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...“There is a conflict between having fewer government employees and keeping every citizen under tighter watch,” said Ming Xia, a political-science professor at the City University of New York....
...“Investing in education no longer guarantees a high return,” said Ming Xia, a political-science professor at the City University of New York....
...“The purpose of the major is to train thought police to brainwash the entire population,” said Ming Xia, a political-science professor at the City University of New York....
...“China is embracing a cult of personality when diversity and inclusion are gaining ground in other parts of the world,” said Ming Xia, a political science professor at the City University of New York....
...“China’s civil service has historically been able to attract the nation’s best talent and the situation is getting stronger after the pandemic,” says Ming Xia, a professor at City University of New York....
...Judges at that Beijing conference tussled over a pairing for slippery fish slices in a rice wine sauce (zao liu yu pian): the western experts favoured an acidic white wine that contrasted with its gentle...
...Xia Yu has a witty gravitas and twinkling calm as the Buddhistic Wong. Philip Wan-Lung Ng (a martial arts choreographer and actor) is a good Lee lookalike and a zestful, playful screen performer. ★★★☆☆...
...The government released pictures showing Liu’s siblings, wife Liu Xia and a few other relatives at the funeral....
...Dr Yu said that efforts to reduce the rampant over-prescription of antibiotics in Chinese hospitals, which are dependent on drug sales for revenues, are beginning to see results....
...Additional reporting by Xia Keyu...
...Jiang Qiong’er Jiang Qiong’er plans to help China cast off the inferiority complex that comes from decades of producing cheap trinkets – by partnering with Hermès to launch a new luxury brand, Shang Xia...
...Additional reporting by Gu Yu...
...There should be no more hesitating and dithering,” Mr Yu wrote....
...In a statement on the foreign ministry’s website, representative Jiang Yu said the event was a “political farce”....
...Jiang Yu, a foreign ministry spokeswoman, hit out at US lawmakers for calling for the release of Mr Liu and his wife, Liu Xia, who is under house arrest....
...Continuing its harsh denunciation of the prize, Jiang Yu, a foreign ministry official, called the event was a “political farce”....
...Jiang Yu, a foreign ministry official, said: “It is difficult to maintain friendly relations with Norway as in the past....
...Mr Liu’s wife, Liu Xia, was briefly reachable after the award was announced but not since. It has been impossible to contact other friends of his, such as Yu Jie, a writer....
...Additional reporting by Kerry Ma in Beijing and Chen Yu-ting in Taipei...
...No “clear” appreciation was likely in the remainder of this year, Mr Xia said....
...This is a very important point,” says Yu Yongding, a member of the bank's monetary policy committee and a longtime supporter of revaluation....
...“We always maintained that we had to move in the direction (of greater exchange rate flexibility) as this is required by a market economy,” says Xia Bin, head of the State Council’s Financial Research Institute...
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