(1) Dexter Roberts, No Golden Years for China's Villagers.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/a ... tion-s-aging-crisis
Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: Those living in the countryside bear the brunt of an aging crisis
(b) "Shangxule is a hardscrabble farming village in the mountains of the northern Chinese province of Hebei."
I can not find its Chinese name.
(2) Who's Gonna Buy All These Audis in China?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/a ... s-of-over-expansion
1 1/2 consecutive paragraphs:
"After entering the country in the late 1980s and building an early lead, Audi enjoyed lucrative sales numbers for decades * * * Its ascent was built on a reputation that made Audi the quasi-official ride of high-ranking government officials [in China] and the de facto standard among privileged businessmen. Near its peak, around 2000, the German brand accounted for about 70 percent of government and state-owned company fleets.
"Yet Volkswagen AG's luxury brand has stalled. Official cars began ceding way to cheaper and more fuel-efficient models, and by the end of 2014, when the central government dismissed most of its fleet, Audi became almost totally reliant on private buyers
Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: Selling the brand on the mainland was once like printing money. No more
(b) "Zhao Chunyu, general manager of Beijing ZRF Automotive Sales [Co, Ltd]"
Zhongrunfa stands for Zhongrunfa 中润发.
(c) Volkswagen acquired 50% of Audi in 1964.
(3) Gerry Smith, Home Is Where the Heart (of Cable) Is.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/a ... ive-in-an-hgtv-home
(Ardent viwers have turned "Home & Garden Television [HGTV] into the third-most-watched cable network in 2016, ahead of CNN and behind only Fox News and Walt Disney's ESPN")
Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: Formulaic programming has made HGTV the No 3 cable network
(b) The print and online versions are not the same. Here is the print version:
https://www.scribd.com/article/3 ... e-Heart-Of-Cable-Is
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