Hints and tips:
...Richard Ovenden, author of Burning the Books: A History of Knowledge Under Attack (Opinion, FT Weekend, June 17), one of history’s earliest “book burners” was the Chinese authoritarian Emperor Qin Shi Huang...
...Sima Qian not only is known today as “China’s Grand Historian”, but his unflattering record relating to demonic activities of China’s first emperor, the despotic Qin Shi Huang (circ 220BC) — he of “burning...
...Qian Huang, founder of Passive Edge, said his start-up had a similar edge, with pricing at about half that of British and German competitors....
...“Culture-wise, pork is an essential ingredient for every household in China,” said Helena Huang, China economist at ICBC Standard Bank....
...Expectations ran high when the Lincoln Center Festival introduced to New York this quasi-Kunqu opera, a hyper-quaint, drearily fussy creation by Huang Ruo fusing ancient ritual with modernist comment and...
...And despite bucking the figuration trend and showing only abstract art, notably by Qian Jiahua, De Montferrand sold half his stand on the first day....
...Huang Wen Xia, 61, a pensioner and regular user of Shenyin Wanguo’s public trading terminals, says “90 per cent of the people here are trapped in the market [by their losses]”....
...“I don’t know – maybe I’ll go,” said Song Qian. “Two friends from my home town are going. One of them worked there last year. The factories pay about Rmb1,000 [$146, €115, £103] a month.”...
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