January 21, 2012 5:24 AM
Tag: Spring Festival
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The CDT New Year’s Gala
China celebrated the start of the Year of the Dragon with the customary televisual extravaganza and barrage of fireworks, as well as a less traditional burst of record-breaking microblog traffic. 481,207 messages were posted to Sina Weibo in the first minute after midnight, the average of 32,312 per second easily beating Twitter’s month-old record of 25,088 tweets per second set during a TV screeningJanuary 23, 2012 5:15 PM
China Braces for New Year Travel Rush
The Chinese New Year sees hundreds of millions return to their hometowns, placing an enormous strain on transport networks
Dilemma for China’s One-child Generation
As millions of Chinese prepare for the annual trek back to their hometowns to celebrate the Lunar New Year, one group in
January 18, 2012 1:06 PM
High-Speed Rail in China: On the Wrong Track?
The Economist questions whether China’s massive expansion of high-speed rail is the best answer to pressures on its
February 3, 2011 9:09 PM
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- Angst Over State-Managed Festivals
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- Slideshow: All About Train Tickets
- Viewers Criticise Lip-synching Ziyi in CCTV G...
- Shaking Hands with Secretary Hu: Comrade, Goo...
- New Year in Bed
- Trading Tiles for Smiles
- Slideshow: New Year and New Unpaid Migrant Wo...
- Slideshow: Huge Dumpling Banquet
- How the Grinch Stole Chinese New Year
- Video: Lion Dance on Lunar Chinese New Year
- Photo: Spring Festival travelers at the Beiji...
- Cautiously Welcoming the Year of the Rat
- Sexy Beijing: Beijing or Hong Kong?
- Dance: Fei Tian (飞天)
