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...“The days of easy money are gone,” said Luo Min, a premium baijiu distributor based in eastern Zhejiang province. “We need to be ready for normal growth in the years to come.”...
...But the arrival of ChatGPT — which can generate articles, essays, jokes and even poetry — has left Chinese players scrambling to catch up, write Nikkei Asia’s Yifan Yu and Cissy Zhou....
...Fiction films, says Yu, offer the chance to “say things more indirectly”....
...In one marathon 19-hour livestreaming session this month, Qudian founder and chief executive Min Luo sold 9.56mn ready-to-cook dishes....
...All were waiting to buy Olympic souvenirs, the most popular of which are dolls of the event’s official panda bear mascot, Bing Dwen Dwen....
...The farmer, Luo Wenzhi, heated the fresh goat’s milk in a great wok and coagulated it with vinegar....
...Tang Yu-chun, 72, is another “cardboard granny” who collects cardboard almost every day, starting at the break of dawn and often working until early evening....
...It is owned by Lawrence Yu, a prominent Hong Kong businessman, and if you have a connection to someone in the know, you’ll be able to make a reservation. It is booked entirely by word of mouth....
...Ant’s supporters at the China Securities Regulatory Commission have been criticised for allowing the group to dai bing shang shi, or “list despite being ill”....
...“I think they just can’t make peace with the fact that we Wuhan people are back on our feet,” Mr Luo said. “We’re entitled to a little fun in life, after what’s happened.”...
...Luo Min, an alcohol seller in the eastern city of Hangzhou, said orders for wedding ceremonies had more than doubled over the past two years as the liquor became a showcase for financial success....
...In November, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported that Guo Bing, a lecturer at Zhejiang Sci-tech University, was suing a local wildlife park for breach of contract, after it changed its biometric ticketing...
...Owner Luo Zhenwei said he planned to sell one of his apartments in downtown Shenzhen to make up the shortfall....
...In another video, Xu Bing filmed pigs copulating in a front of a gawping gallery audience....
...“The video hosting sites are losing money, for the most part,” says Luo Lan of Analysys Enfodesk, a Beijing internet consultancy....
...Lian Ping, chief economist at Bank of Communications, has forecast 8.3 per cent, while Luo Yi of China Merchants Securities expects 9.4 per cent growth....
...One April evening in the Sichuanese capital Chengdu, chef Yu Bo and his wife invited me for supper. They insisted that we ate spring rolls, which were then in season....
...Media Luo Changping Social media has made Luo Changping China’s top corruption buster....
..., Zeng Fanzhi, Liu Xiaodong and Yu Hong....
...Others, such as Xu Bing, Ai Weiwei and Gu Wenda, went to the US....
...Microsoft’s Bing search service is available in China, but is not yet widely known....
...“We are currently discussing this internally,” said Luo Weimin, chief operating officer of Xunlei, a video downloading site whose video search is supported by Google....
...“US Treasuries are the safe haven; it is the only option,” said Mr Luo....
...Ng also points to Liu Xiaodong, as well as Liu Wei (the elder) and Yu Hong. Like Cohen, she thinks Ai WeiWei’s work is world-class....
...By contrast, Luo Yue Xi’s inspiration was Ruan Ling Yu, an actress of the Chinese silent-film era who strove for freedom but took her own life at 24....
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