Shoppers in Taipei and Hong Kong crowd markets as the Lunar New Year approaches. Also known as the Spring Festival, lunar new year is a key date in the calendar for Chinese communities and in several southeast Asian countries, with citizens preparing to usher in the year of the rabbit.

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