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...“There has been a significant fall in the net interest margin of small and medium-sized banks last year, resulting in a severe weakening of their capital replenishment capabilities,” said Ming Ming, chief...
...The ruling Democratic Progressive party’s candidate Lai Ching-te has said the opposition’s plans for closer ties with China put the country’s sovereignty and democracy at risk....
...Lai Ching-te’s voice cracked as he hailed a crowd of tens of thousands in southern Taiwan on Sunday night....
...We were curious how the difference could be that stark,” Lin said....
...A few doors down from a Popeyes location in central Shanghai last week, a long lunchtime line had formed outside Guang Ming Cun, a restaurant renowned for its local fare and popular with the city’s elderly...
...“The timing dovetails well with the softening of rhetoric between the US and China, with Biden calling for a thawing”, said Han Lin, a professor at NYU Shanghai....
...Zong Ming, deputy mayor of Shanghai, said lockdowns of communities would be lifted if they reported no positive cases for 14 days....
...New Yorker Richie Lin had been skiing with his husband in Aspen for 20 years....
...My family once starred in a 1980s television spot that featured the usual schlocky Latin tableau of men playing dominoes and women cooking, with a jingle: “te chupas hasta los deditos/con los ricos bacalaitos...
...Sue-Lin Wong is the FT’s South China correspondent Follow @FTLifeArts on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first....
...Lin went to prison anyway, although he was finally allowed to leave China in 1977, once Mao was dead....
...The FT's South China correspondent Sue-Lin Wong talks to human rights activist Joshua Wong and government youth advisor Lau Ming-wai...
...Chu Yiu-Ming, a 75-year-old retired pastor, was handed a 16-month suspended sentence....
...The three most prominent defendants, also known as the “Occupy trio” are professors Benny Tai, 54, Chan Kin-man, 60, and Baptist minister Chu Yiu-ming, 75, who popularised the idea of a non-violent occupation...
...Tina Keng used to work for Lin & Lin’s founder, Tim Lin, after they worked together at the now defunct Dimensions Art Center....
...Read the FT’s coverage, and don’t miss FT’s South China correspondent Sue-Lin Wong speaking with activist Joshua Wong and government youth adviser Lau Ming-wai. (FT) Should you cry at work?...
...The dissenters’ area offered an especially fascinating roll call: Carmel Duca, who died in 1996; Derek Romano, laid to rest in an impressive family tomb; Sun Lin Liu “sadly missed” since 1977....
...Ceramics and steel industries emerged here during the Ming dynasty. Foshan is now at the leading edge of Chinese industry....
...Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen confirmed on Tuesday Tainan City Mayor Lai Ching-te will be Taiwan’s new premier....
...However, local media have speculated Tainan City Mayor Lai Ching-te will be appointed to the role....
...After the break, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and violinist Ming Liu paired The Butterfly Lovers (superbly rendered) with Bruch’s First Concerto (less so), while the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra under...
...and Ming Liu ($5,000 each)....
...Additional reporting by Luna Lin...
...One of the top lots should be in shoo-in for the Asian market: Yan Pei-Ming’s red Mao portrait, “Timonier” (2000, est. HK$2m-HK$3m, about US$250,000-US$390,000)....
...On Thursday it was the Lin Yi, a guided missile frigate, which spent 75 minutes moored in war-torn Yemen’s port of Aden before setting off to Djibouti with 225 evacuees....
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