Year of the Ox

Starting to feel like Chinese New Years around here. Even though we're more than a week away from the actual New Year, fireworks erupt from random corners of the city almost every hour and everyone is wishing everyone else a "xin nian kuai le".

This will be the Year of the Ox and giant golden statues are up in many parts of Shanghai, like this one near our office. The ox is a symbol of prosperity achieved through fortitude and hard work... we could all use a little of that these days!