Decorations featuring images of rabbits add a festive atmosphere to the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year

A citizen shops for decorative items for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year at a shop in Longhui County of Shaoyang City, central China’s Hunan Province, Jan. 16, 2023. As the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Rabbit approaches, decorative items and handicraft work featuring the image of the rabbit, one of the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals, are sweeping the streets, adding a festive atmosphere to the event. (Photo by Zeng Yong/Xinhua)

A child poses for a photo among rabbit-shaped lanterns at Xuan’en County, Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of central China’s Hubei Province, Jan. 15, 2023. As the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Rabbit approaches, decorative items and handicraft work featuring the image of the rabbit, one of the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals, are sweeping the streets, adding a festive atmosphere to the event. (Photo by Song Wen/Xinhua)

A folk artist colors a piece of work at a clay figurine workshop in Yutian County, north China’s Hebei Province, Jan. 16, 2023. As the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Rabbit approaches, decorative items and handicraft work featuring the image of the rabbit, one of the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals, are sweeping the streets, adding a festive atmosphere to the event.

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Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…