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...Jiang Qing married the most powerful man in China, created revolutionary operas and was celebrated for bringing to life films by the country’s greatest directors....
...Unlike Maugham, Tan has not needed to travel for his ideas....
...Tan Dun conducted this first UK performance himself....
...Indonesian designer Alvin Tjitrowirjo showed a flowing Log bench, and Teerapoj Teeropas of design studio Kitt-Ta-Khon, from Thailand, added nylon to create arresting black-and- white stripes in his Qing...
...I recommend trying the street food from the old-fashioned stalls, such as the giant fish ball with chilli sauce, tofu pudding and cha guo (tea dumplings)....
...A spokesperson for Shanghai Kaibao Pharmaceutical Co, the leading manufacturer of Tan Re Qing, says its technology to synthesise bear bile is not yet mature enough to make the treatment at scale....
...Shih explains his fascination with the period: “In the early 20th century, China was undergoing upheaval, in the period between the end of the Qing dynasty and the republic. It was a mess.”...
...Business pressure At the other end of China’s social spectrum, its growing private sector was unnerved in December by the brief detention of one of its leading lights, Guo Guangchang, ostensibly to assist...
...Footage aired on state television included Mr Wang’s nephew by marriage, Yao Qing, another target of Mr Guo’s allegations....
...The questions raised by Mr Guo, however, continue to haunt HNA by turning a spotlight on the ownership of the group....
...HNA Group chief executive Adam Tan told the Financial Times in July that the large shareholding was simply held in Mr Guan’s name and represented the interests of HNA insiders....
...Mr Guo is writing letters praising the probe that his company is caught up in and HNA’s chief executive, Adam Tan, is trying to explain his company’s opaque ownership structure....
...As Beijing cracks down on capital flows, HNA also has been under fire from another source: Guo Wengui, an exiled businessman, has lobbed accusations from his Manhattan apartment that the family of Wang Qishan...
...(NYMag) The mystery of the exiled Chinese billionaire From his perch above Central Park, Guo Wengui has become a thorn in Beijing’s side, exposing the corruption of China’s elite....
...Guo seems confident. But there are signs that not all is well with the group....
...HNA’s top leaders Chen Feng and Adam Tan have never been hit by online tales of sudden disappearance....
...),” said Tan, who noted HNA’s debt-to-asset ratio dipped to below 60 per cent at the end of December....
...Guo Wengui, the former business partner of an imprisoned security official, has claimed on widely viewed Twitter posts over the past month that Yao Qing, a nephew of Mr Wang’s wife, has benefited from a...
...Additional reporting by Owen Guo...
...Lucy Hornby Additional reporting by Leslie Hook in San Francisco and Owen Guo in Beijing...
...Additional reporting by April Ma,Owen Guo, Wan Li, Christian Shepherd and Kathrin Hille Letter in response to this article: On the rampage / From Tim Darbey...
...In a liúshuǐ account book, transactions that need to be transferred to the wănglái will be marked by guò ([过] = ‘transfer’) or zhi ([之] = ‘go’) by the end of the item detail....
...The Xinhua report said another official, Tan Liwu, a producer on CCTV’s finance channel, had also been detained. It gave no other details....
...Additional reporting by Owen Guo Twitter: @HornbyLucy...
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