With a Roar, the Year of the Tiger Arrives
February 23rd 2010 Huge, colorful fireworks explode mere meters from my sixth-story apartment window. Firecrackers so loud that I can't hear myself think erupt throughout my neighborhood. Families gather to watch CCTV stations broadcast the New Year's Eve television extravaganza. In southern China, lion dances abound as drums pound and cymbals crash. The Year of the Tiger has arrived with a roar.
Although I had c
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