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In Western stock markets, green means your shares are up. In Asia, red does. The two systems are completely reversed, because red in Chinese culture has always meant luck, prosperity, and celebration. 红色 (红色, hóng sè) is red. 绿色 (lǜ sè) is green. 红茶 (hóng chá) is what the world calls black tea, because the liquid is actually red. And if someone gives you a white envelope in China, that is not a gift. That is a condolence.
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