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Happy Year of the Dragon!

Welcome back to What’s Happening in China, your weekly update on the latest news and developments from the country. Every month, I share a free edition of the newsletter, and this is it.

Today marks the beginning of the Year of the Dragon. 龙年快乐! May the year ahead bring you prosperity and good health.

As the PRC celebrates with a week-long holiday, I'll be taking a break too. The next edition of the newsletter will be out on February 24th.

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PS - A dragon has found its way to today’s newsletter. Can you find it?

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