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Happy New Year

by Jian Shuo Wang (@jianshuo) on January 22, 2004 under New Year

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Image courtesy of Google.com

The Year of Monkey Arrived!

Fireworks Picture of Last Night

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© Jian Shuo Wang

The pictures above were taken from the window of my living room. This is the first time I stayed in Shanghai for Spring Festival - before this year, Wendy and I took trains to go back to our hometown. Those were miserable journey since trains are always crowded in this season.

So, it is the first time I took pictures of the fireworks. The fireworks are more splendid than any fireworks I have ever seen. :-D So many families went to the square of the residential garden and fired their own fireworks. Yes. The pictures I took were all fired by local residents. No government fund was involved.

Share Some Interesting Numbers

I'd like to share some amazing numbers with readers outside China. Just guess how many people watched the Spring Festival Celebration Party from CCTV? The statistics came out and the number is 500 million. Although the number decreased a little bit from last year (I remember), this four-hour program should still be the most popular program in the world in terms of number audience.

Also, it is forecasted that 17 billion SMS messages will be sent in China during this Spring Festival alone. The number was 7 billion last year. Think about it. 0.1 RMB for one SMS. It means 1.7 billion RMB income for China Telecom and Unicom alone in several days. I felt the difference since many people who didn't send New Year greetings last year sent me SMS this year. I got around 40 SMS last night.

Note: Update may not be regular in the Spring Festival (from Jan 22 to Jan 29). :-D Wish you a happy New Year!

P.S. Today, I was interviewed by Jocelyn, from Marketplace.org. The interview is expected to be online tomorrow at http://marketplace.org

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Comments

I should have known! Was just checking in to mention that you must be sure to check out the Google logo today. Enjoy the Spring Festival, Jian Shuo :-)

Posted by: Carroll on January 23, 2004 12:23 AM

Carroll, thanks for the greetings. Happy Spring Festival to you too. I was sure that Google will put something on their website to celebrate the holiday.

Posted by: Jian Shuo Wang on January 23, 2004 1:39 AM

haha! Happy year of monkey! I like that one: Monkey and Nemo!

Posted by: owen on January 23, 2004 2:45 AM


Do you know that your voice was just heard by tens of thousands Americans Thursday? Marketplace is a 30-minutes daily program broadcasted by several hundreds public radio stations throughout US. Now you are a really famous
guy :-)

Posted by: JH on January 23, 2004 10:27 AM

Happy Monkey Year ! Xiao Wang and your Wendy !
I notice at the first day of this new year, you became more eminent. Please let us know what you talked to world if you want to. I didn't find the content in website above.

Posted by: Xu on January 23, 2004 7:10 PM

Here is the clip!

http://www.marketplace.org/play/audio.php?media=/2004/01/22_mpp&start=00:00:08:27.9&end=00:00:12:07.2

Posted by: Jun Jiang on January 23, 2004 8:24 PM

wow.....it's so happy to know a world-wide famouse man ^^

Posted by: tutu on January 23, 2004 10:24 PM

JH, thanks for letting me know what MarketPlace program is. I never heard of this program before. Sorry Jocelyn. I never listen to U.S radio except Voice of America between 1993-1996. That was the only radio I can access from U.S using my short band radio. There is no Internet radio access for me at that time.

I checked with my friends from U.S today and they confirmed MarketPlace is a famous program. I was very embarrased to hear my voice from the radio record for the so poor pronounciation. I thought my pronounciation was better in my own record. It seems the long distance phone system changed my voice greatly. :-D I have to find out a scape goat for me. Haha.

Posted by: Jian Shuo Wang on January 24, 2004 12:05 AM

Glad to know that you were on the famous radio! And you voice and pronounciation were good and pretty clear for me even via my shabby laptop's speakers. Really *KEWL*! ;)

Posted by: Billy Qiu on January 24, 2004 12:29 AM

I really love those google logos...

Posted by: Sleep on January 24, 2004 10:07 AM

For your information. Voice of America is a pro US government mouthpiece. Nothing but US govt propaganda.

Posted by: Kalvin on May 25, 2004 8:45 AM

I didn't hear any body talk about VOA in the recent 5 years.

Posted by: Jian Shuo Wang on May 25, 2004 6:05 PM

Happy new year again.

Posted by: Jim on November 23, 2004 12:11 AM

cute Images

Posted by: sri on December 26, 2004 11:42 AM

Happy New Year to you and your family!
Svetlana Danilova

Posted by: Nataliya Feydorova on December 28, 2004 11:25 PM

happy new year

Posted by: rohit on December 29, 2004 2:56 PM

Those logos ar amazing
and i hope your site will be the
best site


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That said...Nice pics !

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Posted by: V.K. on December 31, 2005 2:05 PM

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Posted by: sonia on December 31, 2005 8:22 PM

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BYE AND LOVE 2 SEE U ALL

Posted by: ibrahim on December 31, 2005 10:55 PM

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Posted by: sanam on December 31, 2005 11:38 PM

Happy New Year!!! May ALLAH Bless us all.

Posted by: eve on January 1, 2006 12:15 AM

Shovo nababarso

Posted by: sanjay kumar basak on April 14, 2006 2:10 AM

For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.

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A very Gorgious, Crispy, Minky, Freashy & Salty Happy Ney Year.
May this year brought of love & joy for u all.
***********To all the Human Beings************
BA BYE.

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Posted by: sohel on January 1, 2007 11:37 AM

Each moment in a day has its own value. Morning brings HOPE, Afternoon brings FAITH, Evening brings LOVE, Night brings REST, Hope you will all of them everyday. HAPPY NEW YEAR

Posted by: Vasudev on January 1, 2007 1:14 PM

its very nice saw somthing new on the new year

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Happy new year 2008

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Happy monkey year..haha..Recently i visit Jackson & Perkins store and saw wide range of gifts for this new year celebrations at great discounted prices through coupons from couponalbum.com..

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Posted by: sanjeev on December 28, 2007 10:50 AM

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Posted by: nisha on December 28, 2007 11:54 PM

Before the sun sets in this year, before the memories fade, before the net works get jammed,,,,,Wish u and ur family Happy Sparkling New Year 2008 !!

Posted by: nisha on December 28, 2007 11:56 PM

Hope The New Year brings a lot of good cheer for you, May all Your Dreams Will be True, Hope the year also bring Gigabyte of Fun, Happy New Near and good luck with your Resolution

Each moment in a day has its own value. Morning brings HOPE, afternoon brings FAITH, Evening brings LOVE Night brings REST, Hope you will all of them everyday. HAPPY NEW YEAR

Fill ur life with Happiness & Bright Cheer, Bring to u Joy and Prosperity for the whole Year,And it's my New Year wish 4u Dear...Wish u a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Buddha says, "In the end, only 3 things matter... how much we loved, how gently we lived and how gracefully we let go of the things not meant for us. "HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008. FRIENDS...."

Posted by: nisha on December 28, 2007 11:57 PM

My Very Special Friend..I pray you lay in rest,God bless you always &
may New Year 2008..Bring you a lot of Love & Happiness.

Posted by: sahebrao on December 30, 2007 6:33 PM

I WISH U " HAPPY
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Posted by: anees on December 31, 2007 5:03 PM

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Posted by: laxman on December 31, 2007 5:12 PM

wish u a very very happy new year.

GOD bless u. take Care

Posted by: maqbool ahmed on December 31, 2007 5:32 PM

HAPPY NEW YEAR WISH U ALL INDIAN,S FRIEND & GOD BLESH YOU.

Posted by: YOGESH BHATT on December 31, 2007 11:14 PM

New Year is the time to unfold new horizons & realize new dreams, to rediscover the strength & faith within u, to rejoice in simple pleasures & gear up 4 new challenges. Wishing u a truly fulfilling 2008

Posted by: George on January 1, 2008 2:13 AM

Happy New Year once again!

Posted by: Pallab on January 1, 2008 2:14 AM

Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbours and let each new year find you a better man.
Wish you happy new year
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Posted by: Jayanthi Murugesan on January 1, 2008 9:50 AM

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Posted by: sim on January 1, 2008 5:58 PM

oo huta bollni

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Posted by: Madhu on February 24, 2009 1:31 PM

hey!!!
i am wishing " HAPPY DIWALI " & " HAPPY NEW YEAR " to all the indians for year 2009.
i hope you will enjoy the safe diwli " THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHT ".

Posted by: kuldip patel on October 14, 2009 3:35 AM
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