Dragon dancers practice on the shore of Jinhu Lake on March 20. Photo: Dong De/Caixin In recent years, the phrase “Hegang in the North, Gejiu in the South” has spread widely online in China, a reference to two once-resource-rich towns that have become symbols of affordable, low-pressure living. Hegang, in China’s far northeast, is already well known. Gejiu — a county-level city tucked into the mou...
Dragon dancers practice on the shore of Jinhu Lake on March 20. Photo: Dong De/Caixin In recent years, the phrase “Hegang in the North, Gejiu in the South” has spread widely online in China, a reference to two once-resource-rich towns that have become symbols of affordable, low-pressure living. Hegang, in China’s far northeast, is already well known. Gejiu — a county-level city tucked into the mountains of Southwest China’s Yunnan province — is a different kind of place altogether.
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Gina Rinehart, who’s been called Australia’s ‘female Donald Trump’, has long fought claims from the family of her father’s business partner – as well as her own children Full Story podcast: How Gina Rinehart lost hundreds of millions of dollars in court Australia’s richest person is reeling after a landmark court decision found her company must pay royalties worth hundreds of millions of dollars to a rival mining dynasty. Gina Rinehart, a multibillionaire with political connections in both the White House and the Australian parliament, has been described by members of the US conservative movement as “a female Donald Trump” . The 72-year-old, who inherited her father’s iron ore empire in Australia’s Pilbara region, has fought multiple claims against the family company Hancock Prospecting that were first launched in 2010. Continue reading...