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 | Chinese dragon dancers entertain onlookers as they parade through China Town in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2006, the New Year's Day in the Lunar calendar. The community, including both pro-Beijing and pro-Taipei Chinese residents, mingled with Japanese visitors in the town's largest celebration of the year. click to open  |  | Chinese dancers perform a traditional dance for the Lunar New Year at a park in Beijing, China January 28, 2006. click to open |  | A Chinese dancer performs a traditional dance for the Lunar New Year at a park in Beijing, China January 28, 2006. click to open |  | A plane, operated by Taiwan's China Airlines, prepares to take off for Shanghai at Taiwan's Chiang Kai Shek International Airport January 20, 2006. Hundreds of Taiwanese took off on an airplane on Friday to celebrate the Lunar New Year festival in China, the only time of the year when diplomatic rivals Taipei and Beijing permit non-stop flights. The plane belonging to Taiwan's China Airlines left Taipei shortly after 8 a.m. (0000 GMT) and is due to land in Shanghai in three hours. It returns to Taipei in the afternoon, bringing Taiwanese home for the biggest holiday in the Chinese-speaking world. click to open |  | A worker loads luggage onto a plane bound for Shanghai at Taiwan's Chiang Kai Shek International Airport January 20, 2006. Hundreds of Taiwanese took off on an airplane on Friday to celebrate the Lunar New Year festival in China, the only time of the year when diplomatic rivals Taipei and Beijing permit non-stop flights. The plane belonging to Taiwan's China Airlines left Taipei shortly after 8 a.m. (0000 GMT) and is due to land in Shanghai in three hours. It returns to Taipei in the afternoon, bringing Taiwanese home for the biggest holiday in the Chinese-speaking world. click to open |  | Taiwanese passengers prepare to board a plane to Shanghai at Taiwan's Chiang Kai Shek International Airport January 20, 2006. Hundreds of Taiwanese took off on an airplane on Friday to celebrate the Lunar New Year festival in China, the only time of the year when diplomatic rivals Taipei and Beijing permit non-stop flights. The plane belonging to Taiwan's China Airlines left Taipei shortly after 8 a.m. (0000 GMT) and is due to land in Shanghai in three hours. It returns to Taipei in the afternoon, bringing Taiwanese home for the biggest holiday in the Chinese-speaking world. click to open |  | Migrants head home amid heavy snow in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China January 19, 2006. China's passenger flow will hit two billion trips during the Spring Festival holiday, the National Development and Reform Commission has predicted. The Spring Festival and the Chinese Lunar New Year will start on January 29. click to open |  | A migrant heads home amid heavy snow in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China January 19, 2006. China's passenger flow will hit two billion trips during the Spring Festival holiday, the National Development and Reform Commission has predicted. The Spring Festival and the Chinese Lunar New Year will start on January 29. click to open |  | A girl looks at a boy during a promotion event for the Chinese Year of the Dog outside a shopping mall in Hong Kong January 17, 2006. Retailers in the territory are arranging various kinds of cultural performances in a bid to boost sales before the Lunar New Year, which falls on January 29. click to open |  | Girls look at New Year decorations at a store in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006. Chinese people began to purchase gifts and decorations for the traditional Spring Festival, or the lunar new year due to fall on Jan. 29, 2006. click to open |
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