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...China could have an advantage over Americans in being more accustomed to cramped intergenerational quarantines, Patti Waldmeir writes....
...It is a move that will further complicate the world’s most important bilateral diplomatic relationship, writes Beijing bureau chief Tom Mitchell....
...The best book I’ve read in the past year is Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell by David Yaffe. She’s very strong-minded and was uncompromising in her art....
...On the late part of the tour, Joni Mitchell arrives to join in....
Curbs on speculation have not filtered down to many retail traders
Relatives of 3 Standing Committee members linked to Mossack Fonseca
Investors not convinced by policymaker’s reassurance on economy
PBoC governor says it must erase expectations on depreciation and plays down FX reserves fears
Chinese group tries to reassure investors after action adds to private sector jitters
Guo Guangchang’s brief unexplained disappearance has raises questions over Beijing’s the President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption crackdown
...Donizetti’s opera used to be the playground of great voices — Patti and Rubini, Melba and Sutherland, Caballé and Pavarotti, all sang it at Covent Garden. Sadly, those are no more....
...Additional reporting by Patti Waldmeir and Jennifer Hughes...
...Additional reporting by Tom Mitchell and Jackie Cai...
...Additional reporting by Patti Waldmeir, Jackie Cai and Wan Li...
...rejected and auction is cancelled Sept 2015 Announces $1.5bn Hong Kong rights issue after raising $1.2bn in May through share placement With additional reporting by Jackie Cai, Gabriel Wildau and Tom Mitchell...
...Additional reporting by Peter Wise in Lisbon and Patti Waldmeir in Shanghai...
Time running out for any survivors after sinking in Yangtze river
Extra police called in to control grief-stricken relatives massed at a Shanghai government office
Rescue teams cutting through hull in attempt to reach trapped passengers
...TIFF ends Sunday, tiff.net Photographs: Aidan Monaghan; Alison Rosa; Patti Perret; Caitlin Cronenberg; Robert D Ward...
...Additional reporting by Zhang Yan, Julie Zhu, Tom Mitchell and Gabriel Wildau...
...Additional reporting by Patti Waldmeir and Zhang Yan Timeline: key moments in the GSK corruption probe June 28 2013 Police in the central Chinese city of Changsha say they have placed GSK company officials...
...talks about pervasive kickback culture Speaking in low tones in a busy Starbucks coffeeshop in central Shanghai, a young man recalls his experience as a former drug salesman for GlaxoSmithKline, writes Patti...
...Did Duke Ellington, Martha Graham, Bob Dylan, John Belushi, Leonard Bernstein, Patti Smith, Piet Mondrian or Joseph Mitchell? Correct me if I’m wrong but I think not....
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