Happy Chinese New Year! Welcome the year of the golden pig or is it the fire pig? Most in China say golden, but looks like many internet sites offering preditions for the new year are using the flashy term "Fire Pig". It adds to the drama of the predictions for the upcoming year. Chinese fortune tellers say it will be a good time to have a baby, but also warn there will be an upsurge in epidemics, disasters and violent conflicts across the world.Pig years can be turbulent because they are dominated by fire and water – two of the five elements that Chinese mystics say are the basis of the universe, a Hong Kong feng shui master said.Conflicting elementsSince fire and water are conflicting elements, they tend to whip up trouble, he said.A Malaysian feng shui master agreed with him, warning for epidemics and health problems.PredictionsOne of the predictions for this year is that the North Korean communist nation will undergo a power struggle that will bring leadership changes around May.Other predictions include the situation in Iraq will not settle, global economy continues to grow, a Japanese city will be struck by an earthquake, US president Bush will have a bad year and the next president of France will be a lady.