Hints and tips:
...Finally, it is time to bid farewell to Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and Xiao Qi Ji, the Washington zoo’s last remaining pandas, who returned to China this week....
...“Xiao Long Jewels” were borne in ceremonially, in a casket....
...For the handful of equipment makers able to provide these ultra-specialised machines — Applied Materials, ASML, Lam Research, KLA — the irony is that business is booming like never before....
...Once you finish the loop, follow Pok Fu Lam Reservoir Road all the way down to Pok Fu Lam Road. Maps by Liz Faunce Do you have a favourite trail run in Hong Kong?...
...Baoshang was previously controlled by Mr Xiao, who Chinese authorities kidnapped in Hong Kong and smuggled back into China more than three years ago....
...The same SGX official cited the abduction of tycoon Xiao Jianhua from Hong Kong’s Four Seasons hotel in 2017 by Chinese agents as evidence that the city’s wealthy were no longer safe....
...Hong Kong’s embattled chief executive, Carrie Lam, is insistent that the extradition bill was her own idea, not Beijing’s. A former high-ranking Hong Kong official says he believes Ms Lam....
...There was a deafening silence from the authorities when billionaire Xiao Jianhua was kidnapped by mainland security agents more than two years ago from the Four Seasons hotel in Hong Kong....
...Like Pace, Pearl Lam also benefits from two sites — in H Queen’s and the similarly art-stuffed Pedder Building....
..., Lam in the Pedder Building)....
...“We are moving the production of some high-end products back to Taiwan to avoid the tariffs,” Quanta chairman Barry Lam told reporters recently....
...“They came here for the rule of law and to be outside the reach of the state security regime in mainland China,” said Willy Lam, a professor of politics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong....
...Carrie Lam, the frontrunner, said she “understands the public concern” but simply noted that “everything should be handled according to the law”....
...Willy Lam, a professor of politics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, says Mr Xiao’s intimate knowledge of such matters and his proximity to Mr Xi’s political foes will have rung alarm bells in Zhongnanhai...
...Incoming chief executive Carrie Lam, a steely, super-bright civil servant who grew up in the territory’s housing projects, has an unenviable job....
...The piece’s success, though, came primarily in pairing pianist Yuja Wang with the Peking opera performer Xiao Di, a disciple of Mei Lanfang’s son Mei Baojiu....
...Mr Xiao says that “pretty soon we realised there were lots of these cases”....
...The Chai Wan Mei festival on May 16 and 17 brings together 60 artists and 40 studios for a weekend of exhibitions, performances, installations and workshops....
...Contemporary Abstract Art in Asia and the West’ at Pearl Lam Galleries, Singapore, January 17-28. pearllam.com...
...Another name to watch is Xiao Tianyu, currently a rising star on the Beijing design scene, a younger designer who is determined to incorporate local Chinese traditions into his personal style....
...Chief among them: that Xiao Mei, the beautiful young woman he has just met at a Beijing nightclub, will reject him once she learns a certain intimate secret....
...However, Xiao Mei, a native of Wuhu who works as a domestic cleaner in Beijing, said that prices were still out of reach for most people in her home town....
...Specifically, he wants to remove Chen Xiao, chief executive, who has overhauled the company since Mr Huang’s incarceration....
...My friend, the late Fu Pei Mei, doyenne of Chinese cooking, insisted that Din Tai Fung made the world’s tastiest xiao long bao, the famous pork dumpling with soup that is made from meat juices and stock...
...While the two companies have yet to settle on a post-merger brand, Mr Huang will be its chairman and Chen Xiao, head of China Paradise, its chief executive....
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