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CGTN:Xi Jinping Sends Chinese New Year Greetings, Wishes for Prosperous China

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Monday, February 8, 2021

Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent New Year's greetings to Chinese people of all ethnic groups, wishing happiness and good fortune for the people and prosperity for the nation.

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  • Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent New Year's greetings to Chinese people of all ethnic groups, wishing happiness and good fortune for the people and prosperity for the nation.
  • "I'd like to extend Spring Festival blessings to people of all ethnic groups across the country.
  • I wish everyone good health, happiness for their families, successful careers, and an auspicious Year of the Ox.
  • I also wish our great motherland, with its beautiful mountains and rivers, much prosperity," Xi said.

'People' chosen as Chinese character of the year

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Wednesday, December 30, 2020

BEIJING, Dec. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report by China.org.cn on China's Chinese character of the year:

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  • BEIJING, Dec. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report by China.org.cn on China's Chinese character of the year:
    In a recently published list of buzzwords in China, "min", meaning "people," was chosen as the Chinese character of 2020, while "poverty alleviation" was crowned as the Chinese word of the year.
  • The character "min" is also closely linked with "poverty alleviation," the word of the year.
  • The character "min" can be seen as both a target and a source of conviction.
  • In 2021, the Chinese people will stand together to face challenges and embrace the future.

Cursive is Cool® Handwriting Contest Launches in USA and Canada on National Handwriting Day

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Wednesday, January 23, 2019

The American Handwriting Analysis Foundation organizes the annual Campaign for Cursive contest in the USA and Canada.

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  • The American Handwriting Analysis Foundation organizes the annual Campaign for Cursive contest in the USA and Canada.
  • Campaign for Cursive offers three contests: one in the USA and two in Canada (one for English writers, one for French).
  • Entries for each contest are submitted in different ways and full information can be found on the Cursive is Cool website.
  • Supporters of the contest include the American Handwriting Analysis Foundation, Amsterdam Printing, CursiveLogic, Fahrney's Pens, Laywine's, New American Cursive Penmanship, Pelikan, PEN World, Retro51, Sakura, and Staedtler.

Chinese characters offer graphic view of the world

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Friday, January 4, 2019

The chosen characters and words are brief and to the point, offering a graphic account of the focus of Chinese people's attention in the past year, and the perspectives from which they look at their own country and the rest of the world.

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  • The chosen characters and words are brief and to the point, offering a graphic account of the focus of Chinese people's attention in the past year, and the perspectives from which they look at their own country and the rest of the world.
  • "Striving" has been chosen as the Chinese Character of the Year 2018 reflecting the domestic situation.
  • "The 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening up" has been chosen as the Chinese Word of the Year.
  • These words and characters not only reflect the charm of the Chinese language, but also depict the country's transformative development, its governance style as well as an international community in the eyes of the Chinese people.