Because broadcasters are leery of violating government restrictions on hot-button political issues, China's dramas typically steer away from subjects like crime and social tensions and often focus on love stories or period sagas.

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Foreign investment, particularly from China, is a hot-button topic in Australia.

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Foreign investment, particularly from China, is also a hot-button topic in Australia.

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It intends to fight on two fronts by introducing its lowest-priced mass-market hot pot brand, 12 Sabu, to China soon.

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His injury leaves his main rival, two-time world champion Yang Wei of China, as hot favourite to win gold.

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If so, the normal weapon to cool an overheating economy, higher interest rates, is likely to prove partly self-defeating in China because a rise in interest rates would lure in yet more hot money.

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Last year, the high-flying debuts of companies like E-Commerce China Dangdang and Youku.com on U.S. exchanges were a signal of how hot the market for Chinese stocks had become.

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