Year of the Rooster: China readies for New Year celebrations

A tourist walks under the lanterns along a street ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year outside Raohe street Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan January 18, 2017. The Lunar New Year, known locally as the Spring Festival, falls on January 28 this year and marks the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese calendar. (Reuters Photo)

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A tourist walks under the lanterns along a street ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year outside Raohe street Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan January 18, 2017. The Lunar New Year, known locally as the Spring Festival, falls on January 28 this year and marks the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese calendar. (Reuters Photo)

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A boy waves from inside a train as he and his family depart for their hometown for the "Spring Festival" or Lunar New Year on January 24, 2017 at Beijing Railway Station. The huge movement of Chinese travelling home to spend the Lunar New Year with their families is often described as the world's largest human migration and overcrowded planes, trains and automobiles are the norm. (AFP Photo)

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This photo taken on January 22, 2017 shows a Chinese man and his daughter visiting a window papercuts display at Beijing Olympic Park in Beijing. (AFP Photo)

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People walk past lanterns and decorations at a market ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Yangon's Chinatown district on January 24, 2017. (AFP Photo)

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A 1 mm long (0.03 inches) miniature resin figurine of a rooster, is seen inside a ring, created by Taiwanese artist Chen Forng-Shean, ahead of Chinese New Year in New Taipei City, Taiwan January 24, 2017. Picture taken January 24, 2017. (Reuters Photo)

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Chinese children pose for a photograph beside a lantern tree display ahead of the Lunar New Year in Beijing on January 24, 2017. The Lunar New Year, known locally as the Spring Festival, falls on January 28 this year and marks the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese calendar. (AFP Photo)

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Ethnic Chinese Thais light candles after praying at the Leng Nuei Yee Chinese temple in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. (AP Photo)

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A performer takes part in a celebration for the upcoming Chinese New Year at Lisinski hall in Zagreb, Croatia, January 23, 2017. (Reuters Photo)

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Passengers wait for the departure of their train as they travel to their hometowns for the "Spring Festival" or Lunar New Year on January 23, 2017 at Beijing Railway Station. (AFP Photo)

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A man rides his cart under lanterns and decorations ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Chinatown Yangon, Myanmar January 23, 2017. (Reuters Photo)