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Good Morning, we are not quite two weeks until China shutdowns for the Lunar New Year Holiday. The Year of The Dog starts February 16, though news usually slows down significantly several days before that. The Newsletter will be taking several days off over the first week of the Lunar New Year Holiday, assuming nothing big is going on.

Today is a bit slow so this issue is a bit shorter than usual. 

Thanks for reading.