The word for the eighth animal in the Chinese zodiac’s 12-year cycle of creatures in Mandarin does not make the distinction found in English between goats and sheep.
NYTimes New Year's Eve http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/world/asia/chinese-new-year-sheep-goat.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssWith Lunar New Year Show, Another Link to China for a New York Fireworks Family
Planning a show to commemorate the Lunar New Year is just the latest deal with China for the Gruccis, who have been doing business with the country since 1979.
NYTimes New Year's Eve http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/nyregion/with-lunar-new-year-show-another-link-to-china-for-a-new-york-fireworks-family.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssEl año del ‘dumpling’
Se dice que los “dumplings” dan buena suerte y comerlos es la forma tradicional para celebrar el año nuevo, que cae el 19 de febrero.
NYTimes New Year's Eve http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/04/universal/es/receta-dumplings-de-camaron-y-vieras-para-el-ano-nuevo-chino.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssChina Purges a Party’s Rolls (and Tissues)
The authorities in southern China have seized about 8,000 rolls of toilet paper containing unflattering images of Hong Kong’s chief executive, according to an official of the small political party that placed the order.
NYTimes New Year's Eve http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/world/asia/china-purges-a-partys-rolls-and-tissues.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssEvery Year Is the Year of the Dumpling
For the Chinese New Year, celebrate with homemade won tons packed with shrimp and scallops, seasoned simply with ginger, scallions, hot pepper and sesame oil.
NYTimes New Year's Eve http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/04/dining/a-chinese-new-year-dumpling-recipe.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss17 times life just didnt work out
Despite how hard we try, sometimes things just don’t go like you expected.
Fortunately, some sick part of our brain can occasionally turn someone’s bad day into a mood booster, because Schadenfreude is real and seeing people fall is funny sometimes
See also: 20 kids that are already having an awful new year
So the next time you trip on the stairs or accidentally punch yourself in the face in public, pick yourself up and try to remember that any witnesses secretly enjoyed your suffering
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Mashable http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/whornxFnOIc/ Brian KoerberShanghai Blames Local Officials and Police in Deadly New Year’s Stampede
The city dismissed two officials Wednesday after concluding that poor preparations and lax policing led to the panic that left 36 people dead.
NYTimes New Year's Eve http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/22/world/asia/shanghai-blames-local-officials-and-police-in-deadly-new-years-stampede.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssShanghai stampede 'preventable'
A New Year’s Eve stampede in Shanghai that killed 36 people and injured 49 others was “totally preventable,” local officials said Wednesday.
CNN World http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~3/YLmQdsBQtsI/index.htmlTurning a New Year’s Resolution Into Action With the Facts
Much of what we know — or think we know — about keeping self-improvement promises is wrong, experts say. Here are seven common myths about habits.
NYTimes New Year's Eve http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/10/your-money/some-facts-to-turn-your-new-years-resolutions-into-action.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssThe Strip
A weekly comic strip featured in the Sunday Review.
NYTimes New Year's Eve http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/opinion/sunday/the-strip-brian-mcfadden-comics.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss