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...Modern Chinese design is “buzzing”, says Licheng Ling, a Shanghai- and New York-based consultant and designer who launched Homeism, a loungewear brand inspired by traditional Chinese garments, in 2016....
...“The two previous major factions in the party — the Shanghai faction [of late president Jiang Zemin] and the Communist Youth League [of former president Hu] — have been marginalised through Xi Jinping’s...
...The up-and-comers Jiang Fan, 34, president of the ecommerce platforms Taobao and Tmall....
...Ling Jihua was the de facto chief-of-staff of Mr Xi’s predecessor, Hu Jintao....
...Mr Xu worked his way up through the political wing of the PLA and was a protégé of Jiang Zemin, former president. When he was arrested, investigators found more than 1 tonne of cash in his home....
...He then contrasts Mr Xi favourably with his more recent predecessors: “When Jiang Zemin was president, Deng had the final say. When Hu Jintao was president, Jiang had the final say....
...Mr Ling’s son died in a Ferrari crash in 2012 that raised questions about the wealthy lifestyles of “princeling” children of top officials....
...There was nothing particularly special about the announcement – except for one thing: Ling Zhengce is the older brother of Ling Jihua, head of the United Front Work Department – a government agency that...
...These include former presidents Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao, who both warned Mr Xi earlier this year not to go too far in his pursuit of high level corruption for fear of destabilising the power structure...
...Jiang Qing, the Shanghai starlet who became Mao Zedong’s fourth wife, became a powerful political figure at home....
...Huang, after sustaining the mood of the Chausson, played for contrast in Huang Zi’s Five Chinese Songs (arranged for singer and string quartet by Shanghai Quartet second violinist Yi-Weng Jiang)....
...Ling Ling, the only giant panda that belonged to Japan, last week died in Ueno Zoo....
...Chai Ling was a 23-year-old graduate of Peking University....
...Jiang Zemin, meanwhile – Hu’s immediate predecessor – delighted in singing in public and reciting from the Gettysburg Address in English....
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