The word quarantine fills much of us with dread. But, despite the restrictions, residents of a community in Shenyang, a city in NE China, show that even when we are apart, we can still be there for each other #COVID19 

Trump to leave Washington, D.C. and fly to Florida shortly before Biden's inauguration, with a grandeur farewell ceremony being planned to create a split-screen effect to turn audience's attention away from Biden's swearing-in ceremony: U.S. media

Encounter a playful wild dusky langur in a public toilet in Singapore's Central Catchment Nature Reserve#AsiaAlbum 

Study shows the world's oceans in 2020 were the warmest in recorded history. Compared with 2019, the upper 2,000 meters of the Earth's oceans have absorbed a greater amount of heat, enough to boil 1.3 billion kettles, each containing 1.5 liters of water

Excluding tourism services, which suffered a heavy blow due to the pandemic, China's services trade rose 2.2 percent year on year in the January-November period, data by the Ministry of Commerce showed. For today's Economic Watch:

An adverse reaction to the first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech#COVID19  vaccine may be responsible for as many as 23 reported deaths among frail and elderly patients in nursing homes in Norway: health authorities

China is the only major economy expected to report growth for 2020, and has also expanded its role in global trade & shored up its position as the world's factory floor: The Wall Street Journal article

Foreign direct investment #FDI  in Shanghai hit a record high in 2020 despite the #COVID19  epidemic

China, Brunei vow to further boost political mutual trust, deepen cooperation