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Top executive of Njord Partners deletes X profile after secret Putin links exposed
A top executive at private equity firm Njord Partners has banned his X (previously known as Twitter) account after an inquiry revealed that his firm had received Russian state contracts from entities controlled by sanctioned individuals, including a Vladimir Putin buddy.The Telegraph newspaper discovered that Arvid Trolle, a partner and co-founder of Njord Partners LLP,…
Vital China on the move
By Qiu Chaoyi, Li Xinping, Han Xin, People’s Daily The Spring Festival travel rush, carrying people’s hopes for family reunion, reflects the new landscape of China’s high-quality development. During the 2024 Spring Festival holiday, which ran from Feb. 10 to 17, China reported about 2.3 billion trips in varied modes of transport. In particular, the…
Art contributes to rural development of village in China’s Inner Mongolia
By Wu Yue, People’s Daily “Liang, where are you going, ” asked a villager in Xikou village, Mingshuihe township, Arxan of Hinggan League, north China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region. “I have a guest, so I’m showing him around the village,” Liang Shusen answered. Today, Xikou village has become more and more enriched with cultural landscapes…
Lawyer with visual impairment in N China’s Tianjin inspires many like him
By Gong Xiangjuan, People’s Daily At an accessibility communication center named Xinzhiguang, which means “the light of heart,” in north China’s Tianjin municipality, Wang Hui was sitting in front of a computer, preparing for a speech to be delivered at a conference in the afternoon. Wang was invited by Tianjin’s municipal health commission to provide…
Digital technologies accelerate innovation in China’s tourism market
By Wang Ke, People’s Daily At the National Museum of Classic Books, an immersive exhibition hall has been launched to present a fascinating journey exploring the past and present of the Yongle Encyclopedia, the largest encyclopedia in ancient China commissioned by the Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty(1368-1644). Based on the history of the Yongle…
Spring Festival travel rush mirrors bright future of China
By Shi Ling, People’s Daily Long Fei, a migrant worker that works in south China’s Guangdong province, returns to his home in Guizhou every Chinese New Year. Many years ago, Long and other fellow migrant workers working in the Pearl River Delta region often rode motorcycles back home due to China’s limited transportation capacity and…
To make economic globalization more open, inclusive, balanced, beneficial to all
By Huan Yuping, People’s Daily Some pessimism about economic globalization has emerged in recent years due to rising protectionism, increasing blockages in global industrial and supply chains, and weakness of international trade. This has led some to proclaim the “golden age” of economic globalization is over. While concerns about challenges facing the world economy are…