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Andrew Wong/Getty Images A vendor sells sunglasses in the shape of 2008 at the Ditan temple fair on February 6, 2008, in Beijing, China. Beijing residents go to temple fairs to buy and sell goods and enjoy folk performances during the seven-day long Chinese New Year holiday. The Year of the Rat started on February ...

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A vendor sells sunglasses in the shape of 2008 at the Ditan temple fair on February 6, 2008, in Beijing, China. Beijing residents go to temple fairs to buy and sell goods and enjoy folk performances during the seven-day long Chinese New Year holiday. The Year of the Rat started on February 7, 2008. 

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