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Chinese dancers perform during the launch of the Australian Chinese New Year Festival in Sydney on Friday, Feb. 12, 2010. Dubbed the largest Chinese New Year celebration outside of mainland China, the city of Sydney embraces the year of the Tiger with week-long celebrations.
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Ethnic Chinese women shop for decorations for the upcoming Chinese New Year at a shop in Chinatown in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Friday, Feb. 12, 2010. Ethnic Chinese Malaysians will celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Tiger on Sunday.
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Indonesian students parade a dragon made of 8,288 used plastic water bottles to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year on a street in Jakarta, Indonesia on Friday, Feb. 12, 2010. Ethnic Chinese communities in the world's most populous Muslim country will celebrate the Lunar New Year on Feb. 14.
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Customers collect candies on the crowded Dihua market street, known for its Chinese lunar new year treats, in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010. Chinese new year starts on Feb. 14.
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A Chinese woman walks under red lanterns displayed for the upcoming Lunar New Year outside a park in Beijing, China, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010. Chinese will celebrate the Year of the Tiger on Feb. 14.
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Visitors walk past traditional lanterns on display at Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen Buddhist Temple in Jenjarom, Malaysia, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010.
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Models dress as Chinese gods to celebrate the Chinese New year at Ocean Park in Hong Kong Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. The Chinese New Year falls on Feb. 14 this year and will commemorate the Year of the Tiger.
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Chinese decorations are on sale at a booth in a market in Hong Kong on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. The Chinese New Year falls on Feb. 14 this year and will commemorate the Year of the Tiger.
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A customer look at a calligrapher writing Chinese words to celebrate new year in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, ahead of Chinese New Year which falls on Feb. 14.
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Red Lanterns are on display in downtown Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, the Year of The Tiger begins on Feb. 14.
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A worker hangs red lanterns on a tree for a temple fair during the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing, China, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Chinese Lunar New Year begins on Sunday, Feb. 14.
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Traditional lanterns to celebrate the Chinese New Year are sold at a street stall in Shanghai, China, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Chinese will celebrate the Year of the Tiger on Feb. 14.
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Stuffed tiger dolls are sold at a street stall in Shanghai, China Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Chinese will celebrate the Year of the Tiger on Feb. 14.
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A man waits for customer at his stall selling snacks and Chinese New Year decorative items at a market in China Town in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. Ethnic Chinese communities in the world's most populous Muslim country are preparing to celebrate the start of the Lunar Year of the Tiger.
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People walk near a tiger-shaped lantern set up for the coming Chinese lunar new year, also the Year of the Tiger, in Lanzhou, in northwest China's Gansu province, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. The Chinese lunar new year begins on Feb. 14.
AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin
An ethnic Chinese woman shops for decorations for the upcoming Chinese New Year in Klang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. Ethnic Chinese Malaysians will celebrate the Year of the Tiger on Feb. 14.
AP Photo/Vincent Thian
A man walks past lunar new year decorations on display in downtown Beijing, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. Chinese will celebrate the Year of the Tiger on Feb. 14.