Archive for February, 2010
What is Lunar New Year?
02Feb10
Lunar New Year, or Chinese New Year, is the most important festival in Chinese culture. It is celebrated on the new moon of the first month according to the lunar calendar, and is a time for family reunions and scrumptious feasts. Although it is always in January or February, the Chinese New Year does not […]
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Howard Zinn, author of the monumental work, A People’s History of the United States, which revolutionized the way textbooks present historical research, died last week, on January 27, 2010, of heart failure. He was 87. Zinn authored more than 20 books, but it was his bestseller A People’s History of the United States, which he […]
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