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...Fu has long used social media to promote her work and other endeavours....
...Asked if China would lift the sanctions to unblock the process, he said Beijing was open to “all solutions, so long as they are based on reciprocity and equality”....
...Back then its founder, Hui Ka Yan, still seemed hopeful he could save the world’s most indebted developer....
...Founded by Taiwanese computer scientist Lee Kai-Fu, MSRA has been an important training centre for Chinese tech talent....
...Deputy director-general of the commission’s trade department, Maria Martin-Prat, responded: “What is good for consumers in the long term is fair competition.”...
...So far, the highest-grossing films of 2024 are a sequel derived from an old novel (Dune: Part Two), the fourth in a series (Kung Fu Panda 4) and, in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, the fifth instalment...
...For years I’ve wanted to see a “strange stone banquet” (qishi yan), and now one stands before me....
...When exam season begins, the long-suspected true motives of the centre, along with its political entanglements, become all too apparent....
...Evergrande’s demise already ranks as a long-running saga....
...Roman Kramarchuk, head of future energy analytics at S&P Global Commodity Insights, said policy changes linked to COP28 were “inherently a long-term story”....
...I spent a night in a sprawling André Fu-designed suite, which seemed to contain more seats than my local cinema....
...“Share buybacks are more about the [market] sentiment,” said Si Fu, a China equity strategist at Goldman Sachs, who said the share price impact of such measures alone was likely to be limited....
...So prepare for long nights when EU leaders meet to seal the budget deal in December — with some diplomats saying they might fail and haggling continue into the new year....
...But for Beijing, CBAM is an example of green protectionism, says Yan Qin, a carbon analyst at London Stock Exchange Group....
...One long-mooted potential disrupter is Comac, the Chinese plane maker....
...It has only produced about 900 vehicles of its long-delayed flagship model and had $9bn in liabilities as of 2021....
...SenseTime “doesn’t have good pricing power”, said Ke Yan, head of research at DZT Research....
...Golden Age by Wang Xiaobo, translated by Yan Yan, Penguin Classics £18.99, 272 pages Join our online book group on Facebook at FT Books Café...
...The WPBSA said the punishments were for a long list of rule breaches, including fixing matches and failing to co-operate with the investigation....
...But polls have long suggested victory for the conservative National Coalition party....
...Low salaries add to pressure on doctors, said Jin Dong-yan, a virologist at the University of Hong Kong....
...Hui Ka Yan, formerly China’s richest man, has come under pressure to sell his own assets as part of Evergrande’s collapse. He remains chair of the company and signed off on the financial results....
...Hui Ka Yan, the founder and chair of Evergrande, who was formerly China’s richest man, has seen his personal wealth come under intense scrutiny from investors amid the developer’s ongoing restructuring....
...Evergrande has extended a scheme designed to persuade creditors to agree to its long-awaited offshore restructuring plan, reflecting challenges for the property developer as it seeks to recover from its...
...This could hurt investors in the long run. GQG makes another big bet on India Baba Ramdev is a televangelist yoga guru with more than 9mn followers on YouTube....
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