Not everyone has the courage to make a quick decision about a purchase at an auction, Hu says.
Scepticism towards China in Australia hardened in July after the detention of Stern Hu, an Australian who heads Rio's iron-ore operations in China, and three colleagues.
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Scepticism towards China in Australia hardened on July 5th after the detention of Stern Hu, an Australian who heads Rio's iron ore operations in China, and two Chinese colleagues.
Heading to work one recent afternoon, she was running late for an unusual appointment: Hu had decided that her top editors needed new clothes, and she had summoned a tailor.
While the trend in China parallels that in the U.S., it is "much more rapid, " says Frank Hu, an associate professor in the nutrition department at the Harvard School of Public Health, who has conducted his own studies of the phenomenon.
"Every person's experience is different, but most have less influence than before, " Mr. Hu said in an interview.
It was interesting to me that Ma chose to so vigorously defend himself recently against Caixin Media editor Hu Shuli in an exchange of texts and then a long phone call (followed later by a press conference).
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And the most famous dish in the capital is named after it: the Peking roast duck, a dish said to be first written into a recipe book in 1330 by Hu Sihui, an inspector of the imperial kitchens when the capital of China was in the city of Nanjing.
At a Vanguard supermarket in an unfashionable part of Shenzhen, manager Hu Fan tries to satisfy traditional and modern tastes.
Yet Mr Zeng is an ambitious and skilful politician, whereas Mr Hu has distinguished himself only by ploddingly carrying out his duties.
In the past ten years, Chinese paintings have enjoyed an average 25% increase in value annually, Hu said.
Tensions also flared in June, when Australian mining giant Rio Tinto rejected a potential deal with Chinalco, and in July when Chinese authorities arrested an Australian citizen and Rio Tinto employee, Stern Hu, on charges of bribe-taking.
The probable meeting between Mr Siew and Mr Hu in the tropical city of Boao would be an easy first step in what is likely to be a difficult journey.
All this has led to a fair amount of grumbling, by both those in Mr Hu's camp who expected to be moving up, and those who feel that an orderly transfer of power would mark an important step forward for China's political system.
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