Jason Hollands: How chicken should you be about China in the Year of the Rooster?

Saturday 28 January is Chinese New Year and the start of the Year of the Fire Rooster, according to the Chinese zodiac. The last year of the Fire Rooster fell in 1957 - a year that saw the formation of the European Economic Community through the Treaty of Rome (ironic perhaps when some argue the coming year may see an existential crisis for the EU). In China itself, the onset of the New Year celebrations and holiday period sees an annual exodus of workers and students from the cities to their villages of incredible proportions. It is estimated last year this mass movement of people amoun...