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 | Life in Shanghai: A Chinese street vender sells New Year decorations Thursday Dec. 31, 1998 in Shanghai. The lunar year of 1999 according to Chinese lunar calendar starts on Feb. 16. and according to the Chinese zodiac is the beginning of the Year of the Rabbit. click to open  |  | Life in Beijing: Ringing the changes: more than 1,000 revellers flocked to Beijing's Dazhong Temple on January 1st, 1999, for the time-honoured ritual of hitting the 46-tonne Yongle Bell, the biggest in China, to ring out the old year and ring in the new. [Xinhua] click to open |
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