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All about the Year of the Tiger

(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-02-04 21:06

A vendor selling decorations for the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Tiger waits for customers at a shop in Beijing February 3, 2010. Red decorations are customarily used by the Chinese to usher in the Lunar New Year, which starts on February 14 this year.[Agencies] 

People look at stalls selling various decorations for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year in Taipei January 31, 2010. Chinese people worldwide will usher in the Lunar New Year on February 14. According to the lunar calendar, 2010 is the "Year of the Tiger".[Agencies] 

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