New Years Events & Info
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 …
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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 Original Source: NY Times >>
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 Original Source: NY Times >>
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 Original Source: NY Times >>
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 Karlamangla Original Source: NY Times >>
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 Ortved Original Source: NY Times >>
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. Callahan Original Source: NY Times >>
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.html Original Source: CNN World >>
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 Original Source: NY Times >>
Also, New Zealand’s next leader and a Lunar New Year travel surge in China. NYTimes New Year’s Eve https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/22/briefing/mass-shooting-lunar-california.html Amelia Nierenberg Original Source: NY Times >>
