L toR: A Chinese acrobat rides a monocycle on a tightrope during a show at a fair celebrating Chinese New Year in Beijing, Sunday and two-month-old tiger cubs are dressed up in Chinese outfits while waiting to join visitors celebrating Chinese New Year of the Tiger at the Sri Racha Tiger Zoo in Chonburi province, southeastern Thailand Sunday. The Chinese New Year began Sunday and according to the Lunar calendar, it is the Year of the Tiger.