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The self-declared status of one of China’s largest shadow banks as “severely insolvent” has revealed another crack in a distressed financial system. Beijing may have to step in.
The prime minister’s breakthrough visit to China may be a “new starting point”,as his hosts declared,but when it comes to trust,the relationship will be a slow burner.
Fifty years ago,Gough Whitlam became the first Australian prime minister to visit China. But he’d been there before,leading the Western world.
The severity of the flooding took the capital by surprise. Beijing usually has dry summers and had a stretch of record-breaking heat this year.
China's bullet trains can go 1300 km from Beijing to Shanghai in less than five hours.
Colour,aroma,artistic conception,taste and shape are the essentials of the most sophisticated Chinese cooking.
Explore its big-name attractions,then seek out its quieter corners and its thriving contemporary arts,architecture,dining and nightlife scenes,too.
If there is one thing they can't disguise in China,it's this.
From the rock star bedrooms to the upbeat music and inventive cuisine;this hotel guarantees a lush,sensory experience.