It’s New Year’s Eve in China, and if I were back in my old apartment in Beijing, this is what I would be witnessing as midnight approaches. (If you receive this post by email and cannot see the video, click here to watch it.) Kind of missing China this week. Here’s a round-up of articles […]
China on the Move – Visualized
January 31 is Chinese New Year, the first day of the new year on the lunar calendar. Because it is the most important holiday for spending time with family, the month-long “Spring Festival” sees a mass migration of people from their places of work or study in one part of the country to their hometowns […]
If I were in Beijing This Weekend
I’m not in Beijing to experience the Chinese New Year celebrations, but if I were, this is what I would be seeing outside my living room window: That clip was filmed on New Year’s Eve, 2010 — from my living room window! Part of me is glad to be missing that and part if me […]