Painter Wei Haibin is carefully weighing every purchase as he heads home to Hebei province for China's biggest family holiday -- a time when the economy typically enjoys a bounce.
Nations:China Hong Kong Taiwan Activities:2008 China Slowdown 2009 China New Year Traffic Source:(AP)
2009-01-17
China's jobless migrants go home early for holiday
GUANGZHOU, China - Some hefted their luggage on bamboo shoulder poles. Others carried their things in plastic buckets. All were migrant workers hurrying to get home Thursday before China's Lunar New Year festival -- a holiday that triggers one of the world's biggest annual migrations of humans.
Nations:China Russia Source:(AP)
2009-01-09
China to brighten bleak New Year with cash gifts
BEIJING - China will give its neediest citizens hand-outs of up to 180 yuan ($26) to brighten their mood before the Chinese New Year, a usually festive occasion that has been marred by the economic downturn.
Nations:China
2009-01-09
New Year in NYC Chinatown: Culture, shopping, food
NEW YORK - The Year of the Ox begins Jan. 26 and stores all over Chinatown are selling bright red decorations to mark the new year. But while it's easy to pick up cheap souvenirs at shops around the neighborhood, it's also worth spending a day seeking out the unfamiliar. You can sample new dishes, listen to a two-stringed fiddle called an erhu, or even visit a Buddhist temple.
Nations:U.S.
2009-01-08
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