FILE PHOTO: A worker places traditional-style lanterns at a workshop ahead of Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Tuntoucun village, on the outskirts of Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China, January 10, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Lee
SYDNEY/MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Chinese communities around the world greeted the Year of the Rat on Saturday with dances and parades, although celebrations were marred by worries about the coronavirus outbreak that has upended Lunar New Year festivities in China.
In Sydney, which welcomed in the year with golden rat statues set up at the entrance to its downtown Chinatown precinct, authorities said crowds might be smaller than usual.
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