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...“Are China’s subsidies kindling a trade war?” The front-page teaser for your Big Read feature by Joe Leahy, James Kynge and Sun Yu piqued my interest (January 31)....
...But Li sold to Yu Pun-Hoi, a Beijing-friendly media baron. Xiong says he suspects that Li sold to Yu to ingratiate himself and improve his chances of becoming a conduit for Wall Street in China....
...Chen Ling-yang, a magazine editor and doctoral student of Taiwanese history, was born in 1991, the year Taiwan conducted its first free national-level elections....
...Tan Hooi Ling, co-founder of south-east Asia’s other superapp Grab, has said “hyper-localisation” is the key to creating new businesses in the region....
...The effort has led to the detention of tens of thousands of officials, including senior national leaders such as Zhou Yongkang, China’s former security chief, and Ling Jihua, a top aide to former president...
...“We were surprised to see such a big, rowdy crowd,” said Luo Ling, 31, who along with his wife attended the pool party. “People around us were . . . having the time of their lives.”...
...Wang Ling, a Moutai distributor in Beijing, said the liquor was a must-have at business banquets because it represented “a display of power”....
...In April, Huang’s mother Pu Wenqing wrote an open letter asking to be allowed to visit her son because it was feared his health was deteriorating....
...The April 3rd Incident , by Yu Hua, translated by Allan H. Barr, Pantheon, RRP$25.95, 224 pages Join our online book group on Facebook at FTBooksCafe....
...Outside the fairs and museums, visitors to Taipei should not miss Lin Li Ling’s (b1965) third solo show at Caves Art Center....
...Taiwan Association for Human Rights secretary-general Chiu E-ling said his interactions with Chinese activists were limited to the discussion of history and Taiwanese democracy....
...“Bluegogo’s failure represents the funding bubble collapsing [for shared bikes],” said Xue Yu, analyst at market research firm IDC....
...Her collection includes a personal portrait by Downtown and two Hermès bags personalised by Ling. Yu’s firm is sponsoring this year’s FIGAF, and she hopes she may take the fair abroad....
...Outbound investment has fallen back to a reasonable range,” said Yan Ling, economist at China Merchants Securities in Beijing....
...Zhang Yu, head of international research at Minsheng Securities in Beijing, warned that the currency’s January gains may be shortlived....
...The conductor Long Yu, who hosted Stern’s return to China for the 20th anniversary of his groundbreaking 1979 tour (commemorated in the Oscar-winning documentary From Mao to Mozart), fulfilled his own longtime...
...Mr Yu’s younger brother, Yu Zhengsheng, is now a member of the seven-man Politburo Standing Committee, the highest political body in China....
...In December Pu Zhiqiang, one of China’s most famous rights lawyers, was given a suspended prison sentence for inciting ethnic hatred and disrupting public order....
...His view is echoed by Bao Pu, a Hong Kong publisher who helped to smuggle the memoirs of Zhao Ziyang, a deposed former leader, out of China....
...“The Chinese smartphone market was already slowing earlier this year,” says Jeff Pu, an analyst at Yuanta, a trend “driven more by high penetration than by weaker economic growth”....
...Additional reporting by Gu Yu...
...Mr Li’s own lawyer, Pu Zhiqiang, was recently charged with the same offence for attending a private gathering in May to commemorate the massacre....
...Mr Pu was detained after a similar event held on May 3....
...Although some have been released over the past week, lawyer Pu Zhiqiang and journalist Gao Yu face potentially long prison terms for, respectively, “causing a disturbance” and leaking state secrets....
...Additional reporting by Gu Yu Wang Dan: ‘Sooner or later the young generation will stand up to fight’ Wang Dan’s Google Plus profile speaks volumes....
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