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...Taiwan’s minister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-hua told Nikkei in November that Taiwanese companies invested more in south-east and south Asia than in China for the first time in 2022....
...Another talking point of Christie’s auction was Paul Signac’s “Calanque des Canoubiers (Pointe de Bamer), Saint-Tropez” (1896), which was at the centre of a London High Court claim in 2020....
...The G7 group of industrial nations has pleaded with Beijing to de-escalate the situation....
...“Japan is not in a position to comment on Taiwan-related issues,” said Hua Chunying, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson....
...Goldman similarly turned a profit of $12mn after gaining full ownership of its 18-year partnership with Gao Hua Securities and this week relocated its Singapore chief Eg Morse to Shanghai to lead its work...
...I like the small producer Salon, which makes a single-terroir from the Côte des Blancs....
...In 2004 he manoeuvred a groundbreaking joint venture with local brokerage Gao Hua Securities, giving Goldman an unmatched foothold in the country’s markets....
...Beijing claims Taiwan as its territory and demands other countries deny recognition of its de facto independence....
...The resignations left the de facto rubber-stamp parliament effectively devoid of opposition....
...Kuok Khoon Hua, the youngest son of the founder, added in an interview: “We see China and Asia to be the growth driver in five to 10 years and beyond.”...
...Shenzhen-based Lin Yong Hua taught himself watchmaking and produced his first watch in 2006....
...For all the patriotism and rhetoric surrounding self-sufficiency, few believe 100 per cent “de-Americanisation” is a genuinely realistic goal in the near future....
...Sebastián Piñera, Chile’s president, met Huawei chairman Liang Hua in Shenzhen in April and said “Huawei is welcome to participate in public tenders” in Chile for 5G and fibreoptic cable projects....
...Stadium Time for action Demonstrators shout at a Time’s Up protest supporting women’s rights in London Papal welcome Pope Francis greets a child as he arrives to lead the Marian celebration of the Virgin de...
...Hua Chunying, a spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry, pointed out that the council’s resolutions “have clear provisions”....
...The Deutsche Bank disclosure simply said that the results included the proceeds of the Hua Xia sale, which “will be closed in 2016”....
...In the decades after China was admitted to the UN in 1971, most countries established diplomatic relations with Beijing and de-recognised the Republic of China, as Taiwan is formally known....
...The judges chose two Chinese books as runners-up: The Seventh Day by Yu Hua and The Four Books by Yan Lianke....
...But some grapes have produced good-quality wine, with one — the Cuvée de Siam Rouge 2008 (available only in Thailand) — blended from Sangiovese and Shiraz grapes....
...Undeterred by holidays or protests, Goldman Sachs pushed ahead with the initial public offering of Hua Hong, a Chinese chipmaker looking to raise up to $360m....
...In the manner of his own installations, Nelson places works by Brancusi, Giacometti, Henry Moore, de Kooning, Louise Bourgeois, Pawel Althamer, as a mass of modelled figures on wooden floors in a naturally...
...The Fast Lane jolted back into high gear again after this columnist hit the highway to Bangkok after a week of healthy living (no alcohol, 1,200 calories a day, personal trainer) down in Hua Hin....
...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....
...Stockman lives on the building’s third floor with his wife Annabel, also a film-maker, and their adopted children, Chung Chung, 15, and Hua Hua, 13....
...Why FW de Klerk abandoned apartheid, as he sips white wine and chews Nicorette tablets over lunch with Alec Russell....
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