Spring Festival Spending Binge and The Year of the Rat

The year of the Rat is upon us. In about a week, Feb. 9th, the golden pigs will give away to the year of the rat. China is preparing for the Spring Festival and a huge spending binge. Hundreds of millions of Chinese people are on the move, heading home. Forget the traffic, the transportation hassles, even the crappy weather, Chinese are going to the stores to buy red couplets, red lanterns, red paper-cuts, red fireworks, red knots, red rats, red, red, red....

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