A worker prepares lanterns at a temple for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Malaysia’s northern island of Penang Febuary 2, 2008. Chinese people all over the world usher in the Lunar New Year on February 7. According to the lunar calendar, 2008 is the Year of the Rat

A worker prepares wiring at a temple for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Malaysia’s northern island of Penang Febuary 2, 2008. Chinese people all over the world usher in the Lunar New Year on February 7. According to the lunar calendar, 2008 is the Year of the Rat.