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 YangSour 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.
Mashable https://mashable.com/article/best-tweets-week-january-28A 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 WooPolar 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‘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 HaskellSandy Liang and Danny Bowien Celebrate Lunar New Year
On the Lower East Side, guests at a Lunar New Year party talk fashion and goals for 2023.
NYTimes New Year's Eve https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/25/style/sandy-liang-lunar-new-year.html John OrtvedHalf Moon Bay Shooting: Suspect Faces Charges as Community Reels From Deaths
A 66-year-old man is facing seven counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.
NYTimes New Year's Eve https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/25/us/california-shooting-half-moon-bay.html David W. Chen, Tim Arango, Edgar Sandoval and Soumya KarlamanglaThe Indirect Ways the U.S. Can Help China Avoid Covid Catastrophe
It’s in the United States’ best interest to find ways to aid China.
NYTimes New Year's Eve https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/opinion/the-us-must-help-china-avoid-covid-catastrophe-heres-how.html Michael V. CallahanFrom China to Japan, extreme cold is gripping East Asia. Experts say it's the 'new norm'
Tens of millions of people across East Asia braved a severe cold snap Wednesday as subzero temperatures and heavy snow brought travel chaos during the Lunar New Year holiday, with climate experts warning that such extreme weather events had become the “new norm.”
CNN World https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/25/asia/east-asia-cold-snap-climate-japan-korea-china-climate-intl-hnk/index.htmlYour Tuesday Briefing: California Mourns, as Death Toll Rises
Also, resistance to Chinese influence in the Solomon Islands and Beijing’s efforts to subsidize I.V.F.
NYTimes New Year's Eve https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/briefing/monterey-park-shooting-china-asian.html Amelia Nierenberg