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How Does China Study Central Asia?: A conversation with Frank Maracchione on Central Asia studies in China.
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How Does China Study Central Asia?
Quick Glance: China's Research on Central Asia
  • Exploring China's involvement in Central Asia

  • Chinese research is more diverse than assumed

  • Evolution in Chinese thinking on Central Asia

  • Impact of state narratives on research
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Hong Kong reports its highest March temperature in 140 years: The city’s observatory recorded a temperature of 31.5 deg C on March 24, the highest reported for ...
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Hong Kong reports its highest March temperature in 140 years
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Hong Kong's loss can be Tokyo's gain if it plays its cards right: Benjamin Qiu is a partner with the law firm Elliott Kwok Levine & Jaroslaw in New York ...
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Hong Kong's loss can be Tokyo's gain if it plays its cards right
Quick Glance: Tokyo's Opportunity Amid Hong Kong's Decline
  • As Hong Kong's appeal diminishes, Singapore rises in prominence.

  • Chinese entrepreneurs and investors are relocating to Singapore.

  • Japan has the potential to rival Singapore and Hong Kong.

  • Tokyo must act swiftly to attract investors and establish a foothold.
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The US Must Respond to Hong Kong’s New Security Law: The U.S. must safeguard its nationals and business interests in Hong Kong as well as reevaluate the city’s ...
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The US Must Respond to Hong Kong’s New Security Law
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Mumbai overtakes Beijing to become Asia's billionaire capital for the first time: Mumbai has overtaken Beijing as the city with the most billionaires in Asia ...
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Mumbai overtakes Beijing to become Asia's billionaire capital for the ...
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Why Hong Kong uses bamboo scaffolding: visual explainer: How the use of bamboo in scaffolding has stood the test of centuries of building construction in Hong ...
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Why Hong Kong uses bamboo scaffolding: visual explainer
Quick Glance: Bamboo Scaffolding in Hong Kong: Ancient Tradition
  • Bamboo scaffolding is widely used in Hong Kong for its flexibility, strength, and cost-effectiveness compared to steel and aluminum.

  • The bamboo for scaffolding in Hong Kong mainly comes from the Zhaoqing area in Guangdong province and the Guangxi region in southern China.

  • Bamboo scaffolding is lighter, quicker to erect and dismantle than steel scaffolding, requiring skilled workers with nylon ties.

  • Training for bamboo scaffolders in Hong Kong involves year-long training to build safe and sturdy platforms to hold construction workers on various sites.
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China's distressed property developer losses start to pile up: HONG KONG -- The severity of the financial damage to China's distressed property developers ...
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China's distressed property developer losses start to pile up
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All about nepo baby Nicholas Tse, the son of movie stars, Cecilia Cheung’s ex-husband and Faye Wong’s boyfriend
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All about nepo baby Nicholas Tse, the son of movie stars, Cecilia Cheung’s ...
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China’s Third Plenum Is Long Overdue. That’s a Red Flag.: The absence of the Third Plenum is consequential and dangerous for China; it both reflects a notable ...
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China’s Third Plenum Is Long Overdue. That’s a Red Flag.
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Chinese Stocks Gain as Report Spurs Policy Easing Speculation: Chinese stocks advanced after a report spurred speculation that Beijing will expand its ...
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Chinese Stocks Gain as Report Spurs Policy Easing Speculation
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China officialdom-underworld ties seen in Oklahoma: This story was first published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom ...
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China officialdom-underworld ties seen in Oklahoma
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Hong Kong Home Sales Fall Over Weekend Despite Removal of Property Curbs: Hong Kong’s secondhand home market is cooling down after a brief rebound following the ...
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Hong Kong Home Sales Fall Over Weekend Despite Removal of Property Curbs
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China is trying to connect Southeast Asia by high-speed rail. Here’s how that’s going
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China is trying to connect Southeast Asia by high-speed rail ...
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HK actress Charmaine Sheh, 47, wows netizens with makeup-free look: The former TVB star once said hydration is key in maintaining a smooth and youthful ...
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HK actress Charmaine Sheh, 47, wows netizens with makeup-free look
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Mumbai overtakes Beijing as Asia’s billionaire capital; Mukesh Ambani is 10th richest man in world: Report
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Mumbai overtakes Beijing as Asia’s billionaire capital; Mukesh Ambani is ...
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North Korea, China commit to bolster ties in Beijing talks, KCNA says: North Korean and Chinese officials met this week in Beijing and committed to further ...
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North Korea, China commit to bolster ties in Beijing talks, KCNA says
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Actor Sammo Hung unhappy with comments on Jackie Chan’s 'old' appearance: Sammo Hung defended Jackie Chan, saying what matters is staying healthy as one ages.
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Actor Sammo Hung unhappy with comments on Jackie Chan’s 'old' appearance
Quick Glance: Actor Sammo Hung defends Jackie Chan's appearance amid criticism
  • Hong Kong action star Sammo Hung has defended fellow artiste Jackie Chan after some netizens disparaged Chan’s appearance.

  • Hung made the comments at the Hong Kong Film Directors’ Guild annual dinner and awards presentation on March 15, expressing concern over negative remarks about Chan's looks.

  • Having undergone a knee operation in 2017, Hung admitted to still experiencing leg pain and being unsure about whether he should continue exercising.

  • The actor, once part of the Seven Little Fortunes group with Chan, raised doubts about exercising in his 70s and mentioned that his only physical activity now involves eating.
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UK blames China for 'malicious' cyber attacks: The UK on Monday accused Beijing-linked organisations of orchestrating two "malicious" cyber campaigns ...
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UK blames China for 'malicious' cyber attacks
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China will be a driving force for the world economic recovery, official says: China aims to be strong driving force for the world economic recovery this year ...
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China will be a driving force for the world economic recovery ...
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Samsonite Said to Keep Buyout Option Open While Weighing Dual Listing: Hong Kong-listed Samsonite International SA is keeping the possibility of a take-private ...
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Samsonite Said to Keep Buyout Option Open While Weighing Dual Listing
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BYD’s annual earnings surge 81% to all-time high on record EV deliveries, warns of weak consumer demand and global headwinds
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BYD’s annual earnings surge 81% to all-time high on record EV deliveries ...
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Xi Jinping’s Balancing Acts: Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Pain? : From the economy to diplomacy and internal politics, Xi appears to have simply kicked policy ...
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Xi Jinping’s Balancing Acts: Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Pain? 
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Hong Kong stars Joey Yung, Charlene Choi and Gillian Chung spotted in Singapore: The three friends are likely in town to film their travel reality series ...
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Hong Kong stars Joey Yung, Charlene Choi and Gillian Chung spotted in ...
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Has China lost its taste for the iPhone?: Evidence is mounting that, for many in China, the iPhone no longer holds the appeal it used to.
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Has China lost its taste for the iPhone?
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Snooker stars fail to draw crowd as Hong Kong exhibition event falls flat for second day running
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Snooker stars fail to draw crowd as Hong Kong exhibition event falls flat ...
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Why Are China’s Nationalists Attacking the Country’s Heroes?: Online vitriol has targeted the country’s richest man, erasing billions of dollars of his company’s ...
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Why Are China’s Nationalists Attacking the Country’s Heroes?
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Give Taiwan’s youth a fighting chance against China: One might get the impression that Taiwan’s defense is just a question of having the right weapons and ...
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Give Taiwan’s youth a fighting chance against China
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Singapore keeps crown as Asia’s top financial centre, outranks Hong Kong on all factors of competitiveness: GFCI report
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Singapore keeps crown as Asia’s top financial centre, outranks Hong Kong ...
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China has a plan, and it’s working: The “two sessions” in early March – the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference ...
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China has a plan, and it’s working