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...“This is one of China’s responses to the . . . export restrictions in the Netherlands and Japan,” said Lucy Chen, vice-president of Taiwan-based research firm Isaiah Research....
...“2023 represents a pivotal chapter in our corporate history,” said chair and co-chief executive Chen Lei. “We saw growing demand driven by encouraging consumer sentiment.”...
...Summer Lin’s no-nonsense shirts and trousers never distract from the performance, although the eye is inevitably drawn to the work’s sole prop: the 4ft feather sprouting from Chen’s head....
...That’s why we are buying a plot of land to build one ourselves,” Wistron chair Simon Lin told reporters ahead of the company’s year-end party for employees....
...The rise of mobile internet use, according to co-chief executive officer Chen Lei, created a “new paradigm”. Their descriptions are hard to square with the numbers....
...Lunar Halo, which had its UK premiere at a packed Sadler’s Wells on Thursday, is by former Cloud Gate dancer Cheng Tsung Iung, who took over from founding artistic director Lin Hwai Min three years ago....
...“Our collaboration with [an] Indian supplier that began in 2023 works very well and now they want more models and more volume,” said Acer Chairman Jason Chen....
...Chen does not appear to have yet fulfilled his $50m pledge....
...The Tesla and Twitter boss secured meetings with three government ministers as well as influential Shanghai Communist party chief Chen Jining....
...March 15 to 24; further information here Hung Shing Festival The island of Ap Lei Chau will be filled with Chinese opera performances, parades and dragon and lion dances during this religious festival...
...Lei, a 37-year old Shanghai resident, plans to open a restaurant in March and rented his shop at the peak of the outbreak late last year. He says rents for similar shops have now increased 30 per cent....
...that Beijing was increasingly anti-business and anti-private wealth was “the main reason for the migration of Chinese billionaires from mainland or Hong Kong to Singapore and other places”, said Zhiwu Chen...
...Chen of Trivium said the targets would spur officials to offer incentives and rewards to win over seniors....
...So that is why stringent Covid controls are still in place,” Chen said. This month, Xi attempted to soften zero-Covid restrictions....
...Additional reporting by Andy Lin in Hong Kong...
...Three of Pinduoduo’s top executives, including chair and chief executive Chen Lei, also sold shares in September, with each cashing in shares worth about $7m in their first disclosed stock sales since the...
...“It’s universal that many of us now only have freedom but no money, let alone the ability to spend on consumer goods,” Chen said....
...“We expect international passenger numbers in China will only return to pre-Covid levels in 2025, with short-haul recovery outpacing long-haul,” said Eric Lin, head of research at UBS China....
...“There was a lot of optimism in 2021 . . . when we thought we were heading back to pre-pandemic levels,” said Lei David Chen, a Hangzhou-based film producer with studio Versatile Media....
...“It may take a while for deaths to come through the system,” Chen said....
...George Chen, managing director of the joint venture, said Singapore was the “gateway to Asia”....
...Reporting by Arjun Neil Alim in Beijing, Edward White in Seoul and Andy Lin in Hong Kong...
...Additional reporting by Maiqi Ding in Beijing, Gloria Li and Andy Lin in Hong Kong and Eleanor Olcott in Taipei...
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