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Video. New Year goes dark in China

Updated: 27/01/2017 - 13:08 GMT+1

Smog fears have prompted the Beijing city government to tell officials not to set off fireworks or firecrackers to welcome the Lunar New Year. The Chinese New Year holiday begins on New Year's Eve on

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