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The Latest Breaking News from Lunar New Year

Best gifts to send for Chinese New Year 2024

The incoming Year of the Dragon kicks off on February 10

Evening Standard

Vietnam's Incense Village Turns Into Instagram Hotspot

In a tiny village in northern Vietnam, Dang Thi Hoa ties up a bundle of freshly dried incense sticks ahead of Lunar New Year and watches a line of tourists waiting to pose for pictures.

International Business Times

London's best restaurants to celebrate Chinese New Year in

Usher in the Year of the Dragon at one of the best Chinese restaurants in the capital, says Ben McCormack

Evening Standard

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Your week in chic: Fendi's Lunar New Year, ten years of Alighieri and Jigsaw's stylish new collection

Victoria Moss has this week's chicest style stories including Fendi, Alighieri and Jigsaw

Evening Standard

It's Time to Get Ready to Ring in the Lunar New Year 2024 With These Year of the Dragon Treasures

On Saturday February 10, 2024, we'll welcome the Lunar New Year destined to bring improvement, evolution and even abundance.

Fashion Times

Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific is slashing the amount of time it takes to become a captain as it tries to battle a manpower crunch

Cathay Pacific is premptively cancelling flights so to ensure smooth operations during the busy Lunar New Year travel period.

Fortune

From Chinatowns to ethnoburbs and beyond, where Chinese people settle reflects changing wealth levels and political climates

The origins, demographics and settlement patterns of the approximately 60 million people worldwide who make up the Chinese diaspora, including immigrants and their descendants, are becoming increasingly diverse. Illustrating this diversity are two mass shootings during the 2023 Lunar New Year in California’s Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay, communities…

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Celebration at California dance ballroom a sign of healing following Lunar New Year shooting

A weekend celebration at a Southern California dance ballroom was hailed by organizers as the latest sign of healing within the Asian American community following the Lunar New Year shooting that killed 11 people at a nearby dance studio

The Independent UK

Top Stories of the Month: The Safest and Most Endangered Jobs in a ChatGPT World

AI will replace simple, repetitive jobs, but those involving complexity, creativity and interpersonal skills will continue to thrive and remain the domain of humans

Caixin Global

Golden tidings

Fukujuso, or Amur Adonis, plants blossom at Tonogayato Gardens in Kokubunji, Tokyo. Named after its golden flowers, the plant conveys feelings of congratulations, so it is linked with happiness and longevity. The plant is also called Ganjitsuso (New Year's flower) as it blooms around the Lunar New Year. "Viewing them…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Washington lawmakers could make Lunar New Year an official state holiday

SEATTLE — Washington could become the first state in the U.S. to make Lunar New Year a paid legal holiday.

Tribune News Service

Hermes Beats Forecasts on Robust Growth in China, US

Birkin bagmaker Hermes said that wealthy Chinese clients snapped up its products in the fourth quarter even as the rest of the luxury sector took a hit from rising COVID infections, helping it beat sales and margin forecasts. Hermes also saw strong demand from Chinese clients across products during the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Love a little differently

It might seem like only yesterday when Bangkok was painted red for the Lunar New Year, but pink is the new black for the city as the hype for St Valentine's Day grows. While the obvious part of a romantic date night is, of course, a candlelit dinner and a…

Bangkok Post

China weekly COVID deaths halve as country returns from holiday

China’s official COVID-19 death tally almost halved in the seven days following the Lunar New Year holiday, suggesting the massive wave of infections that spread across the country in the past few weeks may be abating.

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Brandon Tsay wants to use his celebrity to help heal his community

The 26-year-old, who wrested the gun from a shooter who killed 11 people, has been hailed as a hero. Now, he's using his platform to redirect the overwhelming support to Asian American communities.

Caixin Global

China’s January Auto Sales Plunge 45%

End of government subsidies in December and week-long Lunar New Year holiday drag on sales

Los Angeles Times

How a Lunar New Year celebration became a fight for survival

LOS ANGELES — The four smiling women pose before a festive backdrop, with its outsize clinking champagne glasses and clock about to strike midnight. They wear red, a symbol of good luck.

Caixin Global

Wang Tao: Economic Activity Gains Ground During Holiday, but Nowhere Near Pre-Covid Levels

High-frequency data around the Lunar New Year improved over 2022, but some indicators remain well below where they were before the pandemic

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The Independent UK

Ballroom shooting victims planned for night of fun, dancing

Those killed when a gunman opened fire at a Los Angeles-area dance hall are being remembered by friends and family for the zest for life that brought them out that night to celebrate the Lunar New Year

Chicago Sun-Times

Utility shutoffs soar across Chicago area, city celebrates Lunar New Year and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chinatown Lunar New Year parade draws thousands of revelers: ‘It’s nice to see everyone celebrating’

Colorful dragons, red lanterns, splashes of gold welcome in the Year of the Rabbit as crowds fill streets, sidewalks in peace in the shadow of recent attacks in California.

Bangkok Post

Good habits result in graceful ageing

Following the bunnies of wood, fire, earth and metal, the water rabbit made a comeback last Sunday with the beginning of the Lunar New Year.

The Independent UK

China announces resumption of visas for Japanese

China says it's resuming issuing visas for Japanese travelers beginning Sunday, ending its nearly three-week suspension in an apparent protest of Tokyo’s tougher COVID-19 entry requirements for Lunar New Year tourists from China

Los Angeles Times

Alhambra prepares for Lunar New Year Festival and 'healing' after mass shooting

LOS ANGELES — Alhambra officials hope to "start the healing" by moving forward with the city's annual Lunar New Year Festival on Sunday, a week after the event was canceled following a mass shooting in neighboring Monterey Park that left 11 dead.

Chicago Sun-Times

Snowy Lunar New Year parade brings ‘warmth on a cold day’ as Year of the Rabbit celebrated in Uptown

Despite the cold and snow, attendees in red sashes and rabbit ears enjoyed the festivities and wished each other a happy new year.

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