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Feb 4 • 21:10 UTC • 🇳🇿 New Zealand • RNZ World

A Harry Potter villain is now an unlikely new-year mascot in China

Draco Malfoy from Harry Potter is being embraced as a symbol of good fortune in China for the Lunar New Year due to the auspicious meaning of his name in Mandarin.

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