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Chinese new year falls on 29 January, and in 2025 we’ll be celebrating the dawn of the year of the snake. Spin it how you will, in Chinese mythology as well as western, the snake is a symbol of cunning. In the traditional story, where the Jade Emperor made the animals race to determine the order of the zodiac, the snake wrapped itself around the horse’s hoof and…