Chinese New Year v.s. Lunar New Year

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Useful graph from Jane: https://www.threads.com/@wongmjane/post/DUzvR7_ESDa/i-came-u...

Malaysians call it CNY. Part of it is because Korean, Mongolian, etc are more of a minority here. I think another part of it is because the Islamic year is also lunar, which makes it more confusing. Especially this year, where CNY coincides with Ramadan.