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Nobel laureate Mo Yan accused of insulting China’s heroes in lawsuit

Mo Yan, the winner of China’s first Nobel Prize for Literature, is being sued under a law that carries civil penalties for perceived slights against the country’s heroes and martyrs. Patriotic campaigns have become more common in recent years in China, as online nationalists attack journalists, writers or other public figures they say have offended […]

Hillhouse, Mitsui vying for Singapore’s Eu Yan Sang in $700 million deal

By Kane Wu and Yantoultra Ngui HONG KONG/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Hillhouse and Japan’s Mitsui & Co have emerged as final bidders vying for Singapore-headquartered traditional Chinese medicine chain Eu Yan Sang International, in a deal that could fetch over $700 million, two people with knowledge of the matter said. Eu Yan Sang’s shareholders, led by Singapore-based […]