Hello.
As we head into 2023, let me start by wishing you a happy and healthy new year.
Many people have been on a travel and feasting binge this holiday season. Out of all the year-end gatherings you attended, how many hosts cooked and how many ordered in? It is time to reframe cooking at home as less as a tedious chore and more as a road to meaning and pleasure, says cookbook author Pamelia Chia.
The other thing on our minds this week was COVID-19 – again. China announced it will soon ease its COVID-19 entry rules, sending air ticket prices to Chinese cities soaring but also sparking concerns over the risk of new variants. Hong Kong has also scrapped most of its COVID-19 rules and is aiming to reopen borders with mainland China by Jan 15.
Just like it did with its zero-COVID policy, China has also changed its tune on economic policy, but is unlikely to see growth rebound so soon, says political observer Bo Zhiyue.
Perhaps China’s first domestically developed passenger jet, the COMAC C919, will find a large home market. But it will be harder to win over global customers and beat Airbus and Boeing’s highly aggressive marketing and sales armada, says NUS Business School’s Markus Keiper.
Alison Jenner
Senior Editor, Commentary
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