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Photos You Should See View All 45 ImagesThe sluggish property market also has dented local government revenue from vital land use sales, adding to public debt. The central bank and State Administration of Financial Supervision issued a list of 17 measures to support the rental housing market, due to take effect on Monday. Most have to do with financial services for leasing, promoting investment in rental housing and improving the financial management of rental properties. The aim is to “support various entities to build, renovate and operate long-term rental housing, and to revitalize existing housing stock, effectively increasing the supply of affordable and commercial rental housing,” it said. Beefing up the rental market would help free up more housing for young people and others who lack the means to purchase apartments.

Persons: China Evergrande, Wang Dongwei, ” Organizations: —, Communist Party, Finance Ministry, Administration, Financial, Housing Locations: BANGKOK, — China, Beijing, Hong Kong, China, China's Guangdong

☆ Everything we know about 'Squid Game' season 2
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Season one's protagonist Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) will return in season two. Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun in "Squid Game" season two. In a Netflix statement shared in June 2022, "Squid Game" creator Hwang Dong-Hyuk confirmed that Gi-hun will return for the second season. While the extent of his role in the second season has not been clarified, he will likely be fighting against the people in charge of the competition. In August 2022, Hwang indicated to The Hollywood Reporter that season two will focus on Gi-hun's transformation from the end of the first season.

Persons: Seong, Lee Jung, jae, Cho Sang, Oh, Hideo Kimura, Hwang Dong, Hyuk, Hwang Organizations: Netflix, Hollywood Reporter

☆ Biden and Xi's meeting sent an important signal for U.S. business in China
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping at Filoli estate on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Woodside, California, on Nov. 15, 2023. Kevin Lamarque | ReutersBEIJING — U.S. President Joe Biden's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week has set a bottom line in the relationship which reduces uncertainty for businesses, analysts said. In conversations with Xi, Biden did not budge on export controls, enacted out of national security concerns. Wedding versus marriageAfter meeting Biden, Xi spoke at a dinner with top U.S. business executives in which he said the fundamental question was whether the two countries are "adversaries or partners." No 'splashy deliverables'Long-standing issues for U.S. business operations in China remain, and deals aren't made overnight.

Persons: Joe Biden, Xi Jinping, Kevin Lamarque, Joe Biden's, Biden, Xi, Wang Dong, Jake Colvin, Gabriel Wildau, interlocutors, Ian Bremmer, Gary Dvorchak, it's, Jin Canrong, Jin, aren't Organizations: Economic Cooperation, Reuters, Reuters BEIJING —, Institute for Global Cooperation, Peking University, D.C, Foreign Trade Council, Summit, U.S, Biden, Eurasia Group, Mastercard, Monday, People's Bank of, Blueshirt Group, School of International Studies, Renmin University of China, Center for American Studies, Max, Boeing Locations: Filoli, Asia, Woodside , California, Reuters BEIJING, Reuters BEIJING — U.S, San Francisco, U.S, China, United States, Washington, Beijing, People's Bank of China, Taiwan

☆ Morocco earthquake: How the entire village of Tinzert was wiped out in just 10 seconds
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Tinzert, Atlas Mountains, Morocco CNN —Rajaa Acherhri was known as the village math genius. She buried them the next day, alongside 19 other people who were killed in Tinzert, a tiny mountain village in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. Hakim Idlhousein stands near the rubble of his house, in the village of Tinzert, in Morocco, which was destroyed by the quake. Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP Bags of blood sit on a table at a blood center in Marrakech, Morocco, on September 11. Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images In pictures: Powerful earthquake kills thousands in Morocco Prev NextFatema Acherhri was born in Tinzert, as was her husband.

Persons: Morocco CNN — Rajaa Acherhri, Sanaa, Fatema, Rajaa, hasn’t, Fatema Acherhri, Ivana Kottasova, ” Hakim Idlhousein, Idlhousein, CNN they’ve, Abdeltif Ait Bensoli, Ait Bensoli, Edabdelah, couldn’t, Ait, Hakim Idlhousein, ‘, Fadel Senna, Talat, Hannah McKay, Talat N'Yaaqoub, Nacho Doce, Carl Court, Alejandro Martinez Velez, Talat N'yaaqoub, Reuters Mouath Aytnasr, Suleiman, Mosa'ab, Abu Adem Muhammed, Nathan Laine, Wang Dongzhen, Moulay Brahim, Piero Cruciatti, Abdelhak Balhaki, Acherhri, hammam, ” Acherhri, “, ”, Ourika Organizations: Morocco CNN, CNN, UNICEF, Moroccan, Getty, Reuters, Anadolu Agency, Bloomberg, Kyodo, People, Moroccan Royal Armed Forces Locations: Atlas Mountains, Morocco, Tinzert, Moroccan, Al Haouz, Ifghan, Ait Bensoli, Marrakech, Douzrou, AFP, Talat N'Yaaqoub, Talat, Tinmel, Tafeghaghte, Old City, Amizmiz, Xinhua, Moulay, Brahim, Moulay Brahim, Tansghart, Marrakesh

☆ 'Netflix Effect' lifts Korean content but market control worries grow
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Hyunsu Yim | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Netflix's market weight in South Korea dwarfs that of local platforms such as Tving, Wavve and Watcha. Netflix boasted a 38.2% market share in South Korea last year, according to Mobile Index, overshadowing Tving's 13.1%. Unlike the EU, South Korea does not have laws requiring foreign streaming services to produce or invest in local content. While the project was commissioned by Netflix UK, it centres on genetic cloning fraud in South Korea and includes file clips from broadcasters’ archives. "The government needs to come up with a system to ensure that excess profits can be returned to South Korean creators."

Persons: Ted Sarandos, Han Duck, Heo Seung, Yoon Suk Youl, Hwang Dong, hyuk, Aditya Thayi, Lim Jong, 1,281.7400, Hyunsu Yim, Sam Holmes Organizations: Netflix, South, Korea Economic Research, Mobile, EU, Reuters Netflix, Sejong University, Thomson Locations: SEOUL, South Korea, Seoul, Korea, South, U.S, London

☆ Louis Vuitton dazzles luxury-seeking Seoul with first pre-fall show
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SEOUL, April 29 (Reuters) - LVMH's (LVMH.PA) top fashion brand Louis Vuitton held its first-ever pre-fall fashion show on Saturday on a bridge in Seoul, the capital of a leading luxury market. In one of the highest profile events since chairman and CEO Pietro Beccari started at Louis Vuitton earlier this year, the runway on the lower level of the double-decker Jamsu bridge that spans the Han River was bathed in blue shadows. Models walked the 795 metre (2,608 feet) bridge, where traffic was stopped for 24 hours, wearing fitted, sporty designs with geometric patterns designed by Nicolas Ghesquière, artistic director of women’s collections at Louis Vuitton. They strode out of a tunnel on chunky-heeled shoes in slick windbreakers, miniskirts that flared out and striped suits. On Saturday the creator and director of 2021's Netflix hit drama "Squid Game" Hwang Dong-hyuk participated in the show scenography.

"Squid Game" became Netflix Inc's (NFLX.O) most-watched series ever after its release last September, creating countless online memes and Halloween costumes and kickstarting sales of green tracksuits. 1/3 Park Hae-Soo, Lee Jung-Jae, Kim Ji-Yeon, Hwang Dong-Hyuk, Jung Ho-Yeon and Oh Young-Soo, of "Squid Game", arrive at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 12, 2022. "So many characters died, especially beloved ones died. The Emmy's directing honour epitomised Hwang's never-dreamed-of journey with the series, but he was disappointed at missing the trophy for best drama series, which went to HBO's "Succession". "Of course what I wanted the most was best drama series.

☆ Scientists may have solved the mystery of how the ancient Egyptians hauled millions of 2-ton blocks of stone through the desert to build the pyramids
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-02 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ancient Egyptians built the spectacular Giza pyramids in what is now a desert landscape. The Sphinx at the Giza Pyramids on November 20, 2019. Khufu's pyramid, known as the Great Pyramid, was the first to be built and the biggest of the three. The Great Pyramid is the oldest of the famed Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and the only one to remain largely intact. An Egyptian walks at the Giza Pyramids in Egypt, on April 26, 2021.

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