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Tingshu Wang
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Nov 7, 2025
In China, wedding bells are ringing in nightclubs, a subway station and on snowy mountain peaks
In May, China began allowing weddings anywhere in the country instead of couples’ places of residence in an effort to boost marriage rates and ease the demographic crisis.
BUSINESS
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Economy
Mar 22, 2025
China’s restaurants race to the bottom in deflation-hit economy
A restaurant in China has an average lifespan of just about 500 days, analysts say, falling to as low as a year in Beijing.
BUSINESS
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Economy
May 8, 2024
In rapidly aging China, millions can’t afford to retire
With a low retirement age, meager pension benefits and no family to support them, many in China feel they simply can’t ever stop working.
ASIA PACIFIC
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Society
Mar 18, 2024
Silver lining: Tutoring the elderly is growing fast in China
The growth potential of the industry contrasts sharply with the decline of the after-school private tutoring sector following a crackdown in 2021.
OLYMPICS
Dec 24, 2021
Chinese designer enjoys Olympic boost for figure skating costumes
Zhang was inspired by Japanese designer Satomi Ito, whose designs for Yuzuru Hanyu she called stunning and ‘a perfect match with his music.’
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Sarah Furuya Coaching
Jun 2, 2011
A hard road to the leading edge
Paul Frey writes in his May 29 letter, “91AV原创 return to the leading edge,” that Japan can be a leader in the “new” areas of wind, solar, geothermal, conservation and energy efficiency. That goal will certainly not be reached tomorrow, but I agree with Frey that Japan ought to take serious steps in...
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