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Boao Forum for Asia focuses on the future of the Chinese economy and the two-day event is attended by chief executives from some of the world’s biggest companies
Boao Letter: ’ It’s the global majority which is now on the move, which is now growing as the new epicentre of the world’s civilisation’
Biking food from Beijing’s cafes and restaurants, some six million drivers work long hours daily for low pay in dangerous traffic conditions. Liu Wei is one of them who works hard and draws dignity from his seven-day-a-week labour
Exporting antiques was a good way to make money but Communist Party restrictions turned traders into smugglers
Some offences carry a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, including colluding with external forces to damage public infrastructure
Truncated timetable meant Washington had no time to prepare packages of sanctions to threaten legislators during debate
Exchequer returns continue to perform well and the labour market is buoyant, but headwinds remain, Minister for Finance warns
A 36-year-old from Downpatrick, Co Down, has become China’s top whiskey influencer
The focus was on ‘new productive forces’, a new slogan for what amounts to a dramatic reshaping of the Chinese economy
Move puts State Council, which oversees ministries and local governments, under direct authority of party
Definition of sedition and state secrets could expand, putting journalists and workers in financial services at risk of prosecution for espionage
The Mosuo people of southwest China are among the few surviving matrilineal societies, where spouses often live apart
Annual legislative meeting in Tiananmen Square includes a lengthy press conference to lay out Communist Party’s global agenda
Justice secretary says legislation is aimed at people who ‘spread speech that harms or jeopardises national security’
Premier say it won’t be easy to achieve and cites internal and external pressures on economy