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...A planned Zeekr IPO is the latest attempt by Geely’s owner, billionaire Li Shufu, to realise value from companies within his sprawling empire....
...At a Shanghai store run by Chagee, a popular milk tea brand that allows customers to order at a discounted price of Rmb16 on a WeChat app, Jing Li, 30, was buying a set of takeaway drinks for her colleagues...
...Cho previously served on the staff of former president Chen Shui-bian and as a lawmaker. The new cabinet will take office upon Lai’s inauguration on May 20....
...Acer chair Jason Chen said India has become the company’s second-largest market by shipments and revenue after the US and it plans to accelerate sales of consumer notebook computers there this year....
...So we have to be extremely careful,” Chen said....
...Chen chose to bribe a powerful political mentor who himself was later sentenced to life in prison for taking “huge bribes”. Chen went down in the fallout, confessing to bribery and ending up in jail....
...“There’s no copycat of us in the market because it’s too expensive to make [our products],” said Gabby Chen, president of global expansion at Florasis....
...Tang Xiao-ou, a co-founder and large shareholder, died on Friday night, according to a company announcement....
...“Our collaboration with [an] Indian supplier that began in 2023 works very well and now they want more models and more volume,” said Acer Chairman Jason Chen....
...“You can never step into the same river twice,” said Chen. “The world is changing and the geostrategic scenarios are quite different.”...
...“Chinese aircraft could now end up flying across the line when they have to adjust flight paths due to weather conditions,” said Colonel Sun Li-fang, Taiwan’s defence ministry spokesperson....
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...Xpeng has adopted a “very aggressive” strategy, added Chen....
...Li says technology offers a solution....
...“[Moving to the next generation] is not as attractive to customers anymore,” said Chen....
...“Many companies are struggling to survive,” said Chen. “Many will die soon.”...
...So stable bilateral ties in terms of trade and business is in the interest of [the] two countries,” Chen said....
...China’s defence minister, Li Shangfu, has also disappeared from public sight....
..., chief executive of auto company Geely, and Robin Li, co-founder of search engine Baidu....
...Karen S Lynch is president and CEO of CVS Health Chen Chien-Jou Whistleblower by Chien Li-Ying “Let’s not just let this go, OK? We can’t let things go this easily....
...He is then set to meet China’s president Xi Jinping and premier Li Qiang on Monday. Such an audience was nearly unthinkable just a few years ago....
...“The market is no longer available for lossmaking start-ups even though it is designed for them,” said James Li, a Shenzhen-based investment banker who has worked on IPOs on the technology board....
...“I have no problem teaching a 50-year-old middle school dropout to operate a machine tool,” said Chen. “It would be much harder for him to pass a written exam about how the equipment works.”...
...coach Li Tie and Liu Yi, former CFA secretary-general....
...Chen adds that “there is potentially a large upside” for Li, as his policies will be assumed to have Xi’s blessing....
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