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...Last month, the city’s mayor Gong Zheng told reporters that foreign investment last year reached a record $23.5bn, which he argued “shows Shanghai is still one of the most attractive places for foreign investment...
...On another wall, an epic explosion of red: a reworking of Goya’s “Third of May” by the Chinese artist Yan Pei-Ming....
...“The purpose of the major is to train thought police to brainwash the entire population,” said Ming Xia, a political-science professor at the City University of New York....
...Massimo De Carlo scored hits through its mixed booth, including with the Chinese artists Yan Pei-Ming (“Tête de tigre II”, 2022, €250,000) and Zhao Zhao (“Spread”, 2021, $30,000)....
...He has never been a revolutionary like Mao,” says Ming Xia, a political-science professor at City University of New York....
...Jordan Schneider on the excellent ChinaTalk podcast has a fascinating chat with Yan Zheng at In-Q-Tel, which invests in start-ups for the CIA and the rest of the US intelligence community....
...From the West Bund Art & Design fair, Thaddaeus Ropac’s sales included Alex Katz’s “Ariel 3” (2020) for $600,000 and Yan Pei-Ming’s large watercolour “Red Buddha” (2008) for €130,000....
...Li Ming-che Li Ming-che in 2017 became the first Taiwan citizen to be charged with state security crimes in the People’s Republic of China since the law was revised in 2015....
...The chief scientist, Yan Shuicheng, is an expert in AI with a particular focus on computer vision, machine learning and multimedia analysis, according to the company....
...In fact, Taiwan was formally incorporated into the Qing empire in 1683 after a seaborne invasion that led to the defeat of the Zheng clan, Ming-loyalist warlords....
...During the civil wars on the mainland Ming supporters led by Zheng Chenggong formed what has been called the Kingdom of Tungning and held some parts of the island from 1661 to 1683 when forces of the Qing...
...Dixon Ming Sing, a political science professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and technology, said the timing of the arrests was significant as they came as the city wrestled with the coronavirus...
...As Shih’s business prospered, so did his collecting ambitions, and in 1998 he made what he calls his first “fine art” purchase — a painting of rice fields by the Taiwanese artist Huang Ming Chang....
...“Three years ago, there may have been more people thinking that we could rely on some US technologies rather than developing our own,” says Yan Ming, a director at the China Computer Federation, a research...
...Top level sales were swiftly reported from Fiac including, at Thaddaeus Ropac, Robert Rauschenberg’s “Everglade (Borealis)” (1990) for $1.7m and two new paintings by Yan Pei-Ming (€560,000 each), who had...
...Abulafia sets the famous early 15th-century Ming voyages of Admiral Zheng He in contrast with later European discoveries....
...Here’s where the dragons are . . . ” By the time they reach the fourth door, muk yan chong, or the wooden dummy, students live in a Zen state of freedom....
...In one of the most perceptive passages in his book, Frankopan quotes an influential Chinese academic, Yan Xuetong....
...“The days of explosive growth are over,” said Xie Ming, owner of Rongda Investment, a lending platform based in Chengdu, Sichuan province....
...Zheng He rose from being a eunuch in the court of the Prince of Yan to commanding a fleet of explorer boats that included vast nine-masted “treasure ships” measuring 130m by 55m....
...The “road” refers to the maritime trade routes traced by the eunuch admiral Zheng He at the height of the 14th-15th century Ming dynasty influence over Southeast Asia, while the “belt” refers to the silk...
...That did not stop the owner of a small dumpling restaurant inside the compound, who gave her name as Ms Zheng....
...There were perhaps more images of President Trump than some visitors wanted to see, including ones by Andres Serrano at Chantal Crousel and Yan Pei-Ming at Thaddaeus Ropac....
...Urbanisation and rising disposable income will drive it, too, though “companies have to change their branding strategy and product offering to capture the incremental market growth”, says HSBC analyst Lina Yan...
...“It is not an economic question, it is political,” Mr Zheng says....
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