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...political interests of the leaders — just like it was with Jack Ma,” said Chen Te-sheng, an expert on Taiwanese businesses in China and a member of Taiwan’s National Security Council under former president Ma Ying-jeou...
...Hu Kaijun, an entrepreneur who controls two listed drug companies, owned a large stake in Ningbo Donghai Bank....
...Acknowledging Ms Tsai’s big victory, Hu Xijin, editor of the Communist party-controlled tabloid Global Times, warned the Taiwanese president against miscalculation....
...Tightening the screw Some elements of the “regression” that human rights organisations have lamented under Mr Xi’s watch were set in train by Hu Jintao, his predecessor....
...We were predictably sent down, me for 30 months and Ying for 24....
...Ling Jihua was the de facto chief-of-staff of Mr Xi’s predecessor, Hu Jintao....
...Relations between Beijing and Taipei improved markedly under outgoing President Ma Ying-jeou and China’s previous president Hu Jintao....
...The two do not recognise each other’s status as president — so how can China’s Xi Jinping and Taiwan’s Ma Ying-jeou meet?...
...But Beijing has never given up the threat of invading Taiwan to gain control, even during a period of improved ties under Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou and China’s former president, Hu Jintao....
...Party insiders told the South China Morning Post that Taiwan’s president Ma Ying-jeou might resign as head of the KMT in a party meeting on Wednesday....
...Relations between the two sides had warmed considerably under President Ma and China’s previous leader, Hu Jintao, and the island’s economy has become much more closely integrated with the mainland....
...They were shaken up at the turn of the century by Zhu Rongji, the then premier, but were left largely alone during the ten years of Hu Jintao’s leadership....
...But since the 2008 election of President Ma Ying-jeou in Taiwan, ties with Taipei have sharply improved, allowing China to focus on its maritime claims....
...In a recent book entitled Two Billion Eyes: The Story of China Central Television, author Ying Zhu says: “CCTV is full of serious-minded creators who regularly experience bouts of self-doubt, philosophical...
...The election was blocked by China’s restrictive internet censorship filters and only about 5,000 people had cast their ballot by Thursday afternoon but by then Taiwanese President Ma Ying-Jeou was the frontrunner...
...Under Ma Ying-jeou, Taiwan’s president since 2008, relations between Taiwan and China have greatly improved, easing tension in what had been one of the world’s potentially most dangerous flashpoints....
...Ying Zhanwang, executive vice-president, says the joint venture has developed a “one goal, one team, one process” system of production-line excellence based on best practice at Chang’an and Peugeot....
...Back in 2009, Barack Obama and Hu Jintao jointly announced a US-China initiative on shale gas....
...Hu Jintao, the Chinese President, has landed in Hong Kong to add a touch of official grandeur to the 15th anniversary of the territory’s return to China....
...Mr Hu used the occasion of Leung Chun-ying’s inauguration to stress – in a speech briefly disrupted by a heckler protesting against the Tiananmen Square massacre – the importance of more co-operation and...
...Lu Ying, a woman who had brought her daughter to burn incense for Lord Bao, said it was a good thing a member of the privileged political class was being tried....
...Xi Jinping, Mr Hu’s anointed successor, has much closer personal ties than Mr Hu to some of China’s leading generals....
...In January, Ma Ying-jeou, the incumbent, will seek re-election after four years in office....
...China “has always given positive and favourable consideration” to bond purchases when making state visits, deputy foreign minister Fu Ying said on Thursday....
...At at briefing ahead of the visit, Fu Ying, a Chinese deputy foreign minister, said China had invested consistently in the debt markets of European countries....
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