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Chinatown in Yangon bustling with festive hustling as Chinese New Year approaches

STORY: Chinatown in Yangon bustling with festive hustling as Chinese New Year approaches SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: Jan. 28, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the views in Chinatown in Yangon, Myanmar STORYLINE: Chinatown of Yangon in Myanmar is bustling with people selling and buying festive items to celebrate the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Dragon, which falls on Feb. 10. Many stalls have been selling red banners, various styles of lanterns, snacks, hongbao (red envelope), and candies in Chinatown market. "I bought incense, joss paper, gold and silver foil to honor ancestors and traditional snacks will be bought on the actual day," Soe Lin Tun, a 36-year-old shopper at the Chinatown, told Xinhua. Chinese people are happy on Lunar New Year's Day. Most people love the Year of the Dragon because it is powerful, he said. Khant Ko Ko, a 22-year-old sales staff of Royal Trading store, told Xinhua, "At our shop, the stickers and hong

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(SP)MYANMAR-YANGON-FOOTBALL-AFC CUP-SHAN UNITED FC AND DYNAMIC HERB CEBU FC

(231110) -- YANGON, Nov. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Arda Cinkir (R) of the Philippines' Dynamic Herb Cebu FC vies for the ball against Zwe Khant Min of Myanmar's Shan United FC during their AFC Cup football match in Yangon, Myanmar, Nov. 9, 2023. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)

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(SP)PHILIPPINES-MANILA-FOOTBALL-AFC CUP-DYNAMIC HERB CEBU FC VS SHAN UNITED FC

(231026) -- MANILA, Oct. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Arda Cinkir (L) of the Philippines' Dynamic Herb Cebu FC vies for the ball against Zwe Khant Min of Myanmar's Shan United FC during their AFC Cup football match in Manila, the Philippines on Oct. 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)CHINA-JINHUA-ASIAN GAMES-SEPAKTAKRAW (CN)

(231005) -- JINHUA, Oct. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Thu Aung Khant of Myanmar competes during the Men's Regu Preliminary of Sepaktakraw between Myanmar and the Philippines at the 19th Asian Games in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 5, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

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(SP)CHINA-JINHUA-ASIAN GAMES-SEPAKTAKRAW (CN)

(231004) -- JINHUA, Oct. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Shein Wunna Zaw (1st L) and Aung Khant Thu of Myanmar block during the Men's Quadrant Gold Medal Match of Sepaktakraw between Indonesia and Myanmar at the 19th Asian Games in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

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(SP)CHINA-JINHUA-ASIAN GAMES-SEPAKTAKRAW (CN)

(231004) -- JINHUA, Oct. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Aung Khant Thu (L) and Zin Ko Ko of Myanmar celebrate scoring during the Men's Quadrant Gold Medal Match of Sepaktakraw between Indonesia and Myanmar at the 19th Asian Games in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

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(SP)CHINA-JINHUA-ASIAN GAMES-SEPAKTAKRAW (CN)

(231004) -- JINHUA, Oct. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Aung Khant Thu of Myanmar prays before the Men's Quadrant Gold Medal Match of Sepaktakraw between Indonesia and Myanmar at the 19th Asian Games in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

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(SP)CHINA-JINHUA-ASIAN GAMES-SEPAKTAKRAW (CN)

(231004) -- JINHUA, Oct. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Aung Khant Thu (1st L) of Myanmar competes during the Men's Quadrant Gold Medal Match of Sepaktakraw between Indonesia and Myanmar at the 19th Asian Games in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

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(SP)CHINA-JINHUA-ASIAN GAMES-SEPAKTAKRAW (CN)

(231001) -- JINHUA, Oct. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Thu Aung Khant of Myanmar competes during the Men's Quadrant Preliminary Group match of Sepaktakraw between Mynamar and Laos at the 19th Asian Games in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 1, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)