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Inspired by his family’s annual festivities in Malaysia, Han Chong filled his London home with friends for an evening of Mandarin gimlets and pineapple-filled pastry.

On the Lower East Side, guests at a Lunar New Year party talk fashion and goals for 2023.

For the Year of the Rabbit, pick up a “Friendship Box” from Pearl River, a sampler from the Urban Hawker food hall and more.

The closure of Chinese land borders and the tightened screening of goods have driven Southeast Asian fruit farmers into debt. Many have had to abandon their harvest.