Full Coverage: Chinese New Year: The Year of the Monkey
Celebrations are underway for the Chinese New Year, which starts Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. The Lunar New Year in 2016 marks the Year of the Monkey on the Chinese calendar.
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The biggest holiday of the year for many Asian cultures is here: Lunar New Year.
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Facebook might be blocked in China, but Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg hasn’t given up on trying to warm relations between the world’s most populous country and the world’s biggest social network.
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Superstition has it that the Year of the Monkey is not the most auspicious.
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Just days before the dawn of the Year of the Monkey, David Pham walked out of a Wells Fargo bank in Little Saigon — past tubs of purple holiday orchids — clutching $500 in crisp bills.
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Monday marks the beginning of the Lunar New Year, the most important holiday on the Chinese calendar.
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Lia Sagehorn couldn’t tell you if the upcoming Chinese spring festival marked the Year of the Monkey or the Year of the Woolly Mammoth.
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