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...Xia Chun, chief economist at Forthright Financial Holdings in Hong Kong, said the net sales restrictions were unlikely to lift investor sentiment in China....
...Cho previously served on the staff of former president Chen Shui-bian and as a lawmaker. The new cabinet will take office upon Lai’s inauguration on May 20....
...“Chen Shaojie’s arrest implies that the judicial authorities have at least obtained some evidence,” said Xia....
...“Valuations are at a reasonable level for the national team to buy in,” said Xia Chun, chief economist at Forthright Financial Holdings in Hong Kong....
...“China had to fawn over Foxconn because they could make or break a region’s development,” Chen said....
...“Some places are facing the most complicated and severe situation in the three years since the fight against the epidemic,” Xia Gang, of the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Control, told reporters in Beijing...
...Chao Chun-shan, a China scholar who has advised four successive Taiwanese presidents on cross-Strait relations, predicts that Beijing will massively step up such tactics right after the elections....
...“China-Europe relations have picked up significantly because Europe is not advocating decoupling from China and demanding strategic independence,” says Ding Chun, a director at the Centre for European Studies...
...“Hong Kong plays a very important role for Taiwanese private wealth management,” said Patrick Chen, head of Taiwan research at CLSA, the brokerage....
...Wang Chen, an NPC vice-chairman, has also confirmed that anyone hoping to run for a legislative seat must be nominated by the overwhelmingly pro-Beijing “election committee” that selects Hong Kong’s chief...
...At the opening session on Friday, Wang Chen, an NPC vice-chairman, said Hong Kong’s electoral system had “loopholes and deficiencies” that could allow “anti-China forces” to seize control of the city....
...The latest round is being led by Chen Yixin, secretary-general of the Politics and Legal Affairs Commission....
...After graduating, he joined talent agency JetStar Entertainment and returned to Taiwan to work as a model alongside Sphinx Ting, Lan Chun-Tien and Victor Chen. The group became known as “Fashion 4”....
...“The prices are reasonable but not incredibly cheap,” said office supplies salesman Chen Yifan....
...Peng Chun, chairman of Bank of Communications, one of the country’s biggest lenders, will soon join China Investment Corp, as the fund is known, according to several people familiar with the matter....
...His own collection includes Chinese and Taiwanese artists such as Sanyu, Lin Fengmian, Xu Beijong, Yan Wenliang, Liu Haisu, Chen Cheng-Po, Liao Chi-Chun, Chang Shuhong and many more....
...“Male workers have nearly all left town to seek jobs,” said Ma Chun, a shop clerk. “It used to be our city’s strongest enterprise.”...
...Young painters like Chen Yun, Lai Wei-Yu, Shih Yung-Chun, Sun Pei-Mao and Wang Guan-Jhen appreciate the symbiotic relationship between young artists and young collectors....
...Yansheng (Espanyol), Tony Xia (Aston Villa) and Li Yonghong (AC Milan)....
...Chen Jinxue, a rights lawyer based in Guangdong, said he believed Mr Li was innocent....
...Additional reporting by Xia Keyu...
...The Fujian-based miner expects full-year zinc output to rise to 280,000 tonnes, from 250,000 tonnes in 2016, which could make it “the largest zinc producer in China”, according to chairman Chen Jinghe....
...Twitter: @hancocktom Additional reporting by Xia Keyu...
...Chen Xiaogang, chief executive officer of Lisa Womens’ shoe store based in the southern city of Shenzhen, which employs about 50 people, has been selling on Ebay-like Taobao since its founding six years...
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