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Twitterati Puts on the Dog as Chinese Lunar New Year Kicks Off

Today, on February 16, which marks the start of a new 2018 year in line with the lunar eastern calendar, social networks erupted with congratulatory posts and super cute images of pooches, symbolic in the new Dog year.
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As it is the so-called Yellow Dog that symbolizes the 2018 year, Internet users can hardly help sharing  their bow-wow pics, which, they hope, will deliver the best possible wishes to their relations and friends … or will even challenge those posted by the latter.

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Indeed so, as the pooch competition seems to have been long under way on Twitter at least:

 

Ugh, it’s really difficult to resist the temptation of stroking these furry cuties, even more so on such a dog-related festive occasion:

Many choose humorous captions to accompany their videos and pics, no less funny at times:

But some, however, opt for images way hotter:  

Spectacular events that mark the new lunar year gain pretty much attention on Twitter as well:

And even pandas, Chinese landmark furry creatures, rejoice:

Discuss