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A migrant carries his belongings as he arrives at the Beijing railway station to catch a train in Beijing, Friday, February 13, 2015. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)

A migrant carries his belongings as he arrives at the Beijing railway station to catch a train in Beijing, Friday, February 13, 2015. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)




Visitors play games underneath toy sheep  at Chaoyang Park's International Spring Carnival for the Lunar New Year in Beijing Saturday, February 21, 2015. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)

Visitors play games underneath toy sheep at Chaoyang Park's International Spring Carnival for the Lunar New Year in Beijing Saturday, February 21, 2015. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)




Performers from the Vladimir circus theater entertain the crowds during the Chaoyang Park's International Spring Carnival for the Lunar New Year celebration in Beijing Saturday, February 21, 2015. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)

Performers from the Vladimir circus theater entertain the crowds during the Chaoyang Park's International Spring Carnival for the Lunar New Year celebration in Beijing Saturday, February 21, 2015. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)




Chinese people play in the snow near penguin sculptures installed at Taoranting Park's temple fair for Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing Monday, February 23, 2015. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)

Chinese people play in the snow near penguin sculptures installed at Taoranting Park's temple fair for Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing Monday, February 23, 2015. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)




Children play inside an inflatable tube on the snow at Taoranting Park's temple fair for Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing Monday, February 23, 2015. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)

Children play inside an inflatable tube on the snow at Taoranting Park's temple fair for Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing Monday, February 23, 2015. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)




A customer (R) looks on as a vendor arranges fish on display at a stall in a market, in Shenyang, Liaoning province February 10, 2015. China's annual consumer inflation hit a five-year low in January while factory deflation worsened, underscoring deepening weakness in the economy and heaping pressures on policymakers to inject more stimulus to underpin growth. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A customer (R) looks on as a vendor arranges fish on display at a stall in a market, in Shenyang, Liaoning province February 10, 2015. China's annual consumer inflation hit a five-year low in January while factory deflation worsened, underscoring deepening weakness in the economy and heaping pressures on policymakers to inject more stimulus to underpin growth. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




A vendor selling traditional candies waits for customers at a shopping district in Beijing February 10, 2015. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A vendor selling traditional candies waits for customers at a shopping district in Beijing February 10, 2015. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




A food vendor waits for customers at a shopping district in Beijing February 10, 2015. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A food vendor waits for customers at a shopping district in Beijing February 10, 2015. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




A worker makes red lanterns as orders hike ahead of the Spring Festival, at a workshop in Wenxian county, Henan province February 11, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)

A worker makes red lanterns as orders hike ahead of the Spring Festival, at a workshop in Wenxian county, Henan province February 11, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)




Residents do morning exercises at a park on a hazy day in Shenzhen, Guangdong province February 12, 2015. Nearly 90 percent of China's big cities failed to meet air quality standards in 2014, but that was still an improvement on 2013 as the country's “war on pollution” began to take effect, the environment ministry said on February 2. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Residents do morning exercises at a park on a hazy day in Shenzhen, Guangdong province February 12, 2015. Nearly 90 percent of China's big cities failed to meet air quality standards in 2014, but that was still an improvement on 2013 as the country's “war on pollution” began to take effect, the environment ministry said on February 2. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




A boy makes faces as he looks out a window of a train at a railway station in Huizhou, Guangdong province February 11, 2015. The Chinese Ministry of Transport said a total of 2.807 billion trips are expected to be made during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, which will begin on February 4 and last until March 16, Xinhua News Agency reported. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A boy makes faces as he looks out a window of a train at a railway station in Huizhou, Guangdong province February 11, 2015. The Chinese Ministry of Transport said a total of 2.807 billion trips are expected to be made during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, which will begin on February 4 and last until March 16, Xinhua News Agency reported. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




A man talks on his mobile phone outside a construction site in central Beijing, in this October 14, 2013 file photo. Data traffic on Chinese mobile devices jumped almost 50 percent in 2014 but overall usage was modest by global standards, reflecting low consumption in rural areas that hasn't gone unnoticed by telecoms firms. (Photo by Petar Kujundzic/Reuters)

A man talks on his mobile phone outside a construction site in central Beijing, in this October 14, 2013 file photo. Data traffic on Chinese mobile devices jumped almost 50 percent in 2014 but overall usage was modest by global standards, reflecting low consumption in rural areas that hasn't gone unnoticed by telecoms firms. (Photo by Petar Kujundzic/Reuters)




A couple is seen using their mobile phones as they wait to participate in a staged mass wedding, organised as part of a matchmaking event to inspire singles to get married, in Shanghai in this May 18, 2013 file photo. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)

A couple is seen using their mobile phones as they wait to participate in a staged mass wedding, organised as part of a matchmaking event to inspire singles to get married, in Shanghai in this May 18, 2013 file photo. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)




A family of migrant workers carry their belongings towards a bus stop, to wait for a bus that will bring them to a train station, at a migrant workers' village in Beijing February 12, 2015. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A family of migrant workers carry their belongings towards a bus stop, to wait for a bus that will bring them to a train station, at a migrant workers' village in Beijing February 12, 2015. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




A woman hangs laundry next to sausages, that have been left out to dry, at a migrant workers' village in Beijing February 12, 2015. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A woman hangs laundry next to sausages, that have been left out to dry, at a migrant workers' village in Beijing February 12, 2015. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




A vendor, selling traditional decorations for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, reads a newspaper as she waits for customers at a migrant workers' village in Beijing February 12, 2015. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A vendor, selling traditional decorations for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, reads a newspaper as she waits for customers at a migrant workers' village in Beijing February 12, 2015. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




A woman holds her son in a playground in a residential area in Shanghai in this July 26, 2014 file photo. China's new home prices may have bottomed and even started to rebound in January after eight months of decline, industry surveys showed, fuelling hopes that official data due on February 17, 2015 will confirm a recovery in the massive property market. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)

A woman holds her son in a playground in a residential area in Shanghai in this July 26, 2014 file photo. China's new home prices may have bottomed and even started to rebound in January after eight months of decline, industry surveys showed, fuelling hopes that official data due on February 17, 2015 will confirm a recovery in the massive property market. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)




A chef shows goat-shaped chocolates, two of them painted with edible gold powder, as he prepares to make a cake celebrating the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, during a photo opportunity at a kitchen of Kerry Hotel in Beijing, February 12, 2015. The price of the cake is 208 RMB ($33), the hotel said. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A chef shows goat-shaped chocolates, two of them painted with edible gold powder, as he prepares to make a cake celebrating the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, during a photo opportunity at a kitchen of Kerry Hotel in Beijing, February 12, 2015. The price of the cake is 208 RMB ($33), the hotel said. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




Goat-shaped chocolates, two of them painted with edible gold powder, displayed on a plate while a chef prepares to make a cake celebrating the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, during a photo opportunity at a kitchen of Kerry Hotel in Beijing, February 12, 2015. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

Goat-shaped chocolates, two of them painted with edible gold powder, displayed on a plate while a chef prepares to make a cake celebrating the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, during a photo opportunity at a kitchen of Kerry Hotel in Beijing, February 12, 2015. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




A chef paints a goat-shaped chocolate with edible gold powder, as he prepares to make a cake celebrating the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, during a photo opportunity at a kitchen of Kerry Hotel in Beijing, February 12, 2015. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A chef paints a goat-shaped chocolate with edible gold powder, as he prepares to make a cake celebrating the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, during a photo opportunity at a kitchen of Kerry Hotel in Beijing, February 12, 2015. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




A chef places a goat-shaped chocolate, which is painted with edible gold powder, on a cake celebrating the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, during a photo opportunity at a kitchen of Kerry Hotel in Beijing, February 12, 2015. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A chef places a goat-shaped chocolate, which is painted with edible gold powder, on a cake celebrating the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, during a photo opportunity at a kitchen of Kerry Hotel in Beijing, February 12, 2015. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




A waitress poses with a cake decorated with a goat-shaped chocolate, which is painted with edible gold powder, to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, during a photo opportunity at a bakery of Kerry Hotel in Beijing, February 12, 2015. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A waitress poses with a cake decorated with a goat-shaped chocolate, which is painted with edible gold powder, to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, during a photo opportunity at a bakery of Kerry Hotel in Beijing, February 12, 2015. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




A woman covers her nose and mouth with her scarf amid heavy haze, as she rides a bicycle at the Pudong financial area in Shanghai, February 12, 2015. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)

A woman covers her nose and mouth with her scarf amid heavy haze, as she rides a bicycle at the Pudong financial area in Shanghai, February 12, 2015. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)




Migrant workers ride their motorcycles with families and friends, as they make their way home for the upcoming Spring Festival, on a hazy day in Fengkai county, Guangdong province, February 12, 2015. From the start of the travel rush period due to the coming Chinese Lunar New Year. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)

Migrant workers ride their motorcycles with families and friends, as they make their way home for the upcoming Spring Festival, on a hazy day in Fengkai county, Guangdong province, February 12, 2015. From the start of the travel rush period due to the coming Chinese Lunar New Year, thousands of migrant worker families are heading back to their hometowns on back of their motorcycles everyday since they consider motorcycle more convenient and economical than conventional long-journey traffic tools, local media reported. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)




A police car leads along a street as migrant workers ride their motorcycles to go home for the upcoming Spring Festival, on a hazy day in Fengkai county, Guangdong province, February 12, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)

A police car leads along a street as migrant workers ride their motorcycles to go home for the upcoming Spring Festival, on a hazy day in Fengkai county, Guangdong province, February 12, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)




A boy, dressed in traditional Chinese clothes, reacts as his grandmother tries to take a picture of him and his sister with a mobile phone, on a busy street in downtown Shanghai, February 12, 2015. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)

A boy, dressed in traditional Chinese clothes, reacts as his grandmother tries to take a picture of him and his sister with a mobile phone, on a busy street in downtown Shanghai, February 12, 2015. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)




A man drives his electric bike along an area with traditional decorations, for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, in downtown Shanghai, February 12, 2015. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)

A man drives his electric bike along an area with traditional decorations, for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, in downtown Shanghai, February 12, 2015. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)




A vendor, selling traditional decorations for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, looks at his mobile phone as he waits for customers at a shopping area in downtown Shanghai, February 12, 2015. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)

A vendor, selling traditional decorations for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, looks at his mobile phone as he waits for customers at a shopping area in downtown Shanghai, February 12, 2015. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)




A farmer works on a wasteland near a construction site of new residential buildings in a suburb in Shanghai in this December 9, 2014 file photo. As China pulls out the stops to get more lending into its economy to bolster flagging growth, farming, a sector that employs almost a third of its 1.4 billion people, remains in desperate need of funding. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)

A farmer works on a wasteland near a construction site of new residential buildings in a suburb in Shanghai in this December 9, 2014 file photo. As China pulls out the stops to get more lending into its economy to bolster flagging growth, farming, a sector that employs almost a third of its 1.4 billion people, remains in desperate need of funding. Policymakers have cut interest rates, increased lending targets and freed up banks' reserves to lend more, helping to sustain a rally in Chinese shares and a property bubble, but it is not getting through to agriculture, which produces around 9 percent of China's GDP, though with pitiful productivity. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)




Uighur farmers hoe their farmlands to prepare for growing potatoes in Barkol Kazahk Autonomous county, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region in this May 4, 2014 file photo. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)

Uighur farmers hoe their farmlands to prepare for growing potatoes in Barkol Kazahk Autonomous county, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region in this May 4, 2014 file photo. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)




A man sets off fireworks as residents celebrate the start of the Chinese New Year in Shanghai in this February 9, 2013 file photo. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)

A man sets off fireworks as residents celebrate the start of the Chinese New Year in Shanghai in this February 9, 2013 file photo. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)




A vendor chops pork at a market in Huaibei, Anhui province, in this May 9, 2014 file photo. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A vendor chops pork at a market in Huaibei, Anhui province, in this May 9, 2014 file photo. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




Migrant workers ride their motorcycles with families and friends, as they past a checkpoint on their way home for the upcoming Spring Festival, on a hazy day in Fengkai county, Guangdong province, February 12, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Migrant workers ride their motorcycles with families and friends, as they past a checkpoint on their way home for the upcoming Spring Festival, on a hazy day in Fengkai county, Guangdong province, February 12, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




Red lantern decorations are installed on a tree for the upcoming Spring Festival celebrations in a temple fair at a park in Beijing February 13, 2015. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)

Red lantern decorations are installed on a tree for the upcoming Spring Festival celebrations in a temple fair at a park in Beijing February 13, 2015. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)




An employee of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC) counts money at one of the bank's branches at the Shanghai Free Trade Zone in Pudong district, in Shanghai, in this September 24, 2014 file photo. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)

An employee of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC) counts money at one of the bank's branches at the Shanghai Free Trade Zone in Pudong district, in Shanghai, in this September 24, 2014 file photo. Chinese authorities will cut interest rates, increase liquidity and tolerate some currency weakness to ensure the economy grows around 7 percent this year, as they try to head off deflation and keep employment strong enough to push on with reforms, policy insiders say. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)




A couple walk past an installation art work of roses at a shopping centre on Valentine's Day, in Beijing February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)

A couple walk past an installation art work of roses at a shopping centre on Valentine's Day, in Beijing February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)




A woman poses for photographs next to an installation art work of roses at a shopping center on Valentine's Day, in Beijing February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)

A woman poses for photographs next to an installation art work of roses at a shopping center on Valentine's Day, in Beijing February 14, 2015. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)




A couple kisses during a kissing contest on Valentine's Day in Jinan, Shandong province, February 14, 2015. Some 40 couples attended the contest and the winners were awarded a diamond ring and a monetary reward of 214 yuan ($34), according to local media. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A couple kisses during a kissing contest on Valentine's Day in Jinan, Shandong province, February 14, 2015. Some 40 couples attended the contest and the winners were awarded a diamond ring and a monetary reward of 214 yuan ($34), according to local media. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




Villagers wash clothes in the garbage-filled Shenling River, in Yuexi county, Anhui province, February 14, 2015. (Photo by William Hong/Reuters)

Villagers wash clothes in the garbage-filled Shenling River, in Yuexi county, Anhui province, February 14, 2015. (Photo by William Hong/Reuters)




People shop at a garment market ahead of the upcoming Spring Festival, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

People shop at a garment market ahead of the upcoming Spring Festival, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, February 14, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




A diver performs a dragon dance for children at Beijing Aquarium, February 16, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)

A diver performs a dragon dance for children at Beijing Aquarium, February 16, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)




A woman gestures at a stall selling decorations ahead of the upcoming Spring Festival in Wuhan, Hubei province February 16, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A woman gestures at a stall selling decorations ahead of the upcoming Spring Festival in Wuhan, Hubei province February 16, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




A performer, dressed as a Qing dynasty emperor (C), takes part in a rehearsal of the re-enactment of the ancient Qing Dynasty ceremony, in which emperors prayed for good harvest and fortune for the Chinese New Year celebration, at Ditan Park, also known as the Temple of Earth, in Beijing, February 16, 2015. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A performer, dressed as a Qing dynasty emperor (C), takes part in a rehearsal of the re-enactment of the ancient Qing Dynasty ceremony, in which emperors prayed for good harvest and fortune for the Chinese New Year celebration, at Ditan Park, also known as the Temple of Earth, in Beijing, February 16, 2015. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




A boy, in a transitional costume, plays with pigeons at Ditan Park, also known as the Temple of Earth, in Beijing, February 16, 2015. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A boy, in a transitional costume, plays with pigeons at Ditan Park, also known as the Temple of Earth, in Beijing, February 16, 2015. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




Pigeons fly in front of red paper lanterns, in place for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, at Ditan Park, also known as the Temple of Earth, in Beijing, February 16, 2015. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

Pigeons fly in front of red paper lanterns, in place for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, at Ditan Park, also known as the Temple of Earth, in Beijing, February 16, 2015. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




Toys are displayed at a vendor's shop at Ditan Park, also known as the Temple of Earth, in Beijing, February 16, 2015. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

Toys are displayed at a vendor's shop at Ditan Park, also known as the Temple of Earth, in Beijing, February 16, 2015. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




A female honour guard has lipstick applied during preparations for an official welcoming ceremony for Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in this June 11, 2014 file photo. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)

A female honour guard has lipstick applied during preparations for an official welcoming ceremony for Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in this June 11, 2014 file photo. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)




People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers shout as they hold guns and practise in a drill during a organized media tour at a PLA engineering school in Beijing in this July 22, 2014 file photo. (Photo by Petar Kujundzic/Reuters)

People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers shout as they hold guns and practise in a drill during a organized media tour at a PLA engineering school in Beijing in this July 22, 2014 file photo. (Photo by Petar Kujundzic/Reuters)




Soldiers shout as they practise in temperatures of about minus 30 degrees centigrade (-22 F) in Heihe, Heilongjiang province, in this December 16, 2014 file picture. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)

Soldiers shout as they practise in temperatures of about minus 30 degrees centigrade (-22 F) in Heihe, Heilongjiang province, in this December 16, 2014 file picture. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)




A man walks past New Year decoration pictures featuring China's President Xi Jinping, China's late Chairman Mao Zedong and some other current senior officials, at a market in Juancheng, Shandong province, February 17, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A man walks past New Year decoration pictures featuring China's President Xi Jinping, China's late Chairman Mao Zedong and some other current senior officials, at a market in Juancheng, Shandong province, February 17, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




Cui Lihua (L), Li Zihan (C) and Wang Pei (R) pose for a portrait at the Shanghai railway station February 12, 2015. Wang, her mother and son travelled to Henan by train to spend Chinese New Year with the rest of her family. The Chinese Ministry of Transport said a total of 2.807 billion trips are expected to be made during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)

Cui Lihua (L), Li Zihan (C) and Wang Pei (R) pose for a portrait at the Shanghai railway station February 12, 2015. Wang, her mother and son travelled to Henan by train to spend Chinese New Year with the rest of her family. The Chinese Ministry of Transport said a total of 2.807 billion trips are expected to be made during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)




Wang Wenfang (2nd R), his wife Hu Haiyan (R), daughter Wang Yuyuan, father-in-law Hu Zhengyun (2nd L) and colleague Zhao Bin (L) pose for a portrait as they leave Shanghai on a car for the upcoming Chinese New Year February 12, 2015. Wang and his family travelled to Sichuan province by car to spend Chinese New Year with the rest of his family. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)

Wang Wenfang (2nd R), his wife Hu Haiyan (R), daughter Wang Yuyuan, father-in-law Hu Zhengyun (2nd L) and colleague Zhao Bin (L) pose for a portrait as they leave Shanghai on a car for the upcoming Chinese New Year February 12, 2015. Wang and his family travelled to Sichuan province by car to spend Chinese New Year with the rest of his family. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)




He Chengsan carries his grandson next to his wife Feng Guiyin as they pose for a portrait at the Shanghai railway station February 12, 2015. He and Feng travelled from Chengdu on a train to spend Chinese New Year with their daughter in Shanghai. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)

He Chengsan carries his grandson next to his wife Feng Guiyin as they pose for a portrait at the Shanghai railway station February 12, 2015. He and Feng travelled from Chengdu on a train to spend Chinese New Year with their daughter in Shanghai. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)




Ma and his girlfriend Wei pose for a portrait at Hongqiao airport in Shanghai, February 12, 2015. The couple travelled to Henan province by plane to spend Chinese New Year with his family. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)

Ma and his girlfriend Wei pose for a portrait at Hongqiao airport in Shanghai, February 12, 2015. The couple travelled to Henan province by plane to spend Chinese New Year with his family. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)




Gao poses for a portrait at Hongqiao airport as she wait to check in her luggage in Shanghai, February 12, 2015. Gao travelled to Jiangxi province by plane to spend Chinese New Year with her family. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)

Gao poses for a portrait at Hongqiao airport as she wait to check in her luggage in Shanghai, February 12, 2015. Gao travelled to Jiangxi province by plane to spend Chinese New Year with her family. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)




Li and his wife Zhang pose for a portrait at Hongqiao airport in Shanghai, February 12, 2015. The couple travelled to Henan province by plane to spend Chinese New Year with his family. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)

Li and his wife Zhang pose for a portrait at Hongqiao airport in Shanghai, February 12, 2015. The couple travelled to Henan province by plane to spend Chinese New Year with his family. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)




Shao Ju poses for a portrait at the Shanghai Railway station in Shanghai, February 12, 2015. Shao travelled to Sixian, in Anhui province, by train to spend Chinese New Year with his family. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)

Shao Ju poses for a portrait at the Shanghai Railway station in Shanghai, February 12, 2015. Shao travelled to Sixian, in Anhui province, by train to spend Chinese New Year with his family. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)




Yan Aimei poses for a portrait as she prepares to leave on a car trip for the upcoming Chinese New Year, in Shanghai, February 13, 2015. Yan and her family travelled to Jiangxi province by car to spend Chinese New Year with her family. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)

Yan Aimei poses for a portrait as she prepares to leave on a car trip for the upcoming Chinese New Year, in Shanghai, February 13, 2015. Yan and her family travelled to Jiangxi province by car to spend Chinese New Year with her family. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)




Dogs sit on a car as they wait to be sold at a street pet dog market in Lanzhou, Gansu province, February 15, 2015. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)

Dogs sit on a car as they wait to be sold at a street pet dog market in Lanzhou, Gansu province, February 15, 2015. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)




A vendor buys a dog at a street pet dog market in Lanzhou, Gansu province, February 15, 2015. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)

A vendor buys a dog at a street pet dog market in Lanzhou, Gansu province, February 15, 2015. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)




Dogs wait to be sold at a street pet dog market in Lanzhou, Gansu province, February 15, 2015. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)

Dogs wait to be sold at a street pet dog market in Lanzhou, Gansu province, February 15, 2015. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)




Dogs wait to be sold at a street pet dog market in Lanzhou, Gansu province, February 15, 2015. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)

Dogs wait to be sold at a street pet dog market in Lanzhou, Gansu province, February 15, 2015. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)




A man rests under the bridge over Pearl River in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, February 17, 2015. (Photo by Alex Lee/Reuters)

A man rests under the bridge over Pearl River in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, February 17, 2015. (Photo by Alex Lee/Reuters)




A woman hangs wish tablets, traditionally used to pray for wealth and good fortune, on a fence built around a tree on the third day of the Chinese Lunar New Year during the temple fair for the Chinese New Year celebrations at Dongyue Temple in Beijing, February 21, 2015. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A woman hangs wish tablets, traditionally used to pray for wealth and good fortune, on a fence built around a tree on the third day of the Chinese Lunar New Year during the temple fair for the Chinese New Year celebrations at Dongyue Temple in Beijing, February 21, 2015. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




Cleaners and their children sort garbage at a dump site in Guiyang, Guizhou province, February 21, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Cleaners and their children sort garbage at a dump site in Guiyang, Guizhou province, February 21, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




A cleaner works at a dump site in Guiyang, Guizhou province, February 21, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A cleaner works at a dump site in Guiyang, Guizhou province, February 21, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




Children sort garbage at a dump site in Guiyang, Guizhou province, February 21, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Children sort garbage at a dump site in Guiyang, Guizhou province, February 21, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




Ethnic Miao children wearing traditional costumes perform during Chinese New Year celebrations in Rongshui, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region, February 21, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Ethnic Miao children wearing traditional costumes perform during Chinese New Year celebrations in Rongshui, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region, February 21, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




People wait to enter the Guiyuan Buddhist temple to worship the god of fortune on the fifth day of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Wuhan, Hubei province, February 23, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

People wait to enter the Guiyuan Buddhist temple to worship the god of fortune on the fifth day of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Wuhan, Hubei province, February 23, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




Visitors crowd the Sun Yat-sen mausoleum during Chinese Spring Festival in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, February 22, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Visitors crowd the Sun Yat-sen mausoleum during Chinese Spring Festival in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, February 22, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




In this Thursday, February 19, 2015 photo, a security guard, center, yawns as visitors crowd the entrance of Badachu Temple during the temple fair for a Lunar New Year celebration in Beijing. (Photo by AP Photo)

In this Thursday, February 19, 2015 photo, a security guard, center, yawns as visitors crowd the entrance of Badachu Temple during the temple fair for a Lunar New Year celebration in Beijing. (Photo by AP Photo)




A winter swimmer swims in icy waters after breaking the ice of the frozen Songhua River, in Jilin, Jilin province February 11, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A winter swimmer swims in icy waters after breaking the ice of the frozen Songhua River, in Jilin, Jilin province February 11, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




Children play in the snow near penguin sculptures installed at Taoranting Park's temple fair for Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing Monday, February 23, 2015. Chinese spend a week-long holiday, flocking to public parks' temple fairs to celebrate the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Sheep which started on Feb. 19. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)

Children play in the snow near penguin sculptures installed at Taoranting Park's temple fair for Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing Monday, February 23, 2015. Chinese spend a week-long holiday, flocking to public parks' temple fairs to celebrate the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Sheep which started on Feb. 19. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)




Visitors buy BBQ mutton sticks at the temple fair during Chaoyang Park's International Spring Carnival for the Lunar New Year celebration in Beijing Saturday, February 21, 2015. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)

Visitors buy BBQ mutton sticks at the temple fair during Chaoyang Park's International Spring Carnival for the Lunar New Year celebration in Beijing Saturday, February 21, 2015. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)
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