Hints and tips:
...Shi Wei, 32, an administration professional at a multinational group in Beijing, is trying to save more and avoid spending because of the “uncertainties” related to the pandemic....
...For Shi Wei, an administrator at a multinational company, problems began when a colleague who had briefly ventured on to her office floor for a bite to eat later tested positive....
...“I’m hoarding rationally . . . there’s no harm in being prepared,” said Shi Wei, a 32-year-old hospitality worker in the city....
...Yao Wei, chief China economist at Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking, said: “More signs of economic slowdown have emerged as deleveraging policies start to bite.”...
...Tenor Shi returned with soprano Wang Wei and another dash of Mahler in a touching selection of “Letters between Lu Xun and Jing Song”....
...As a result of new competition, Mr Wei’s target of 1.25m unit sales for 2017 “looks very challenging”, says Zhong Shi, an independent automotive analyst based in Beijing....
...The company hired ChinaWhys, a risk-advisory firm based in Shanghai, to investigate Vivian Shi, its former head of government affairs, suspecting her at that time of a smear campaign....
...“Mainland couples will go to Taiwan to get married,” Mr Wei predicted. “And Taiwanese LGBT people will be able to marry their mainland partners.”...
...In contrast, Wei Ping, general manager of Aotu Heavy Machinery, a crane manufacturer in the east coast city of Ningbo, said sales were up 56 per cent in the first half of this year....
...“This is the most energetic place in the country,” said Li Wei, founder of Uyess, an online platform providing home appliance repair services....
...“Under Xi’s leadership China has become much tougher in the way it deals with Japan, particularly when it comes to maritime [territorial] disputes,” says Feng Wei, a history professor at Fudan University...
...So does Ai Wei Wei’s series of “Provisional Landscapes”, the show’s most critical take on modernisation. Ai squeezes his photos of transitioning neighbourhoods into wall-sized grids....
...The scroll has just nine characters and is inscribed “Su Shi respectfully bids farewell to Gongfu, Gentleman Court Consultant”....
...Societe Generale’s Wei Yao says the broad money growth target may be lowered to 13.5 per cent from 14 per cent; and Nomura’s Zhiwei Zhang says it’s not confirmed yet whether Zhou Xiaochuan will retain his...
...Timeline: A brief history of the Shaolin Temple AD495 Shaolin Temple (literally “temple in the forests of Shaoshi mountain”) is built by Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei dynasty as a place for the Indian...
...Austin Wan’s set design greatly augmented Chinese opera’s minimalist “one-table-two-chairs” aesthetic, though Wu and choreographer Lin Hsiu-wei made good use of the chairs too....
...Moment by moment, the music was pleasant; it also had a fine vocal facility, highlighting character contrasts and consistently placing soprano Xu Xiaoying’s Xi Shi, tenor Wei Song’s King of Yue and baritone...
...Tenor Wei Song once again played a general (Xiang Yu) competing to rule China, though baritone Yang Xiaoyong (Fan Zeng), his rival in Xi Shi, was now an ally....
...Fellow cast members Chang Sheng-Jay, Chen Wei-Yu and Li Yixuan found a common vocal idiom that was more theatrical than bel canto....
...And, days later, at the Poly Auction house in Beijing, a Shi Chong oil painting sold for almost $2.2m....
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