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These Asian American Entrepreneurs Celebrate Their Chinese Heritage While Feeding America’s Appetite for Chinese Street Food

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Jen Liao and Caleb Wang are second-generation Chinese Americans, and the husband and wife team first opened Xiao Chi Jie (XCJ) as a single restaurant serving Chinese street food in Seattle’s Bellevue neighborhood in 2018. In March 2020, faced with a looming pandemic, XCJ was forced to close indoor dining and pivot.

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How to Survive a Recession, According to a 91-Year-Old Business

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“It was one of the hardest things that I had to do in my career,” Hustead says, adding that all furloughed employees were able to return to work by June 2020. Review finances regularly While customers returned to Wall Drug fairly quickly after those COVID-era shutdowns, other challenges persist. Great advice.”