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...The decline has more than doubled from the previous year,” said Wang Feng, an expert on Chinese demographics at the University of California, Irvine....
...The traditional export model, which involves multiple intermediaries and is sometimes led by official organisations, has various limitations, said Benjamin Xiao, the sales director of a Shenzhen-based OEM...
...In a rare display of domestic policy criticism, two prominent Peking University economists, Huang Yiping and Lu Feng, this month sounded warnings over Beijing’s plans....
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...Ye Jianming, the former head of state-backed conglomerate CEFC has not been seen since being detained in early 2018, and Chen Feng, the former chair of travel-to-finance conglomerate HNA Group, was arrested...
...“So far, nothing seems to have stuck,” said Wang Feng, a sociologist and expert in demographics at the University of California, Irvine....
...Lu Weibing, who joined the company three years ago to lead its Redmi sub-brand, will replace Wang as president....
...Back in Feng County, Xiao’s husband is facing criminal charges of human trafficking....
...In a fascinating interview Lu Feng, a professor at Peking University, says China should weaponise its domestic market in the chip war against the US, banning sales from any company that complies with American...
...“Some local governments take a one-size-fits-all approach, and take excessive policy steps that have neglected the demands of the public,” said commission spokesperson Mi Feng, adding lockdown extensions...
...“This is a slow storm that has gained strength over the past few years,” said Wang Feng, an expert on China’s demographic change at the University of California, Irvine, in the US....
...They include CEFC founder Ye Jianming, Anbang chair Wu Xiaohui as well as HNA chair Chen Feng and chief executive Adam Tan and Tomorrow Group boss Xiao Jianhua....
...China’s calculations look beyond the current US administration and this election cycle, unlike Mr Trump’s which is primarily focused on getting votes, Mr Lu added....
...The trip had proceeded smoothly, and Mr Lu did not indicate that he had been monitored, she said. However, Mr Lu failed to arrive in Sichuan province on November 5 as planned....
...“The Canadian government called for the release of its citizens,” said Mr Feng....
...Tycoon Xiao Jianhua was abducted from Hong Kong by Chinese agents in 2017 and has vanished from public sight. He has yet to be charged....
...“Sino-US relations have reached their worst moment in 40 years,” Mr Lu added. “We don’t know if Trump has a plan B to get out of the quagmire.”...
...Lü Xiang, an American expert at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, criticised the Trump administration’s latest broadside against Beijing....
...Alibaba has not found any business better than online retailing,” said Ming Lu, a Shanghai-based analyst with financial network Smartkarma....
...An installation by the Chinese artist Xiao Lu entitled “Dialogue” consists of two phone booths, one containing a life-size photograph of a man and the other a life-size photograph of a woman....
...“They’re worried that they can’t repeat it,” says Ms Xiao. “Nobody feels secure.”...
...“Chinese-language media and the Chinese people are one,” Lu Hao, the managing editor of the American newspaper Sino-US Times, told editors at a forum promoting China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative...
...Additional reporting by Xinning Liu in Beijing and Emily Feng in Zhuhai...
...Follow Emily Feng and Shawn Donnan on Twitter @emilyzfeng and @sdonnan Additional reporting by Xinning Liu in Beijing....
...“ZTE did not deserve the death penalty for its mistakes,” said Lu Xiang at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. “It was used as a tool in the trade dispute.”...
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