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Weekly #2: canned peaches πŸ‘ Abbott Labs 🍼NIO πŸš— Alipay πŸ€‘ Lanvin Group πŸ‘— | Following the yuan

Weekly #2: canned peaches πŸ‘ Abbott Labs 🍼NIO πŸš— Alipay πŸ€‘ Lanvin Group πŸ‘— | Following the yuan

Getting Covid has continuously been normalized in China, and people are ready to fight this collective battle with Vitamin C, functional drinks and smuggled Ibuprofen.

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Dec 21, 2022
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How have times changed? For the past month, I’m in the U.S. for a visit and watching China from afar through WeChat feeds.

Before I left, the atmosphere was suffocating, I was at the world’s largest import & export fair in mid-Nov and I was overwhelmed by 5 types of different police and intense Covid restrictions.

Police guarding a subway station near th…

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