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...The Bureau of Past Managementby Iris Hanika, translated by Abigail Wender, V&Q Books £12.99 Hans Frambach works at the Berlin bureau that gives the novel its title, whose mission is to help the country...
...Phase 3 trials of Sputnik V began in September on 30,000 volunteers....
...“It will be heavy lifting for [Sinopharm] to establish its brand and reputation overseas,” said Jin Dong-Yan, a virologist at the University of Hong Kong....
...“Developing autonomous and controllable technology is a solution to being controlled by others,” says Mr Yan....
...Whither China’s king of debt Hui Ka Yan All eyes are on China Evergrande chairman Hui Ka Yan to see how he puts to use his $100bn pile of debt over the next year....
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...POP Ziggyology , by Simon Goddard, Ebury Press, £20, 352 pages After the comeback and the V&A retrospective comes Bowie fatigue. Do we need more adulation?...
...It was mid-afternoon and still the Chinese side had made no mention of the V word....
...Yet this modest bar is shifting three bottles of King George V Scotch whisky, at almost $1,000 a pop, every month. It is not just South Africa where the cash-strapped are splashing out....
...Qiang Yan, Chinese author of a book on the Premiership, describes 100 million Chinese sitting up at 1am to watch two Chinese play in Everton v Manchester City. “That’s ridiculous, right?” he asks....
...Qiang Yan, Chinese author of a book on the Premiership, told the International Football Arena conference in Zurich about 100m Chinese sitting up at 1am to see two Chinese play in an Everton v Manchester...
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