Gathered on New Year’s Eve in the banquet hall of a beachside hotel in southern China, tipsy revelers jumped to their feet to toast the arrival of 2026 — two hours early. 在中国南部一家海滨酒店的宴会厅里，在新年到来前两小时，一群喝得微醺的庆祝者就已经跳起来为2026年的到来举杯祝酒。 They were not befuddled by…