https://www.scmp.com/rss/509593/feed Siddharth Chatterjee is the United Nations Coordinator in China. He has spent over 25 years in the UN system, the Red Cross Movement and has served in many fragile parts of the world. He is a graduate of Princeton University, US. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Throughout China, people are celebrating the arrival of spring. I, too, am excited about what flowers I may see or smells I might savour this spring, my first as the UN resident coordinator. As the days go by, temperatures will rise, frozen lakes will melt, and farmers will get to work in their rice paddies. Cities, towns and villages will be showered with rain or shrouded in soft mists. We’ll be seeing and smelling pear blossoms and peach blossoms, azaleas blooming, and cherry blossoms... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3128897/lets-give-thanks-what-long-winter-pandemic-brought-out-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3128897/lets-give-thanks-what-long-winter-pandemic-brought-out-us?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 10 Apr 2021 11:00:15 +0000