David Chen

sports reporter at The New York Times

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Political reporter for the New York Times

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Tens of millions of people bet on Super Bowl LVI. Sports betting in California is still not legal, but that could change this year.

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Television commercials featuring Chinese music, pictorial characters and gongs suggest that China has morphed from a "Communist threat" to an economic menace.

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Television commercials featuring Chinese music, pictorial characters and gongs suggest that China has morphed from a "Communist threat" to an economic menace.

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