The #NewYorkTimes has a story about supporters of #NewYork mayor #EricAdams giving out red envelopes of cash to Chinese people, some of whom were reporters, at a campaign event a month ago.

And they chose to illustrate it with a stock image of a #hongbao envelope.

This one is going to get complex.

Interestingly, the New York Times ran an opinion piece defending hongbao, back in 2014.

https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/from-china-with-pragmatism/

#USPolitics #China

🧧 Lunar New Year Coptic Stitch Journal 🧧

Here are some still pictures of my new coptic stitch book. The cover is black marbled paper, with a cutout to display the lucky red envelope my mom gave me this year for Lunar New Year.

I think this book took five hours from start to finish.

#lunarnewyear #chinesenewyear #bookbinding #journal #handmade #handboundbook #hongbao #copticbinding #copticstitch

Remember the company laptop that I packed in a box and sent back to my former employer yesterday? Like some monkey’s paw curse or the cat from children’s song “The Cat Came Back”, that same box was just delivered… BACK TO MY PLACE!

I got the correct return label, but I also had an opportunity to ADD something to the box before shipping it back...

#layoff #layoffs #box #FedEx #LunarNewYear #ChineseNewYear #CNY #LNY #RedEnvelope #HongBao #LaiSee

https://www.globalnerdy.com/2024/02/15/laid-off-in-2024-part-9-the-box-came-back-the-very-next-day/

Febuary 14th? I only know Febuary 10th! 💵🧧

#fyp #vrchat #vrc #vrchatgame #vrchatgirl #vrchatcute #vrchatphotos #vrchattiktoker #vrchattiktok #vrchatavatar #cny2024 #gamer #GamerGirl #chinesenewyear #malaysia #chinesenewyear2024 #新年 #vrchatmoments #vrchatlife #vrchatmemories #yearofthedragon #angpao #hongbao #lunarnewyear

Wishing you prosperity & good fortune this lunar new year! 🐉🧧🏮

#fyp #vrchat #vrc #vrchatgame #vrchatgirl #vrchatcute #vrchatphotos #vrchatphotography #MadeWithVRChat #vrchatavatar #cny2024 #gamer #gamergirl #chinesenewyear #malaysia #chinesenewyear2024 #新年 #vrchatmoments #vrchatlife #vrchatmemories #yearofthedragon #angpao #hongbao #lunarnewyear