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Chinese New Year is an official holiday in China, Hong Kong, Macau,.and Taiwan as well as several other Asian countries with large Chinese communities. So how is it celebrated in Australia, Britain, Canada, and the United States.
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Chinese New Year is an official holiday throughout Greater China, which includes the mainland, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. It also enjoys official status in countries with significant Chinese communities, such as Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. Chinese New Year – while not an official holiday – is also celebrated in cities with significant Chinese …
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Every year, the narrow streets of that city's fabled Chinatown come alive with the ear-slitting roar of firecrackers, filling the air with the scent of gunpowder and littering the sidewalks with tattered red paper.