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A Very COVID Chinese New Year in 2023

As we prepare to hop into the Year of the Rabbit, there’s something else in the air besides holiday spirit.

It was just an ordinary night in Shenzhen: we were hanging clothes on the small balcony of our “village” house

In Hong Kong social media, an image recently circulated of Hong Kong’s Chief Executive, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-Ngor, with a

Here in China, we’re experiencing the worst nationwide COVID-19 outbreak ever since the pandemic began. Of course, “worst” might be

I have no idea when I’ll return to the US to visit my family. Writing these words out feels strange

“Immunization series completed.” The words, in a pleasant shade of green, flashed in my health kit, a confirmation that I

“When are you coming home?” Recently, my family asked if I might return to the US sometime later this year,

The Chinese saying of “moneyed or not, return home for Chinese New Year” (有钱没钱回家过年, yǒuqián méi qián huíjiā guònián) endures

How’s the COVID situation in China? I hesitated to type a response to my friend back in the US, as

Before the virus, it seemed unimaginable that my colleagues at the office in Beijing would brave the snarl of traffic