Tuesday, 26 Jan 2021 12:54 PM MYT
People wearing face masks are seen on a street decorated with street lights in the shape of Chinese lanterns ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday in Beijing January 26, 2021. Reuters pic
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BEIJING, Jan 26 Iphie Nie, a 30-year-old designer in Beijing who usually travels to visit family in her hometown of Shenzhen during the Lunar New Year has, like many Chinese, reluctantly decided against booking a flight for the mid-February holiday.
To limit the spread of Covid-19, the government has discouraged travel in what is normally the busiest time of the year. Those who are going anyway must to present a nucleic acid test with negative results taken in the seven days before returning home.
Torres Sangre de Toro 2018
Yes, it’s a little corny, but at least this wine always has a red bull on its label. It’s also just straightforwardly delicious and surprisingly on-trend given that wine producers around the world are waking up to the charms of Spanish-origin “Rhône” grapes like garnacha (grenache) and carineña (carignan), with their ability to produce pert-fruited, spicy reds on a lissom frame. Also, at this price point, you won’t feel like you’ve taken a bull’s horn to the wallet.
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Ruinart Brut Rosé NV
Champagne is a standard gift, but white isn’t a great look for Lunar New Year, so why not pick a rosé instead? Ruinart’s label and bottle are delightfully plump and harmoniouslooking, giving good seasonal vibes, and as champagne’s oldest maison, you couldn’t find a much better symbol of longevity. The wine itself is brilliantly structured and energetic, meaning it can be laid down and enjoyed many moons hence, whi
“Chinese New Year is always about family. Our CNY traditions have vastly evolved over the years as we grew up. When we were young, our parents used to take us to their friends’ homes to bai leen [give our best wishes] and collect lai see. I remember learning about basic money management concepts and the importance of saving as a result of these customs. My mum opened bank accounts for us and would deposit our lai see money in there each year.
By the time we were about eight years old, we learned to play the famous card game Chor Dai Dee, or Big Two as it’s called in English. In our teenage years we used to go to an aunty’s home where she or my mother would take turns to be the banker and we’d try to win money. We would play all sorts of card games from Big Small, to Blackjack betting with our lai see money. Small bets, of course. I’m happy to report that, today, none of us have a gambling addiction.
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