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...His remarks at the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum matched Beijing’s insistence that the People’s Liberation Army was not trying to build a global network of bases....
...I can remember wanting to look like Julie Christie in Darling and the cover of a Shangri-Las record. My most prized possession was a navy school coat I bought for £5 on Brick Lane....
...Even if Labour wins, there is no social democratic Shangri-La at hand. What has died in Britain over recent weeks is the progressive dream, not just the libertarian one....
...“Here, the focus has mainly been on FMCG [fast moving consumer goods] products,” says Victoria Waugh, co-founder of V&V Sustainability Consultancy....
...As always, you can reach us at Imani.Moise@ft.com or Sid.V@ft.com. Thanks for reading....
...“No corporation should have that much power. But we’ve all created this serpent which is wrapping itself around us....
...He founded the team alongside Lachlan Murdoch, son of media tycoon Rupert and chief executive of Fox Corporation....
...Tink spent heavily to win customers, signing on major hotel chains including Shangri-La Hotels, InterContinental Hotel Group and Hyatt Hotels, according to some employees....
...(BBC) Video of the day Are corporations paying enough tax?...
...After his resounding election victory in May, Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to ramp up his “Act East” policy, and in a speech at the Shangri-La Security Dialogue in Singapore last year, he described...
...I could have gone for the sparkling new Songbei Shangri-La, where I eat a delicious lunch of Chinese roast duck, but I opt for the Modern Hotel in the old city instead....
...During the financial crisis, the real-time, practical manifestation of the liquidity v. solvency debate was about what financial institutions were worth saving....
...Shangri-La Hotel, one of the main businesses of his Kuok/Kerry Group, opened its first property in Hangzhou in 1984....
...Down the road the town known to its original Tibetan population as Gyalthang is being turned into a kitsch Chinese fantasy Shangri-La. Police and CCTV glower on the corners. I hated it....
...Ampersand’s five-night tour from Beijing to Guilin, including high-speed train, guide, two nights at Raffles Beijing (raffles.com) and three nights at the Shangri-La Guilin (shangri-la.com) costs from £2,105...
...The Kuok group is the single largest shareholder group in listed companies such as Shangri-La Asia, a hotel operator, and the publisher of the South China Morning Post newspaper....
...Three restaurants on the 31st to 33rd floors – Oblix, Aqua Shard and Hutong – are already open for business and a 200-bed Shangri-La five-star hotel is expected to open early next year....
...However, TPG V – which began investing in 2006 and is one of TPG’s largest funds with $15bn in commitments – has suffered from very poor performance....
...The Shangri-La is working on one in its basement. Mr Jauslin has hopes of building one to keep up....
...A newly painted sign reads: “Colquiri Mining Company” with the logo of Comibol, Bolivia’s state-run mining corporation....
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...POP Ziggyology , by Simon Goddard, Ebury Press, £20, 352 pages After the comeback and the V&A retrospective comes Bowie fatigue. Do we need more adulation?...
...“La Jolla” references the fact that the patent agent lived and worked near La Jolla, Calif....
...A judge in Regina v....
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