Flowers, Fresh Fish and Movies: China Is Spending Again, Cautiously

The outlook for the world’s second largest economy is brighter as consumer spending picked up after “zero Covid” was lifted. But scars remain from the harsh pandemic restrictions.

NYTimes New Year's Eve https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/05/business/china-economy-lunar-new-year.html Keith Bradsher

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It’s as if Nothing Ever Happened Here in China

China left its vulnerable people to fend for themselves in a deadly Covid outbreak.

NYTimes New Year's Eve https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/opinion/china-covid-holiday-new-year.html Lucy Meng

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China’s Covid Tsunami Recedes, Bringing Relief, Grief and Anxiety

Officials say an onslaught of infections has slowed, and many people seem eager to move on. But fresh flare-ups could bring more illness and deaths.

NYTimes New Year's Eve https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/31/world/asia/china-covid-infections-decrease.html Chris Buckley and Amy Chang Chien

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Chinese Travel Is Set to Return. The Question Is, When?

The country has dropped restrictions on overseas journeys for its citizens, but once-popular destinations are still waiting for the flood of vacationers to arrive.

NYTimes New Year's Eve https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/29/travel/china-tourists.html Ceylan Yeginsu and Patrick Scott

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The Victims and Suspects Are Asian American. The Crimes Are Something Else.

Asian Americans have been targeted in mass shootings before. This time, something was different.

NYTimes New Year's Eve https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/28/opinion/asian-american-gun.html Jeff Yang

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Sour Starbursts and French Pokémon: The 8 best tweets of the week

Though it seems like it was just New Year’s Eve, we’re now almost entirely through the month of January. That’s pretty wild, right? Time, what a menace. Before you know it, it’ll be summertime and, my friend, it won’t be a moment too soon. But for now, we’ve still got to wrap up the end of January and, you know, slog through the final weeks of winter and then get through spring and all that. That in mind, it’s been a good week for tweets to round out the month. While you wait for February, why not enjoy some good posts? We rounded up eight of our favorite tweets for you to enjoy this week, just like we always do. Sit back, relax, and enjoy.1.This is perhaps the best nickname I’ve ever heard.

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2. I need sour Starbursts right now. This is a fantastic idea.

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3. This one might mean nothing to you, but guess what? It means a lot to me.

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4. An obligatory dril tweet.

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5. And yet another dril tweet.

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A Fashion Designer’s Lunar New Year Feast

Inspired by his family’s annual festivities in Malaysia, Han Chong filled his London home with friends for an evening of Mandarin gimlets and pineapple-filled pastry.

NYTimes New Year's Eve https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/t-magazine/han-chong-lunar-new-year.html Kin Woo

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Polar Vortex Drives a Cold Snap in Asia

An exceptionally cold January has brought the region misery and snarled travel. Experts blame the same arctic system that hit the United States last month.

NYTimes New Year's Eve https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/27/world/asia/asia-extreme-cold-weather.html Mike Ives and John Yoon

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‘The Atmosphere Was Joyful’: Monterey Park Survivor Captured Footage Minutes Before Shooting

Mike Zhang, 71, was filming videos of the Lunar New Year celebration at Star Ballroom Dance Studio on his phone just minutes before a gunman entered and killed 11 people on Jan. 21.

NYTimes New Year's Eve https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000008742122/monterey-park-survivor.html Isabelle Qian, Ang Li, Sarah Kerr, Ben Laffin and Zack Haskell

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