Editor's note: This article by Matt Nesto first appeared on Breakout by Yahoo! Finance The Chinese won't flip their New Year's calender until early February but when the fastest growing large economy in the world makes its transition from the Year of the Dragon to Year of the Snake it's set to usher in a mix of traditional strengths and weaknesses as well as high hopes that the battered Chinese stock market has turned the corner after a three-year slump. Ahead of that day the coldest market in the world has suddenly caught fire with the Shanghai Composite coming ...