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A Child stays warm during a visit to the Temple of Heaven in

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on January 26, 2012.

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is welcoming the year of the dragon, a symbol considered to be particularly auspicious because it is the only mythical creature among the dozen animals that represent each year in the Chinese cosmic cycle.

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A woman holds a dragon doll while posing for photos in front of an ancient wall featuring dragons at Beihai park, a former imperial garden in

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, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012.

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BEAUVAL, FRANCE - JANUARY 25: Yuan Zi, a male giant panda and Huan Huan, a female giant panda, share their life inside their enclosure at Zoo Parc De Beauval on January 25, 2012 in Beauval, France. A pair of giant pandas which have been loaned to the zoo by

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, where they hope the pair will reproduce and help boost the world's dwindling panda population.

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Ethnic Tibetans walk the streets in Chengdu in southwest

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's Sichuan province on January 26, 2012. The Tibetan-inhabited region of West Sichuan appeared to be under lockdown after it was rocked by deadly clashes, as exile groups gave grisly details of how the unrest unfolded. Ethnic tension simmered in remote corners of

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's southwestern Sichuan province on Thursday after security forces fired on demonstrators in a series of deadly clashes that

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's government in exile condemned as "gruesome".

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Ethnic Tibetan women attend a wedding in Danba, Sichuan province January 26, 2012.

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Police officers question a taxi driver (2nd R) after stopping him for fetching foreigners in Danba, Sichuan province January 26, 2012.

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A worker at a store that sells cooked ducks looks on in

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on January 26, 2012.

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Yu Qiuyan (R) holds her new-born baby girl Li Muhua (C) as father Li Wanhong (L) stands by, at the Antai maternity hospital in

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on January 26, 2012. As

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welcomes the year of the dragon -- considered to be the most auspicious zodiac symbol in the Chinese lunar calendar -- the country is expecting a five percent increase in the number of babies born in 2012, state-run news agency Xinhua recently reported. Similar increases in birth rates are expected in

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and

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with would-be parents keen to capitalise on the good fortune, intelligence, and success that dragon-babies are believed to inherit.

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's Wang Ru, Qingdao Shan Dong and Pan Ting Ting race in the women's match series at the Miami Olympic Classes Regatta on Biscayne Bay in Miami, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. More than 500 sailors from 44 countries are competing in the stepping stone to the Olympic games.

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People form a line of ice chairs while skating on a frozen lake at a temple fair on the third day of

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, the Year of the Dragon, in

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, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. Temple fairs are held in Chinese cities during the week-long holidays after Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival in China.

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In a picture taken on January 23, 2012, a Chinese family enjoys a day out on a frozen lake on the first day of the Lunar New Year in

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A Chinese man with wings attached to his bike rides past the Tibetan Lama Temple in

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on January 25, 2012.

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Tourists look at a sign stating that the Ngong Ping 360 Cable Car is out of service in

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on January 26, 2012. Hong Kong suspended its popular cable car after a malfunction left hundreds of tourists dangling during the

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holiday.

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Ah Leng the dog chews on ice at the Houhai lake during the Lunar New Year holiday at the start of the 'Year of the Dragon' in Beijing on January 27, 2012.

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Tourists from Hubei Province pose for photos in Chinese emperors clothing during the Lunar New Year holiday at the start of the 'Year of the Dragon' in Beijing on January 27, 2012.

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A Chinese police van is seen on a street in Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan province on January 27, 2012. The Tibetan-inhabited region of West Sichuan appeared to be under lockdown after it was rocked by deadly clashes, as exile groups gave grisly details of how the unrest unfolded.

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An Ethnic Tibetan woman begs for alms on a street in Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan province on January 27, 2012.

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Armed Chinese PLA soldiers & police patrol on a street in Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan province on January 27, 2012.

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BANGKOK, THAILAND - JANUARY 25: Actors and actresses with the Lao Yi Lai Heng Chinese opera get ready for a show at the Plub Plachai temple on January 25, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. The traditional Chinese art form involving music, singing, martial arts and acting has a history of more than 500 years. There are about 30 members working with the group performing the Teochew (Chaozhou) opera doing special shows all week to celebrate the Chinese New year. The Chinese opera is popular in many parts of China, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Macau.

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A performer dressed as the Chinese God of Wealth stands in front of a large dragon costume outside a shopping mall in Hong Kong on January 27, 2012. In Hong Kong, lion dances are often seen during the Chinese Lunar New Year period.

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MONTE-CARLO, MONACO - JANUARY 24: In this handout image provided by the Palais Princier de Monaco, The Shanghai Circus Acrobatic Troupe, Cai Yong receives The 'Golden Clown' award from Prince Albert II of Monaco and from Princess Stephanie of Monaco during the Monte-Carlo 36th International Circus Festival on January 24, 2012 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco.

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A man holds a dragon balloon outside Longhua Buddhist Temple on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Shanghai January 23, 2012. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, begins on January 23 and marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac.

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Zhou Lixin, a worker at the Tom Dog Pet Center in Hanshan county, Anhui province, takes care of a customer's dog. [Cheng Qianjun / For China Daily]

BEIJING - Some pet owners who headed out of town for the holiday engaged neighbors to tend their animals. Others laid in plenty of food and water and hoped for the best.

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Firefighters work to put in chemicals made from dissolved aluminum chloride to neutralize the polluted Longjiang River in Hechi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 26, 2012. Eighty tonnes of aluminum chloride, a neutralizing agent, has been put into the river to eliminate the health risk since excessive cadmium levels was detected in the Hechi section of the Longjiang River on Jan. 15. The incident sparked panic buying of bottled water in Liuzhou, a city that lies at the lower reaches of the river, over the past few days. However, city authorities have taken proper control of the situation by publishing real-time water sample test results via local media and ensuring the supply of bottled water at controlled prices. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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Of all the Chinese festivals, Chinese New Year is for kids of all ages the most loved and anticipated. A boy plays ice made sliding pon with his father at Changdian Temple Fair in Beijing, capital of China, on January 26, 2012.

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Of all the Chinese festivals, Chinese New Year is for kids of all ages the most loved and anticipated

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Young singers from the Quintessenso Hulun Buir Children's Choir perform at the United Nations headquarters in New York, the United States, on Jan. 25, 2012. The Quintessenso Hulun Buir Children's Choir was awarded the prize named 'Caring Citizens of the Humanities: Music and Development' on Wednesday night by UN-HABITAT. (Xinhua/Sheng Hong)

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Tibetan refugees dressed as Chinese soldiers enact the killing of a Tibetan student during their protest in Dharamsala, India, on Saturday Jan. 28, 2012. Three deadly clashes with Chinese security forces in January mark an escalation of a Tibetan protest movement that had expressed itself through scattered individual self-immolations, reflecting both the growing desperation of Tibetans and the harsh response by police

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Chinese people shop at a fish market in Bata on January 28, 2012. China is the major economic partner in Equatorial Guinea

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Exile Tibetan take out a candle light march in solidarity and respect to the 17 immolations in Tibet, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. Three deadly clashes with Chinese security forces in January in Tibet, mark an escalation of a Tibetan protest movement that had expressed itself through scattered individual self-immolations, reflecting both the growing desperation of Tibetans and the harsh response by police

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Paramilitary soldiers pour flocculants into a tank filled with water samples from a polluted river at a hydropower plant in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region January 28, 2012. Water and environmental authorities in south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region are working to control cadmium pollution in the local river, while ruling out the possibility that water sources for Hong Kong and Macao have been contaminated, Xinhua News Agency reported. Flocculants can help suspended heavy metal particles aggregate, facilitating the easier dredging of pollutants.

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An older residential building stands behind a sign with Chinese characters in Hong Kong on January 28, 2012. Hong Kong's real estate market is tipped to extend recent falls this year, analysts said recently, as property transactions dived to a five-year low in 2011 after a slew of measures to curb prices

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Chinese traders let off fireworks outside the Silk Market to bring their businesses prosperity and good fortune on the fifth day of the 'Year of the Dragon' in Beijing on January 27, 2012.

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In this Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 photo, people line up in front of a giant sculpture of Bodhisattva Guanyin, the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy, to wait to pray for good fortune in the Chinese New Year of the Dragon at Guiyuan Temple in Wuhan, in central China's Hubei province. (AP Photo)

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China's Xiaoxu Xu (L) vies for the ball next twith Netherlands' Marieke Veenhoven-Mattheussens during their Champions Trophy 2012 field hockey match in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, on January 28, 2012.

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Visitors have dinner at the Shanghai Old Chenghuang Temple Snack Square during the Spring Festival on Jan. 27, 2012. The Shanghai Old Chenghuang Temple Snack Square takes up 1,500 square meters and has two floor-levels, boasting traditional specialty snacks from all over China – more than 500 kinds in all, about 30 kinds of which have been awarded as "Chinese Famous Cuisine," "Chinese Famous Dim Sum" and "Chinese Famous Snacks." [Photo/China.org.cn, Zhang Tingting]

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A dancer wearing a Chinese costum waits to perform on January 29, 2012 in the Paris 'Chinatown', during the traditional Chinese New Year festivities in the French capital. China is welcoming the year of the dragon, a symbol considered to be particularly auspicious because it is the only mythical creature among the dozen animals that represent each year in the Chinese cosmic cycle.

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France's Interior Minister Claude Gueant (C) speaks in a Chinese restaurant on January 29, 2012 in Paris, during the traditional Chinese New Year festivities in the French capital.

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Chinese women, wearing ethnic minorities costumes, parade on January 28, 2012 in Paris, during the traditional Chinese New Year festivities in the French capital.

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Chinese shoppers walk past a jewellery store in the Wangfujing shopping street at the start of the 'Year of the Dragon' in Beijing on January 29, 2012. China said retail sales surged 16.2 percent year on year to 470 billion yuan (74 billion USD) during the week-long Lunar New Year holiday, as consumers splashed out on food, wine and clothes.

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A Chinese band parades on January 28, 2012 in downtown of Los Angeles, at the traditional Chinese New Year festivities in the California's metropolis.

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Taipei 101 skyscraper looks over a dragon lantern lit up during a rehearsal of the Taipei Lantern Festival in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012.

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Special security personnel check a migrant worker's identity card as he walks from the Beijing Railway station January 29, 2012.

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Revellers attend the Chinese New Year parade at Chinatown in New York January 29, 2012. The Lunar New Year began on January 23 and marked the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac.

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A protester wearing a mask of Hong Kong Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah and holding a golden bowl representing the government's monetary reserves, attends a protest outside of the government offices in Hong Kong on January 29, 2012. Various labor groups attended a protest asking the government to improve the social welfare of lower income families, such as housing support, longer free education and more welfare expenditure.

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Sam (L) and Lily Zeng, the children of jailed Chinese businessman Zeng Hanlin, pose for a photo at an office in Beijing on January 30, 2012. A Chinese millionaire who fled to Canada and was jailed for fraud after he was deported back to China has lodged an appeal against the sentence, his son and lawyer said. Zeng Hanlin, 66, fled in 2004 to escape the charges but was deported in March last year after Canadian authorities dismissed concerns he would be tortured or executed if he returned to China.

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Chinese New Year travelers wait to enter the subway outside Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, China, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012.

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Labourers return to work in a factory at an industrial area in Shanghai January 30, 2012. Millions of migrant workers start to return to factories all over China after Chinese New Year. The world's largest human migration had reached its peak last week after hundreds of millions of people headed home for Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, the biggest of two "Golden Week" holidays. More than 3 billion trips were expected to be made during the travel rush, with a daily average of 5.88 million people on trains.

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Residents at the Beizongbu Hutong in Beijing's Dongcheng district on Saturday talk about the demolition of Liang Sicheng's former residence to a reporter with China Central Television. (Li Wenming / for China Daily)

The latest demolition of a siheyuan, the traditional Chinese courtyard home, in the capital's Dongcheng district, has triggered a huge public outcry, as it once belonged to two architects famed for protecting the country's ancient buildings.

Between 1931 and 1937, Liang Sicheng (1901-72) and his wife Lin Huiyin (1904-55), both regarded as among the most distinguished modern Chinese architects, lived in the courtyard house located at 24 Beizongbu Hutong, Dongcheng district. It was here they finished their groundbreaking study on traditional Chinese architecture.

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Photo taken on Jan. 29, 2012 by a mobile phone shows the escalator accident site in Xidan area of Beijing, capital of China. A young boy died after getting stuck in an escalator at a shopping mall in Beijing, a publicity official from the city's Xicheng District confirmed on Sunday. The accident occurred at about 12:30 p.m. at the Xinyidai (or New Generation) Department Store in Beijing's Xidan shopping center. A further investigation is under way. [Xinhua]

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN - JANUARY 29: Singer Elva Hsiao attends a press conference to promote her album 'I'm Ready' in front of Ximending Taipei City Hospital on January 29, 2012 in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)

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HONG KONG - JANUARY 28: Singer Kelly Chen attends Pegasus Motion Pictures dinner at Grand Hyatt Hotel on January 28, 2012 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)

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HONG KONG - JANUARY 28: Model Lynn Xiong attends Pegasus Motion Pictures dinner at Grand Hyatt Hotel on January 28, 2012 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)

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