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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 10 (January 1, 1936)

The Chinese Puzzle

The Chinese Puzzle.

This New Year rejoicing and rejuicing is almost universal. Everywhere people are commemorating the fact that they have lived to see another year lift its lid. At least, everywhere except China, where things are so different that it is always Wednesday when the rest of the world is enjoying Sunday. New Year in China is as uncertain as lunch on washing day; it is liable to fall where it's dropped. But the Chinese have met the situation by becoming fatalists, which means that they are able to keep up New Year's Day with Celestial calm, Oriental sang froid, Eastern equanimity, fatalistic fixity, and fireworks, at a moment when the rest of the earth, is concentrating on Ash Wednesday, hash Monday, tax Friday, or Saturday night. But there is a moral to be drawn from the Chinese Confucion of thought regarding New Year; and that is, “Whatever the day, let it always be New Year's Day.”

Get Along, Little Doggie, Get Along!

Get Along, Little Doggie, Get Along!

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