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Appointment of former navy chief Dong Jun could help smooth engagement with US
...Edward Robinson London N1, UK...
...The judge appointed Edward Middleton and Tiffany Wong, from the restructuring firm Alvarez & Marsal, as Evergrande’s liquidators....
...Additional reporting by Chan Ho-him in Hong Kong...
China says John Lee should get invite to economic gathering after report suggests he would be barred entry
...fails majority / From Kai L Chan, Abu Dhabi, UAE Ivy League credentials of those ruling on education / From Harold J Smith, White Plains, NY, US...
...unfinished work, including theatrical productions and clips from The Wind (2007), an animated tale of kids in imperial China that was to be produced with Jackie Chan....
...But the chaos wrought by the global Omicron outbreak has reinforced the Hong Kong government and public’s confidence in the city’s zero-Covid strategy, Edward Yau, secretary for commerce and economic development...
Finance ministry says accounting firm failed to assess asset quality of bad-debt manager
...Chan adds that building up China’s science and technology expertise has been a significant goal throughout the country’s decades of reform....
...While the market is still hot it is probably a good move for them to expand as much as they can, get to the level where they’re more competitive than others, then people will have to come to you,” said Chan...
...Letter in response to this article: Spare a thought for the Labour shadow chancellor / From Edward Robinson, London N1, UK...
...Every year, we have a harder and harder time fighting for labour and water,” says Chan....
...“You cannot let the private sector go out of control,” Chan argues....
...Additional reporting by Ding Wenjie in Beijing, Chan Ho-him in Hong Kong and Edward White in Shanghai This article has been updated to correct the number of passengers Embraer’s 195-E2 can carry....
International businesses welcome easing of restrictions but attention turns to mainland policy
...“Hong Kong is back, write that in your report,” said another spectator, Australian expat film producer Charles Edwards....
...Additional reporting by Gloria Li, Nian Liu, Qianer Liu, Wang Xueqiao, Cheng Leng, Arjun Neil Alim, Maiqi Ding, Primrose Riordan, Chan Ho-him, Hudson Lockett and Felicia Schwartz...
Lawmaker tested positive for virus just days after being photographed with Chinese president
...two-year spread (the second-best recession indicator) is now much less inverted, while the 10-year/three-month spread (the best one) has stayed put: There is a clear rationale here: Sean Darby and Kenneth Chan...
...Beijing’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has warned financiers against “hedonism” and “high-end lifestyles”, the FT’s Edward White and Cheng Leng report....
City of 9mn locks down after just 23 cases as Omicron surge challenges Xi’s zero-Covid strategy
...Sophia Chan, Hong Kong’s health secretary, said the decision was made even though there was no significant evidence that pets could transmit Covid-19 to humans....
...Kim Woo-chan, an economics professor at Korea University, said: “The amount of [alleged] fraud was several times bigger than Enron’s and Mr Chey was imprisoned twice for serious financial crimes but he still...
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