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The number of Chinese entrepreneurs worth 5 billion Chinese yuan ($710 million) or more on September 15 fell by 11 percent, or 160 people, to 1,305, compared to the same time in 2021, said Hurun Report, which is led by Rupert Hoogewerf. Their collective wealth dropped 18 percent to $3.5 trillion, while 293 people dropped off 2022’s China rich list altogether, said the report. Those in China’s real estate and healthcare industries suffered the biggest losses....

For many years, China has been funneling hundreds of billions of dollars annually into technology research, development and production. It has been underwriting technology theft on a grand scale. And it has been extorting technological knowhow and other assets from U.S. businesses, as the price of entry into the Chinese market. These practices have made a mockery of the rules-based international trading system and have subverted the proper functioning of markets....

Qiang knocked out Stephens, a semi-finalist here three years ago, in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 in one of the biggest upsets of the opening day, reports Xinhua. Despite being ranked 76 spots below Stephens, Qiang controlled the game from the baseline and quickly went a set up. The qualifier then broke in the first game of the second set, and broke Stephens another two times to close out the match....

Lo, approved by Beijing last month as part of new Chief Executive John Lee’s Cabinet, also said Monday that the Hong Kong government “recommends” to roll out in part the health code adopted in mainland China, that prevents COVID patients from visiting public venues, and requires mandatory quarantine for overseas visitors, AFP reported. The measure will turn the QR codes of COVID-positive patients red on their LeaveHomeSafe app, and travelers will have yellow QR codes, Lo said, noting that it would make it easier to identify those who are infected and those who have come from overseas....

Maurizio Sarri’s men were outclassed by the same scoreline in Madrid on Wednesday, though it was they who cruised in Verona, making light work of their hosts to move back to within nine points of Juventus at the summit. Chievo kept Napoli at bay for 31 minutes before Lorenzo Insigne curled a sumptuous 20-yard effort beyond the helpless Stefano Sorrentino. And captain Hamsik added a second shortly after – stabbing home from close range after Allan seized on a defensive mix-up and squared to his midfield colleague....

Posting to the site’s Am I Being Unreasonable? (AIBU) forum on October 31, user Playfair said she didn’t understand why moms get to take six months of paid maternity leave at her company, while child-free women only have an annual leave allowance. Since being shared, the post has received over 1,000 comments from users slamming Playfair for comparing maternity leave to a “holiday.” ‘Motherhood Penalty’ Parenting expert and consultant Deborah Porter advises businesses and organizations on how to best support moms and dads in their workforce....

Chile come into this game on the back of a 1-0 loss to Tite’s Brazil in the quarter-final of Copa America 2021. A goal from Lyon midfielder Lucas Paqueta ensured victory for Brazil, who had Manchester City forward Gabriel Jesus sent off in the second-half. Brazil, on the other hand, lost 1-0 to Lionel Scaloni’s Argentina in the final of Copa America 2021. A first-half goal from Paris Saint-Germain forward Angel Di Maria sealed the deal for Argentina....

China’s arrogant and insecure leader is now going on a nationalist bender. Members of the country’s elite take their cue from Xi Jinping and believe that they, the inheritors of “more than 5,000 years of history,” are destined to rule the world. The entire world? Xi, using the language of two millennia of emperors, suggests he has the Mandate of Heaven to rule tianxia, meaning “All Under Heaven.” When speaking of “a community of shared future for mankind,” as he often does, he is surely thinking that everyone else has the common obligation to submit to him....

The West—chiefly the United States and its allies within the Group of Twenty—is discussing ways to exclude Moscow’s representatives from the economic forum as punishment for its invasion of Ukraine, Reuters reported this week. However, there is currently no mechanism to do so. On Wednesday, Beijing dashed any hopes that it would recuse itself from a decision on the summit. “The G20 is the main forum for international economic cooperation....

A spokesperson from the country’s National Health Commission and the deputy director of the Department of Publicity held a press conference Thursday to say that the peak of the epidemic has now passed and that the number of new cases is declining, the state-backed Xinhua news agency reported. Mi Feng, the NHC spokesperson, told reporters, “Broadly speaking, the peak of the epidemic has passed for China… The increase of new cases is falling,” according to Reuters....

Months after a tense meeting in Alaska, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng and Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met outside of Beijing on Monday in an effort to improve ties. The two sides remain far apart on many issues and China told the U.S. the future must involve removing visa restrictions for Chinese Communist Party members and their families, as well as the registering of Chinese media as foreign agents or foreign missions....

The Global Times and China Daily newspaper—both under the control of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—published editorials on Tuesday condemning the hardening U.S. stance towards China, which has been fortified by human rights disputes, territorial frictions and the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. China has emerged as America’s number one strategic challenge during President Donald Trump’s time in office. There is now growing bipartisan agreement in Washington, D.C.—and gradually among some of America’s European allies, too—that the West’s naive and commercialistic China policy has failed and requires an overhaul....

As per a report by The Next Web: Employees at China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator, have indicated that the carrier is unlikely to sell Apple’s upcoming iPhone, Sina Tech reports. The publication spoke to a number of workers at the provincial and city level who said they had heard nothing about Apple’s next-generation iPhone being released on China Mobile. China Mobile currently serves more than 650 million mobile subscribers....

The Real Madrid forward has scored 12 goals in his eight appearances in the competition this season and has been on the scoresheet at least once in every match since last year’s final. Chiellini thinks it is safe to assume the 33-year-old will find the net against any team, but he hopes the fine margins of Juve’s clash with the holders in Turin will favour the Italians. “Ronaldo will always score against everyone,” said Chiellini....

Sorrentino came out to meet Ronaldo in his six-yard box from a cross in the closing minutes at Stadio Marc’Antonio Bentegodi and his head connected with the Juve debutant’s thigh. With the Chievo keeper lying on the floor clearly injured, Mario Mandzukic scored only to see VAR rule out the goal. Sorrentino left the pitch on a stretcher and Chievo were unable to hang on for a point as they lost 3-2 in the opening match of the 2018-19 Serie A season....

Although the child reportedly died in September and in another state, the death certificate that listed COVID-19 as a cause of death was recently finalized. “We are all saddened by this loss and give our condolences to the family,” Dr. Benjamin Chan, a state epidemiologist, said in a news release from the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services. “It continues to be important for us all to take steps to protect those who are not yet able to be vaccinated, and those who are vulnerable and at risk for severe COVID-19....

The fire was reported at 4:57 a.m. Sunday at a residence in the unincorporated area of Loganville, according to a news release issued by the Gwinnett County Police Department. Once Gwinnett County Fire crews got the blaze under control, officials discovered the girl’s body inside the residence. Arson investigators classified the fire as intentional and summoned detectives to the scene. “At this time, it has been determined the fire was set intentionally by a sibling of the deceased victim,” according to police....

The American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion relief package passed in March, increased the Child Tax Credit by $1,000 and $1,600, making the credit $3,600 for children under 6 and $3,000 for children up to 17. The new law also changed how people receive the credit, going from a lump sum when they file their taxes to monthly payments that will run from July through December. However, not everyone is eligible for the increased credit....

Nothing matters more to a parent or caregiver than their child’s happiness and wellbeing. But dealing with a child who has been traumatized can be a challenging experience and often the the signs may go unnoticed. In her book, Has Your Child Been Traumatized?, clinical psychologist Dr. Melissa Goldberg-Mintz reveals how parents can recognize the signs and symptoms of trauma in their children, while providing advice on how they can support them on their path to recovery....

With so much attention focused on potential devastation from climate change, it’s not surprising that the message has reached the planet’s youngest residents. Images of liquefying glaciers in movies like “Ice Age 2: The Meltdown” are as frightening to these kids as pictures of a mushroom cloud were to youngsters growing up in the 1960s and 1970s. Remembering their own childhood fears of nuclear annihilation, parents struggle to find a balance between scaring young kids to death and helping them understand a very real problem that they will inherit someday....