Dragon hunting: Six Insta-worthy spots to slay that dragon shot for Chinese New Year

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SINGAPORE – They typically exist only on the silver or small screen, chained to realms of fiction. 

Once in a while, however, a reported sighting or two crops up, its author claiming to have spotted the legendary dragon. Such accounts occasionally pepper mediaeval English records: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of 793, for instance, mentions “fiery dragons flying across the firmament”.

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