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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…

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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.

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China’s January Auto Sales Plunge 45%

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

Caixin Global

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.

Los Angeles Times

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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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

The Independent UK

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

Bangkok Post

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

The Independent UK

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.

Los Angeles 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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China says COVID deaths fell even as lunar holiday spread virus

China reported a sharp drop in new COVID-related deaths during the Lunar New Year holiday, even as a spike in travel increased the likelihood of more infections across the country.

Bangkok Post

Lunar New Year trips jump 74% in China

BEIJING: Lunar New Year holiday trips inside China surged 74% from last year after authorities scrapped Covid-19 curbs that had stifled travel for three years, media reported on on Saturday.

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Holiday Trips Within China Surge after Lifting of COVID Curbs

Lunar New Year holiday trips inside China surged 74% from last year after authorities scrapped COVID-19 curbs that had stifled travel for three years, media reported on Saturday. The Lunar New Year is the most important holiday of the year in China, when huge numbers of people working in prosperous…

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Holiday trips within China surge after COVID curbs lifted

Lunar New Year holiday trips inside China surged 74% from last year after authorities scrapped COVID-19 travel curbs, state media reported on Saturday, though the number of journeys was still only half of pre-pandemic levels.

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China celebrated Lunar New Year like COVID-19 no longer exists

Tourist spots were swamped, movie theaters were packed and fireworks displays lit up the night sky as China celebrated the Lunar New Year with an abandon that marked the end of its three-year COVID Zero experiment.

Daily Mirror

First Lady MOCKS Joe Biden and blocks questions over classified docs at White House event

First Lady picks on Joe Biden 'ruining the evening' at Lunar New Year celebration

Los Angeles Times

Red envelopes and tragedy: A Monterey Park restaurant owner moves forward the only way she knows how

MONTEREY PARK, Calif. — It was quiet in the parking lot of the Cantonese restaurant. By then, the news helicopters had left Monterey Park airspace.

Daily Mirror

Monterey Park gunman pestered women and BANNED from dance studio before massacre

Huu Can Tran, 72, fired 42 rounds in the Star Ballroom Studio on Saturday night in California, US, killing 11 and injuring 9 during the Lunar New Year celebrations

Reuters

China domestic tourism picks up over Lunar New Year as COVID curbs end

Almost a quarter more domestic Chinese tourism trips have been made during this year's Lunar New Year holiday, while cross-border travel more than doubled in the first six days of the week-long break following the end of strict COVID-19 curbs.

The Independent UK

South Korea extends restrictions on travelers from China

South Korea says it will continue to restrict the entry of short-term travelers from China through the end of February over concerns that the spread of COVID-19 in that country may worsen following the Lunar New Year’s holidays

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

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