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      Chen Weihua: Optimism defeats slowdown in Shanghai Op Rana: Wishing all a healthy Lunar New Year Liu Shinan: Going home: In pursuit of a better life Hong Liang: HK govt facilitator of economy Hope for a better 2009 in celebrating Lunar New Year (Xinhua/Agencies) Updated: 2009-01-26 09:35 
  Volunteers hold an urn as people rush to place joss sticks in it at the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho temple in Singapore January 26, 2009. Each year, at the stroke of midnight, hundreds of people vie to be the first to place joss sticks in an urn at the temple to mark an auspicious start to their year. Chinese people all over the world are ushering in the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Ox, on January 26. [Agencies]    |