Look ma, new CNY SOPs!

Gōngxǐ gōngxǐ! After a barrage of criticism, the powers-that-be issues a new set of rules for the coming Chinese New Year celebrations.

Elsewhere in today’s newsletter, the Covid-19 vaccination plan kicks into gear despite a lack of clarity; a woman wins her years-long case to be declared non-Muslim; and we all saw this coming – Big Brother pores over Tommy Thomas’s book.