Chinese culture

Dragon days have kicked in! Chinese New Year started on Feb. 10, and now we are in the dragon days as 2024 is the year of the Wood Dragon according to the Chinese Zodiac. The legendary dragon seems like a fierce animal with fire spewing from its mouth, but do not dread the dragon, on the contrary, the dragon might well be your protective angel.

As South Korea campaigns to retire an old and odd age-counting method that makes people a year or two older than they really are, children are among the few who seem most eager to stick with the past.

June 21, or Summer Solstice, is the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere and marks the start of the summer in Greece.

Across the country the day will average 14 hours and 48 minutes.

In Athens the sun will rise at 6.02 a.m. and set just after 8.50 p.m.

People across Asia prepared Monday for muted Lunar New Year celebrations amid concerns over the coronavirus and virulent omicron variant, even as increasing vaccination rates raised hopes that the Year of the Tiger might bring life back closer to normal.

The Chinese came in a close second with 15%

Universal Studios announced on Aug. 30 that its first theme park in China will open in the country's capital in September.

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The company set the opening date for Sept. 20, according to a statement and video posted on the Chinese social media site WeChat.

"In recent days, we have repeatedly explained that our main concern is maximum face-to-face training with healthy teachers because otherwise there is no way to do face-to-face training." This was said by the Minister of Education Prof. Nikolay Denkov.

German fans are least positive

Lin was allegedly sickened by a cup of poisoned pu-erh tea

Turkey on May 12 announced that tea producers will be allowed to travel to the cities their fields are located in with a special permit as partial restrictions continue in the country.
In a statement, the Interior Ministry said that tea producers will be allowed as of May 19 midnight following the lifting of a four-day partial curfew.