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China Focus

China's rich rush to shelter US$1 tril from new taxes

(Dec 14): Wealthy Chinese are rushing to shelter assets and income in overseas trusts before new tax rules go into effect next month, including provisions that target offshore holdings.

Tech

Big Brother is creating a two-tier society in China

(Sept 26): Even for Chinese authorities, who have long tried to limit the influence of foreign media and ideas, last week marked an escalation. In the span of a few days, authorities blocked access to Twitch, the video-game live-streaming platform owned b
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How Singapore’s not-really-rich have been burned by Swiber bonds

SINGAPORE (Sept 20): When Elaine Tham signed an “accredited investor” form with her bank in Singapore two years ago, she took a fateful step toward losing all the money she had set aside for her children’s education.
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