Across Asia, as the Lunar New Year holiday draws near, in even the poorest families debts are paid, floors are swept, homes are scrubbed top to bottom and filled with flowers, fruit and candies. Children too are scrubbed clean and adorned in bright new clothes. Everyone is ready for a […]
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You may have heard the theory that when spring finally comes to China, its warm, sunny weather will mean the end of the coronavirus epidemic. If repeating something enough makes it true, this theory’s a winner. The “spring solution” has been part of every conversation I’ve had with our Chunhui […]
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Well, the Year of the Rat is off to another ominous beginning as the coronavirus (covid-19) spreads across China and beyond. Twelve years ago at this time, the last time Rat appeared in the Zodiac cycle, China was hit with a crippling wave of Spring Festival storms that paralyzed the […]
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