Celebration

www.chengduliving.com — Seeing as it’s the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, celebrations and songs are taking place all across the country. These are the highlights of the last few days, gathered from the Chinese internet.

www.miamiherald.com — This is why Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo came back. The Chinese pair finally won the Olympic gold medal that eluded them for so many years Monday night, a prize so compelling it lured them out of the cozy life of a happily retired married couple. It wasn't the best skate of their career, but it was good enough for gold - and that was all that mattered.

ecumenicalbuddhism.blogspot.com — While it does not always fall on the same date, this year Chinese New Year and Tibet's Losar fall on the same date. Losar is celebrated for 15 days, with the main celebrations on the first three days. Losar is also known as Bal Gyal Lo. Bal is Tibet, Gyal is King, Lo is year. The Losar is also celebrated across the Himalayas and in India as well.