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...Back then its founder, Hui Ka Yan, still seemed hopeful he could save the world’s most indebted developer....
...Xiao disappeared after being abducted by Chinese security agents from a suite in Hong Kong in 2017....
...of “tigers and flies”, or high- and low-ranking government officials, has mostly brought down members of the 95mn-strong CCP, including senior leaders such as Ling Jihua, a top aide to former president Hu...
...Zhao has denied ties to Hu Haifeng....
...Namely: homemade xiao long bao and shengjian bao, claypot rice flecked with wind-dried sausages and Chinese bacon, a trio of Cantonese roast meats (cha siu, duck and siu yuk), crab leg congee, lobster egg...
...Hu criticised authorities for believing Xiao’s husband rather than preventing her abuse....
...“SenseTime’s listing [was] well supported by domestic investors,” said Ke Yan, an analyst at DZT Research....
...“The biggest growth headwind will be the property downturn,” said Larry Hu, chief China economist at Macquarie. “The tumbling property sector poses significant contagion risk for the Chinese economy.”...
...Ke Yan, head of research at Singapore-based DZT Research, said: “I don’t see how SenseTime will be profitable this year. Its services are highly customised, meaning it has low margins.”...
...The safety and whereabouts of many others, including Xiao Jianhua, however, is not known....
...“There is no question, no discussion, no nothing,” says Xiao. “Voices have been crushed. The public channels are shrinking.”...
...“A wholesale bailout is not likely,” predicted Larry Hu, chief China economist at Macquarie. “Shareholders and lenders might take a big loss....
...targets across provinces will be an especially tough task for the environment ministry, with important questions about how to account for industrial disparities between provinces remaining unresolved, said Yan...
...Hui Ka Yan, who is also Evergrande’s majority owner, was previously China’s richest man....
...“Zhengzhou has historically been facing an oversupply of apartments and the pandemic is making the problem worse,” said Larry Hu, an economist at Macquarie Group in Hong Kong....
...Hu Kaijun, an entrepreneur who controls two listed drug companies, owned a large stake in Ningbo Donghai Bank....
...Yes probably, says Yan Xiao in this podcast with Rui Ma of Tech Buzz China. Scott Kennedy at CSIS, a Washington-based think-tank, has an interesting overview of China’s new energy vehicle sector....
...Hu Xijin, editor of the Global Times newspaper, tweeted in July that China “is fully capable of destroying all of Taiwan’s military installations within a few hours, before seizing the island shortly after...
...“[The] slowing economy is a boon for junk bonds,” said Shen Xiao, a high-yield bond portfolio manager at Beijing-based Zhongji Investment....
...“They clearly have some liquidity issues,” said May Yan, UBS’s head of greater China financials equity research....
...“Demand for office space has weakened considerably due to the slowing economy,” said Cherry Hu, an analyst at Cushman & Wakefield in Wuhan. “The situation is not going to improve any time soon.”...
...The whereabouts of Mr Xiao, who was kidnapped from Hong Kong by Chinese authorities in January last year, are still unknown....
...It is being billed as the great unseen exhibition, showcasing a generation of artists — including Geng Jianyi, Yang Fudong, Liu Wei, Hu Jieming, Xu Zhen, Liang Yue, Chen Xiaoyun, Yang Zhenzhong and Xiang...
...The logic of the industry is ‘whoever rules housing inventories rules heaven and earth’,” said Hu Jinghui, chairman of the China Alliance of Real Estate Agencies, an industry association....
...Speaking to the Financial Times in February, Mr Guo called the disappearance of Mr Xiao “a huge blow”....
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