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Incredible story of how a farming province in China beat London, L.A. and Chicago in science rankings
There have been hundreds of reports about China's breakthroughs, including EV battery technology and chip-makers such as Changxin Memory Technologies, but few mention that they come from a landlocked province once famed for farming. The agricultural province of Anhui took a dramatically different turn after an entire university was transported 1,000 miles. Herman Hu…
Yes, China needs an inheritance tax; and what’s the deal with ‘limited term’ property ownership?
There's a worrying hole in China's tax system What's the deal with 'limited-term' property ownership? Practical solutions to solve asset transfer problems A debate has sprung up concerning assets owned by individuals in China. In this essay, Richard Cullen guides us through the issues and looks at intriguing solutions that could move the country forwards…
Extraordinary program gently turns arrested ‘insurgents’ into citizens who don’t re-offend
More than 1,000 young people lured into violence in the 2019 civil unrest have joined a rehabilitation program involving visits to the Chinese mainland - and the results are extraordinary. The program has an incredibly low re-offending rate of just 0.4 per cent, compared to Hong Kong’s overall 22.4 per cent rate. James Ockenden reports…