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One big lesson of the pandemic: spads are as important as the ministers they serve | Martin Kettle
As Boris Johnson’s response to Covid has shown, a poor adviser can lead to disastrous decision-making When all this is over, which political insider’s book about Britain’s battles with the…
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Officials call for restrained festivities over Lunar New Year as Hong Kong logs 21 new coronavirus cases
Residents preparing to mark the Lunar New Year in Hong Kong should keep their family celebrations brief, avoid sharing meals and steer clear of crowds or else risk a resurgence…
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Coronavirus: feast-in-a-bowl poon choi takes off as Hong Kong’s restaurants scramble to grow delivery orders
At her French restaurant in Central, Vivienne Mak brings out a big metal bowl covered with golden puff pastry. People are always delighted when they tear into the pastry to…
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China’s stay-at-home Lunar New Year a welcome break from tradition for many
Amy Yuan is looking forward to a quiet Lunar New Year – free from questions about her love life – thanks to the Chinese government’s call for people to avoid…
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Chinese turn to on-call coronavirus testing during holiday travel rush
With millions of Chinese facing mandatory coronavirus tests to travel during the Lunar New Year holiday, some enterprising private firms are eyeing a potential boon from more personalised but pricier…
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‘I am a people person. I want my family to visit’: stories of older Australian migrants during Covid | Ruth De Souza and Safdar Ahmed
We say ‘it takes a village to raise a child’, but the same principle of care applies to people as they age From August to November 2020, an interdisciplinary team…
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Japan’s gaming arcades face extinction as pandemic weighs heavy on an industry in decline
Evenings are normally the busiest time at Mikado, a retro gaming arcade in Tokyo, but these days the shutters come down early, leaving “Street Fighter” fans out in the cold.Bright,…
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Lunar New Year: the Chinese left ‘trapped and helpless’ overseas
Yang, a Chinese national working in Singapore for more than a decade, usually flies back to her hometown of Wuhan in central China every year to celebrate the Lunar New…
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American on World Health Organization coronavirus investigation team dismisses US intelligence
The lone American on the World Health Organization coronavirus fact-finding mission in China dismissed US intelligence on the virus’ origins and urged the Biden administration to trust the WHO’s work…
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WHO Wuhan coronavirus mission over but much more work still to do
A World Health Organization mission to China to investigate the origins of Covid-19 has ended without a clear answer, but research further afield could help fill in some of the…