Commentary: Chinese New Year is exhausting, but here’s why we keep celebrating it

[Channel NewsAsia] - 01/27/2025

Festivals like Chinese New Year are ways for people to come together and interact, but individuals are also celebrating them differently than from the past. Sociologist Terence Heng explains how and why social interaction is important regardless of how we celebrate them.



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