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A new book gives an insider’s view of the Mafia-like world of China’s richest players.
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A new book gives an insider’s view of the Mafia-like world of China’s richest players.
University of Rochester expert says Xi Jinping, reappointed at the 2022 Chinese party congress, risks blame for China's mounting problems.
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Turning down an after-dinner invite to a brothel is always a social minefield. But the city’s Party Secretary, a 50-something man with baby-soft hands, had been gently fondling my thigh underneath the banquet table for the past 45 minutes, making me even more eager than usual to make my excuses and leave.Perhaps the spa in the small-town Shandong hotel where I was dining with
Why it's no longer cool to be crazy rich in China © Getty Images The rich in China have only become richer in recent years, leaving others feeling left behind Is 650 yuan ($101, £72) enough to cover a day's meals? Not according to Su Mang, the former editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar China, whose comments about it while on a reality TV show enraged Chinese social media. "We have to eat better, I cannot eat with such low standards," she added on the show 50km Taohuawu, which has 15 celebrities living together for 21 days. Appalled by her comments, netizens pointed out that their own dai...