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People walk near a tiger-shaped lantern set up for the coming Chinese lunar new year, also the Year of the Tiger, in Lanzhou, in northwest China’s Gansu province. The Chinese lunar new year begins on February 14. Sri Lanka’s economists are calling for greater trade ties with China to boost the country’s export economy as China, like India, is expected to boom and take the rest of the world out of the economic recession. (AP) |