Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Happy Year of the Rabbit! 祝您兔年愉快！
January 19, 2023
Wherever you may be, we wish you and those close to you the very best Year of the Rabbit. Please accept our annual gift of lunar new year stamps from around the world. We hope you'll take a moment to tell us via email, Facebook or Instagram which of these stamps is your favorite.
China | Hong Kong | Macau | Taiwan | United States | Aland | Armenia | Australia | Belarus | Cambodia | Canada | Cuba | Estonia | France | French Polynesia | Grenada | Guernsey | Guinea-Bissau | Guyana | Hungary | Isle of Man | Jersey | Liechtenstein | New Zealand | Philippines | South Korea | Thailand | Ukraine | United Nations | Vietnam
China's 2023 rabbit year stamps were created by 99-year-old Huáng Yǒngyù 黃永玉, who also created the People's Republic's first such stamp, for the year of the monkey (1980). Already well-known in the 1960s, Huang suffered during the Cultural Revolution. He was targeted for both his writing and his art. He later wrote, “We have to admit that the Cultural Revolution was a very interesting drama. Unfortunately, the price of the ticket was too expensive. So much time, so many lives, blood, and tears” (translation by David Cheng Chang, 2012). Huang has remained a prolific writer and artist. In 2022, his illustrations and poetry were celebrated in a Beijing exhibition. Chinese state television broadcast a couple of stories about him, including him reading one of his poems and being interviewed (1 | 2).
China
Artist: Huáng Yǒngyù 黃永玉
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United States
Artist: Camille Chew; Art director: Antonio Alcalá
2011
Artists: Kam Mak, Clarence Lee (paper cut), Lau Bun (calligraphy), Art director: Ethel Kessler
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Australia
Designed by Chrissy Lau
2011
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Canada
2011
Artist: Tracy Walker, Design: HM&E
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Artist: Ken Koo, Design: Ken Fung
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France
Artist: Chén Jiānghóng 陈江洪
Born in Tianjin, Chen has lived in France since 1988 and is well-known for his children's books and abstract paintings.
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Artist: Li Zhongyao
Guinea-Bissau
2011
Isle of Man
Artist: Stanley Chow
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Laos
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South Korea (Republic of Korea)
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Vietnam
Vietnam's twelve animal cycle varies slightly from that found elsewhere in East and Southeast Asia. In Vietnam, this is the year of the cat, rather than the year of the rabbit. In Australia, some communities have incorporated cats (e.g., giant inflatables, Hello Kitty and more) into this year's celebration.
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Want more lunar new year stamps?
2022: Year of the Tiger
2021: Year of the Ox
2020: Year of the Rat
2019: Year of the Pig
2018: Year of the Dog
2017: Year of the Rooster
2016: Year of the Monkey
2015: Year of the Ram/Goat/Sheep
2014: Year of the Horse
2013: Year of the Snake
2012: Year of the Dragon
2011: Year of the Rabbit
2010: Year of the Tiger
2009: Year of the Ox
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Join us for an in-person conversation on Thursday, November 7th at 4pm with author David M. Lampton as he discusses his new book, Living U.S.-China Relations: From Cold War to Cold War. The book examines the history of U.S.-China relations across eight U.S. presidential administrations.