Joseph Popper 
For Yu, the screening made sense but she concedes that was, in part, because she matched with the criteria and did not feel the pain of an introvert having to lie to stay in the running for the job. In recent years the MBTI test, or the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, has become popular among young … Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered all-out rescue efforts, state news agency Xinhua reported. “The top priority is to fully engage in emergency rescue efforts, make every possible effort to search for the missing persons, minimise casualties to the greatest extent possible, and properly manage the aftermath, including comforting the families of those affected,” Xi … Read more
Observers and business owners have welcomed the expected initiatives, but some raised concerns about their implementation at the local level. In a briefing in Beijing on Friday on the outcome of the third plenum, Han said China would improve the mechanism for private companies to take part in major national projects, support capable firms to … Read more
He did not give further details or plans for the legislation. Shen made the comments during a briefing a day after the party’s top policymaking body concluded its long-delayed third plenum, during which the party’s anti-corruption fight was highlighted. A full document with more policy details will be released in the coming days. 03:14 China’s … Read more
“Instead, it seems that we must prepare for a policy marked by caution and continuity.” Third plenums – this one a meeting of the Communist Party’s 20th Central Committee – have historically precipitated extensive changes to the country’s economy, with sweeping ideological statements issued to chart the course of policy for the next five years … Read more
Advisers to the Shanghai government have called for restrictions on international performers to be relaxed, while likening superstars like Taylor Swift to “walking GDP”. China’s financial hub has hosted many large-scale, commercial performances in recent years, but “it lacks stars that are weighty, internationally influential or truly appealing to young people”, the counsellors’ office of … Read more
The use of “better leverage” in reference to the role of the market at the twice-a-decade event – formally known as the third plenum of the party’s 20th Central Committee – slightly deviates from rhetoric used at the same gatherings in 2013 and 2018, when the market was granted a “decisive role” in resource allocation. … Read more
It was released at the end of the four-day session, known as the third plenum, an important event for the party elite to hammer out long-term strategies. 09:12 China’s third plenum: what to expect from the much-delayed policy meeting China’s third plenum: what to expect from the much-delayed policy meeting This plenum, during President Xi … Read more
The former defence minister Li Shangfu, who is facing corruption charges, and two other senior commanders have also been removed from the committee. There continues to be much speculation about the fate of Qin, China’s shortest-serving foreign minister, whose disappearance the foreign ministry attributed to “health reasons”. Once seen as a trusted aide to the … Read more
China stepped up its investigation into imports of European brandy on Thursday with an anti-dumping hearing taking place less than two weeks after the bloc’s additional duties on Chinese-battery electric vehicles (BEVs) took effect. The Ministry of Commerce said the hearing would focus on “industrial damage, cause and effect, and public interest in the anti-dumping … Read more
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