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Weekly Photos: Jan 10 - Jan 16
Updated: 2011-01-17 10:15
(chinadaily.com.cn)
An employee works at a Chinese new year merchandising factory in Yiwu, Zhejiang province Jan 11, 2011. The Chinese New Year will begin on February 3, 2011, and according to the Lunar calendar, is the Year of the Rabbit. The Chinese character next to the worker (L) reads "Happiness". [Photo/Agencies]
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People queue to buy laba porridge at a temple during the Laba Festival in Hefei, Anhui province, Jan 11, 2011. The Laba Festival, which falls on the eighth day of the twelfth month of the lunar Chinese calendar, commemorates the date of Sakyamuni Buddha's enlightenment. Having laba porridge during the Laba Festival is believed to bring good fortune. [Photo/Agencies]
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