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| Cool feat: Two athletes compete in the UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour, Beijing Stop, on Jan 8. Tao Xiyi / Xinhua |
| Umbrella bird: A foreign student at Liaocheng University, Shandong province, paints patterns with a rooster theme on an oilpaper umbrella on Jan 8 to welcome the upcoming Chinese zodiac Year of the Rooster. Zhao Yuguo / Xinhua |
| Rooster mail: A Canada Post Corp employee displays commemorative stamps in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Jan 9 for the Year of the Rooster, which will begin on Jan 28 according to the Chinese lunar calendar. The corporation has issued stamps for the Chinese zodiac signs every year since 1997. Liang Sen / Xinhua |
| Ice queen: A student from Qianmen Primary School skates in Beijing on Jan 10. Classes in winter sports are expected to be offered at 50 schools in the city this year, with the number rising to 100 by 2020, according to education authorities. Fu Ding / For China Daily |
| Rope trick: Mongolian herdsmen lasso horses during a horse culture festival in Xilinguole prefecture, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on Jan 6. Ren Chuanjun / Xinhua |
(China Daily European Weekly 01/13/2017 page23)
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