Happy Chinese New Year!These are not the new forces for this year, but are the 2005 Year of the Rooster model. As with the rest of the years - especially the monkeys - the roosters are great. The Rooster, Monkey, and my personal favorite the Horse are fine alternatives to those who want to wear all white air force low tops, but aren’t fly enough to rock jewels, or patent, or are too poor to buy taiwans. The little things make these forces: the odd choice of leathers, the colors - never exactly white, the script on the back of the tab on the Horse ones. The Monkeys’ swoosh goes from tan to nut, and is patent, there’s a little monkey in the corner. Great shoes, great new, great as beaters.The year of the rat is represented by free wildwoods, as well as vandals (with a cute lil beb rat) and court forces (of all things), for girls. Nike might just be giving up on this year for that part of the world, what with Yao’s presence at the Beijing Olympics and everything.