After an arduous Rat year, what will the Ox bring?KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 12): Few people will be sorry to see the end of the difficult Metal Rat year, which will be most remembered for the pandemic of unprecedented scale that it brought that disrupted economies and devastated livelihoods.
Today, Feb 12, marks the start of the year of the Ox, the second animal in the Chinese zodiac. The Ox symbolises diligence and steadfastness and is highly regarded — in fact revered in some Asian cultures — due in no small part to its importance in agriculture.