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Lunar New Year
For business owners in China, a touch-and-go reopening after zero-COVID
by
Jennifer Pak
Jan 30, 2023
While China's most high-profile executives express unflagging optimism on TV, for small business owners, the picture is more complicated.
Lunar New Year usually meant factory slowdowns. The pandemic changed that.
by
Justin Ho
Jan 20, 2023
Traditionally, workers in parts of Asia travel during the holiday to spend time with family. Here's how COVID has changed that part of the supply chain.
Lunar New Year meal kits boom in London as restaurants remain in lockdown
Feb 12, 2021
Rather than travel to see extended family, the pandemic has forced a creative celebration for the start of the Lunar New Year.
In China, chasing debt after the COVID-19 lockdown
by
Jennifer Pak
Jun 23, 2020
Delayed payments are a normal part of doing business in China. That works OK when the economy is bustling — but not anymore.
What people are (and aren't) spending money on during the coronavirus outbreak
by
Jennifer Pak
Feb 19, 2020
Forgoing the Chinese Lunar New Year festivities means spending less money on partying and spending a lot of time indoors.
Shanghai and coronavirus: living in a ghost town
by
Jennifer Pak
Feb 4, 2020
Our China correspondent takes us on a tour of the usually bustling financial center, where fears and precautions have made it eerily quiet. You can even hear the birds sing.
China's food deliverers have hectic schedules
by
Jennifer Pak
Feb 6, 2019
High demand leads to a high-stress job for couriers.
For public good, not for profit.
China's post-Lunar New Year job exodus
by
Jennifer Pak
Mar 28, 2018
The two months after the holiday are traditionally "jobs season."