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...The beauty staple I’m never without is Penhaligon’s Peoneve eau de parfum....
...Under Mr Xi, Beijing has stepped up its efforts to end Taiwan’s de facto independence, and to incorporate the island into the mainland....
...Zeng Rong Spokesman,Chinese Embassy in the UK Letter in response to this letter: ‘Economic relationship’ is all in China’s favour / From Stanley W R de A Samarasinghe, New Orleans, LA, US...
...Last month she showed her 2020 resort womenswear collection in the company’s New York offices, a former Piano Factory redesigned by Herzog & de Meuron....
...But for decades it has had to tolerate Taiwan’s continuing existence as a de facto independent country that is also a prosperous and vigorous democracy....
...Of these, 10 are de facto nationalisations because the SOE will become the formerly private company’s largest shareholder....
...A spokesperson for the American Institute in Taiwan, the de facto US embassy in Taipei, said China’s efforts to alter the status quo were “unhelpful” and did not “contribute to regional stability”....
...Letter in response to this editorial: China focuses on dialogue and partnership abroad / From Zeng Rong, Chinese Embassy in the UK...
...Marshall Wace, DE Shaw, Jana Partners, Two Sigma and Citadel also hold shares in the medical website....
...Kipili, Lake Tanganyika; doubles from $495 per person, full-board; lupitaisland.com 8 — Hôtel & Spa des Pêcheurs, Corsica The tiny private island of Cavallo lies off the coast of Corsica and is home to...
...This is “because it was from Ma Rong in his first shipment. I don’t know anyone in the world who has a military one like this, but it really has to do with Ma Rong.”...
...Space, was followed by group exhibitions in China and beyond, solo shows in Berlin, inclusion in the current group show Emotional Supply Chains at the Zabludowicz Collection, and, after the ICA, the Jeu de...
...Zhou Zefu works on a giant steel sculpture of Guan Yu, known also as “Guan Gong”, a famous historical character in the Three Kingdoms period, at an open air workshop in Ningbo, Zhejiang province....
...The delta’s innermost area is a Unesco biosphere reserve and is home to animals such as the secretive marsh deer, plus otters, guans and capybaras....
...Three types of people buy European or American-style villas in China, says Peng Rong, marketing director for real estate agent Yuan He. “The first has a lot of money but a low education....
...The scion of a powerful Shanghai family – Rong Yiren, his father, was China’s vice-president – Mr Yung became the first tycoon from communist China to make his mark abroad....
...Also read Felix Salmon and Guan on local loop unbundling, plus Jack Shafer....
...Chin Peng – a nom de guerre for a man born Ong Boon Hua – first rose to prominence as an anti-Japanese guerrilla fighter during Japan’s occupation of the Malayan peninsula in the second world war....
...This lavish monograph unravels how de Kooning lived by that romantic mantra, creating “visions of a temperament seen through nature”....
...November brings the opening of Song Saa, the country’s first private island resort, in the Koh Rong archipelago....
...Over the years, Citic Pacific has snapped up stakes in ironic Hong Kong companies including Cathay Pacific, the de facto flag carrier....
...It is not too late for the administration to seize what is left of the moral high ground over Guan-tánamo, and pre-empt a likely de-feat in the Supreme Court by giving federal judges the right to review...
...A Partisan’s Daughter By Louis de Bernières Knopf Canada/Harvill Secker £16.99, 224 pages Set in 1970s London, this is an unlikely love story – between a middle-aged man and a young Yugoslavian – from the...
...Helped by impeccable political connections – Rong Yiren, his father, was China’s vice-president – Mr Yung’s relentless deal making helped the government-owned Citic Pacific to break into the cosy group...
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