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...In the National Palace Museum in Taipei, people queue to view one of the most famous treasures of the old Forbidden City: the “meat-shaped stone” (rouxing shi)....
...Even Le Corbusier, Hong Kong-born gallerist Pearl Lam notes, was influenced by Qing-dynasty art....
...Chef Tak Chow, who runs the canteen’s kitchen, served as the apprentice of Li “Broken Teeth” Cheng, one of whose ancestors was the household chef for the prominent Qing dynasty official Gong Taai Si....
...“Yes, it’s SenseTime,” quipped Tang Xiao’ou, even though the obvious answer was Google. Someday soon, it might not seem like a joke at all....
...Zhang Xiao says her passion for used goods is a mystery to her mother: “My mother never buys second-hand.”...
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...“It is fun getting to know [Shanghai’s] idiosyncrasies, such as where they serve the best xiao long bao,” he said, referring to soup-filled dumplings....
...Others spoke of Zhang Xun, a contemporary of Yuan who tried to restore the Qing emperor....
...Wang Shi, current chairman of Vanke, said in a WeChat post on Wednesday that he had decided not to be nominated as a board member, saying that he was “passing the baton to a team led by [Vanke president]...
...One of the most prominent, Xiao Jianhua, was kidnapped from the Four Seasons hotel in Hong Kong by mainland security agents in January, and has not resurfaced....
...“The country is continually adding psychoactive substances to the list as they are discovered,” said Shi Jie of Peking University’s Institute on Drug Dependence....
...Australia’s corporate regulator began its insider trading probe in September 2011, and has already successfully prosecuted Bo Shi Zhu, a former vice-president of Hanlong Mining....
...Shi Jun, who runs a private equity firm in Shenzhen, said too much money had rushed into mobile internet platforms and investors were starting to walk away....
...Xiao Jianghe, then nine years old, remembers that the commander was not impressed with what he read....
...[People like me] were called xiao yao pai, which means the ‘good-for-nothing guys’, because we did not have a clear political position.” This turned out to be a fortuitous decision....
...“Obama is a weak president so he will have to be tough on Xi this time,” says Xiao Lian, chair of the American economy research centre at the China Academy of Social Sciences....
...Asic began its insider probe in September 2011, and has already successfully prosecuted Bo Shi Zhu, a former vice-president of Hanlong Mining....
...There, an array of courtiers’ robes, woven in silk and gold and blazoned with the dragons of the Qing dynasty, glows quietly behind glass. But one gown doesn’t match the others....
...Young Shi, a freelance wine consultant based in London notes that “winemakers [in Ningxia] focus more on quality than quantity....
...A collaboration between CAFA graduate Hu Keren and RCA graduate Qin Xue has produced two chairs and a table crafted in acrylic with Qing Dynasty wooden carvings inserted into each item....
...Shi Dawei, 59, an art teacher in Shanghai, says he has started shifting all his savings into wealth management products offered by Minsheng Bank, one of China’s biggest lenders....
...It declines under the Manchurian Qing dynasty (1644-1911). 1928 Chinese warlord Shi Yousan attacks the temple and a fire rages for 40 days, destroying nearly all relics and records....
...Shi Yang Culture Restaurant (www.shi-yang.com), north of Taipei, serves a set menu of nouvelle Chinese and Japanese cuisine including edible flowers, tiny cups of fruit vinegars, and lotus and chicken broth...
...Favoured by the Imperial household as far back as the Qing dynasty (1680), ivory has an illustrious reputation and an association with the wealthy and elite....
...For more intimate dining, Guo Yao Xiao Ju is a tiny hutong restaurant that specialises in Tan Jia Cai – the household cuisine of Tan Zongjun, a late Qing Dynasty official whose kitchen was renowned for its...
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