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...“So, the main newcomers in Dali are these two types [tang ping and lüju]. Their primary need is economic stability . . ....
...It runs one of the oldest Wall Street investment banking businesses in China after it established a joint venture with Beijing Gao Hua Securities in 2004....
...“It means that local debt resolution has entered a critical period,” said Zhong Zhengsheng, chief economist of Ping An Securities....
...Zhong Zhengsheng, chief economist at Ping An Securities in Beijing, said China’s fiscal outlay would fall 12 per cent in December following many months of increases....
...Goldman similarly turned a profit of $12mn after gaining full ownership of its 18-year partnership with Gao Hua Securities and this week relocated its Singapore chief Eg Morse to Shanghai to lead its work...
...Aghast to find life in his village unchanged, Mr Gao confronted local officials....
...Its acquisition of Lufax, a peer-to-peer lending platform, and its launch of Zhong An, China’s first digital insurer, with Tencent and Alibaba six years ago have been paying off....
...But the outstanding price pressure from upstream industries will be a drag on the continued improvement of companies’ profitability,” Dr Zhong said....
...All three companies for example have invested in Zhong An, an online insurer with a reputation for quirky coverage such as insuring football fans against liver damage during the 2014 World Cup....
...Hotly anticipated floats include that of Zhong An, the online Chinese insurer backed by Ping An, which is looking for up to $1.5bn, as well as Tencent’s online publisher, China Literature, which could raise...
...Lufax, which is controlled by Ping An Insurance, was valued at $18.5bn after a round of fundraising in early 2016. Ant, an affiliate of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, was last valued at $60bn....
...As a result of new competition, Mr Wei’s target of 1.25m unit sales for 2017 “looks very challenging”, says Zhong Shi, an independent automotive analyst based in Beijing....
...“Single are the most important group of customers for us,” said Wang Pu Zhong, general manager of Meituan’s on-demand delivery service....
...One of those who asked for favours was Gao Hucheng, China’s vice-minister for commerce....
...Even the Global Times, a tabloid bastion of chest-thumping Chinese nationalism, exhorted the country to abandon the beautiful game and “go play ping pong instead”....
...Emotions ran high when Thomas Kwok Ping-kwong walked free on bail set at 10m Hong Kong dollars ($1.3m) on July 12....
...In China, Zhong An (a joint venture between Alibaba, Tencent and Ping An) sells insurance covering individual ecommerce transactions....
...In 2012 the group co-invested in a new web-based property insurance company, Zhong An Insurance....
...“The global credit crisis of 2008 has shown that the big three players can no longer be relied on,” says Guan Jianzhong, chairman of the company....
...Zhong An Online Insurance Company, a joint venture leading by Alibaba, Tencent and Ping An was approved this February. Even the central bank of China has made encouraging sounds as well....
...By contrast, last summer Mr Zhong had to hire an extra 30 college students to work part-time to meet orders....
...And as the FT’s Rahul Jacob and Zhou Ping reported on Thursday, China’s domestic market has yet to pick up the slack: Zhong Jianrong, the manager of toy-maker Dongguan Jia Hong Industry, puts the problem...
...Zhong Jianrong, the manager of toy-maker Dongguan Jia Hong Industry, puts the problem in graphic terms....
...It is further complicated by the fact that the secular rebels received help from another dissident Ismalist group, Ansar Dine, in capturing the three towns of Gao, Kidal and Timbuktu....
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