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Chinese workers carry a lantern in shape of the Goddess of Mercy as they prepare a lantern fair for the lunar Chinese New Year celebrations in Suining, southwest China's Sichuan province.
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A woman passes Chinese New Year decorations for sale on a street in Shanghai. AFP Photo/Peter Parks.
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A Chinese man reads a book as passengers wait in a train, which is specially offered for migrant workers by local government, to depart at a railway station in Beijing on January 8, 2012, as they return home for the lunar Chinese New Year holiday.
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Migrant workers have an annual meal at a local construction site in Chengdu, Sichuan province. Reuters/Stringer.
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A child has a meal with her family at a local construction site in Chengdu, Sichuan province. Reuters/Stringer.
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Workers decorate a dragon-shaped sculpture in preparation for a dragon dance which will involve more than 200 people during the upcoming Chinese New Year in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province. Reuters/Stringer.
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A worker makes a Chinese lion head used for the lion dance in the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin.
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Workers make Chinese lion heads used for the lion dance in the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin.
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A worker makes a Chinese lion head used for the lion dance in the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin.
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