Another company, Continental Hope Group, is run by Liu Yongyan, 52.

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For example Goodwin Liu, whom Mr Obama has nominated to a lower court, has run into trouble with critics who accuse him of withholding information about his liberal beliefs.

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" Adds Liu Bo, a former Microsoft business director in China who jumped ship to run a competing software firm, Beijing-based Red Flag Software: "Windows is a good product.

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