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2019-02-01 11:40:31

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Boring, Awkward, Crude: Why Are China’s New Year Parties So Bad?

Managers are reducing once-popular office get-togethers to tedious and occasionally obscene ordeals.

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Chinese New Year Brings Box Office Boom

Homegrown Spring Festival releases set lofty records.

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Fog Traps Chinese New Year Tourists on Holiday Island Hainan

Suspended ferry services lead to massive traffic jams and sky-high plane ticket prices.

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Court cases involving Chinese New Year gifts show the law disagrees with tradition.

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Fire at Lhasa Temple Amid New Year Holiday

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Reinventing ‘Nianhua,’ a Faded Chinese New Year Tradition

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