Hints and tips:
...Even if ByteDance founder and chair Zhang Yiming and the board were willing to sell TikTok at a good price, Beijing might block the deal to avoid “losing face”....
...With his resignation from the cloud unit, the era of Zhang has come to an end....
...This is Ting-Fang from Taipei. It’s been several months since you last heard from me....
...Zhang Ke is one of the many Beijingers unable to return home because their health code records them as having been near a Covid outbreak....
...“It’s quite a confusing situation [in Shijiazhuang],” said Ting Lu, an economist at Nomura. “Maybe it’s a pilot city for living with Covid and maybe not — policy in China is difficult to interpret....
...Gourangalal Das, India’s top diplomat in Taiwan, told Nikkei Asia’s Cheng Ting-Fang and Lauly Li that the aim is to ensure India is not “held hostage” to the vagaries of cross-border supply chains....
...Zhiwei Zhang, Beijing-based chief economist at Pinpoint Asset Management, said he felt “more optimistic”, pointing to the elderly vaccination drive and state media efforts to play down the severity of the...
...“It’s the third year of Covid and many people are worn out, unemployed or underemployed, and have drained their savings to a level at which they now have to reduce their spending,” said Ting Lu, chief China...
...“The Covid situation in China has deteriorated at an alarming pace over the past week,” said Ting Lu, chief China economist at Nomura....
...Zhiwei Zhang, chief economist at Pinpoint Asset Management, said the weak PMI data should sound the “alarm” for the government....
...Zhiwei Zhang, chief economist at Pinpoint Asset Management, said the decline in the official services PMI could be attributed to the outbreak but the manufacturing weakness “likely indicates more persistent...
...Who is Daniel Zhang?...
...Perenna (Hoi Ting) Kei, inheritance. Net worth 2017: $860m. Net worth 2017: $3.3bn....
...Cheng Ting-Fang, Nikkei staff writer A turbulent year for markets?...
...“With TSMC making our chips, we are able to save more time for marketing and promoting our products, and our customers are also more willing to buy from us,” said David Zhang, founding chairman and chief...
...Ting Wai-kit, a veteran football commentator, said the arrival of top foreign players may even have stunted the development of homegrown talent in China....
...China had an early taste of success at the Athens Olympics in 2004, when Li Ting and Sun Tiantian won the gold medal in the women’s doubles....
...Mr Zhang helpfully added that, should the FT not print an “accurate” version of the dispute, “we will sue you, using the weapon of the law”....
...The family planning authorities in the Binhu district of the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi, home to Zhang Yimou’s wife Chen Ting, gave the director 30 days to appeal against the fine or pay what is known...
...“Zhang Yimou and his wife Chen Ting confirm that they have two sons and a daughter,” the statement said, going on to complain about rumours that Mr Zhang has “three to four women and seven to eight kids,...
...As Nomura’s Zhang argued the high level of total social financing could well be demand driven and reflect leverage in the economy rather than strength....
...“I think the majority in policy circles still talk about reform in a positive way,” says Zhang Zhiwei, economist at Deutsche Bank. “The question is about timing and how to do it.”...
...Zhang Zhiwei, Nomura’s China economist, described the trade data as a reflection of “fundamental weakness and capital outflows”....
...According to Ting Lu, economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, China’s total public debt now stands at 53.3 per cent, with corporate debt estimated at 111 per cent....
...The central bank just has to inject more cash through its open-market operations,” said Lu Ting, an economist with Bank of America Merrill Lynch....
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