Living in Shanghai Lifestyle Service for Foreigners What`s On Happy Dog Year 2006 is the Year of the Dog in the Chinese calendar. The Chinese New Year falls on January 29 this year. The city has been decorated in red - red lanterns, red Chinese knots and red Spring Festival couplets. Latest Report Barking dog brings about wealth, fortune (29/1 09:41) Dog barking is no unpleasant noise but an auspice of fortune in the ears of Chinese, especially in the coming Year of the Dog in the Chinese lunar calendar. Red: the color of China  (28/1 10:08) No color has quite the effect that red has. For China the color has such significance and associations that it is China's color and this New Year it will be impossible to avoid. It does, however, evoke different feelings in different people. Chinese Premier on New Year visit to Shandong Province  (29/1 10:49) Hong Kong in festive mood before ""lunar year of dog""  (29/1 10:48) Beijing re-embraces firecrackers  (29/1 10:47) Mission impossible to fully revive old Spring Festival flavor  (29/1 10:46) Top leaders visit farmers on New Year's Eve  (29/1 09:30) Holiday for disabled kids  (28/1 10:51) Rural respite for the New Year  (28/1 10:17) A celebration for all  (28/1 10:15) The most important meal of the year  (28/1 10:14) ABC for Chinese New Year  (28/1 10:11) Drum performance  (28/1 10:01) Big discounts over warm holiday  (28/1 09:46) Imported fruits popular presents  (28/1 09:36) 20m aided in world's biggest alms drive  (28/1 09:35) >>more    Hot Topics ARATS chief's Taiwan visit Quake jolts southwest China Shanghai World Expo 2010 more topics