PRESS DIGEST – China – Sept 29

SHANGHAI, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Chinese newspapers available
in Beijing and Shanghai carried the following stories on Monday.
Reuters has not checked the stories and does not vouch for their
accuracy.

PEOPLE’S DAILY

- The ruling Communist Party of China and the State Council,
the cabinet, in a joint decree banned party and government
officials from holding meetings at scenic spots in the latest
official move to crack down on corruption.

CHINA SECURITIES JOURNAL

- The government is likely to step up its targeted monetary
easing in the fourth quarter of this year after it posted a slew
of weak economic data of late, analysts say.

SHANGHAI SECURITIES NEWS

- Preparations have been completed for the launch of the
Shanghai-Hong Kong connect, which will allow investors in the
two cities to invest in each other’s stock market, after the
Shanghai Stock Exchange conducted the third round of tests in
its computer system designed for the programme over the weekend.

CHINA BUSINESS NEWS

- The value of assets managed by 100-plus Chinese brokerages
is expected to exceed 10 trillion yuan ($1.6 trillion) next year
after it jumped to more than 7 trillion yuan around the end of
July from 5 trillion yuan by the end of last year, thanks to the
government’s efforts to encourage innovations by securities
houses.

CHINA DAILY

- Participants at the ongoing Beijing-Tokyo Forum have
called upon media professionals in China and Japan to provide a
more balanced and objective view of each other’s country to help
prevent Sino-Japanese relations from deteriorating further.

- Yuan activities are accelerated across European
financial centres, including London, Paris and Luxembourg,
signalling a big step forward in the internationalisation of the
Chinese currency and Europe’s crucial role in supporting the
process.

SHANGHAI DAILY

- U.S. lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret, owned by L Brands
Inc, has won 500,000 yuan and a public apology from a
Chinese investment management firm that used its trademark at a
store and at lingerie shows, a Shanghai court ruled.

For Hong Kong and South China newspapers see…..
($1 = 6.127 Chinese yuan)

(Reporting by Shanghai Newsroom; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)

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​What We Know About George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin’s Wedding …

As you know by now, dapper incarnate
George Clooney married his fiancée, human rights attorney Amal Alamuddin yesterday in Venice. Italy, not California. Here’s what we know:

On Friday, after their rehearsal dinner, the party split into guys and gals groups and did their own thing. Clooney and the men went to a restaurant, Da Ivo, enjoyed a bottle of Sassicaia wine and a bottle of tequila, and dined on “stuffed zucchini flowers, figs and ham, razor clams, fresh Tagliolini pasta with thinly sliced truffles and rice with button mushrooms.” It looks like Alamuddin and the ladies hung out at Aman Canal Grande Hotel, the wedding venue, where Alamuddin spent the night.

There were about 90 guests, some of whom were super famous. They included: Bono (from iTunes presents U2) and his wife Ali Hewson, Cindy Crawford and her husband/Clooney’s rumored best man Rande Gerber, Matt Damon and his wife Luciana, John Krasinski and Emily Blunt, Bill Murray, Anna Wintour (who apparently came straight from Paris Fashion Week because she definitely attended the Friday wedding festivities in the same outfit she wore to the Dior show, HA), Richard Kind, Ellen Barkin, Thom Matthews, and others. Also Clooney’s parents were there as were Alamuddin’s.

The ceremony, conducted by ex-Mayor of Rome Walter Veltroni, took place at the 450-year-old waterside Aman Canal Grande Hotel—which the guests traveled to in “a flotilla of” vintage water taxis. Clooney wore Armani, Alamuddin most likely wore a custom Alexander McQueen gown designed by Sarah Burton. Also, apparently Clooney banned mobile phones from the wedding.

A source says that following the ceremony,
guests were “met with champagne and canapes including polenta with wild mushrooms and prosciutto ham with figs.” But I bet they all drunkenly ordered pizza afterwards. I say this because here, you can see some guests exiting the wedding venue and being assisted onto those water taxis. They look like they partied hard, aka Matt Damon looks wasted. Aww weddings!

The celebrations continued today as the newlyweds hosted a brunch for their family and friends at Hotel Cipriani in Venice. GASP, THERE YOU GO. THAT’S WHAT WE KNOW.

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Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West have officially been deemed “Fashion Flu” by some “insiders” at Paris Fashion Week. You see, they’re drawing attention to themselves by um, being everywhere. Also by bringing their baby to that Balenciaga show.

“People are so mad about Kimye being here,” sniffed a fashion insider, adding that Paris regulars are “fatigued with the whole family.” (Kim’s sister Kendall Jenner walked in Balmain’s Paris show, and momager Kris is also in town.)

A source explained the frustration: “They hold up shows and they draw paparazzi wherever they go. They’re seen here as the ultimate try-hards. It was funny when they were a novelty.”

“You guys, this isn’t funny anymore!” insisted the oppressed fashion insider, wearing some Adidas sandals and a live Afghan Hound in assless chaps. [
NY Post]

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• Last night, friends and family of Robin Williams held a memorial service at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco. His children Zelda, Cody, and Zak gave speeches, as did his wife Susan Schneider, Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg and others. And a whole slew of celebrities like Ben Stiller, Bette Midler, Jeff Bridges, Rhea Perlman, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and others attended. [Just Jared]
• Jennifer Lopez posted a selfie with Leah Remini to Instagram after being rear-ended by a drunk driver :/ [Daily Mail]
• Robert Downey Jr. posted to Facebook a touching tribute to his mother who passed away on Monday. [People]
• Vanessa Williams is engaged to Jim Skrip, this dude she met while traveling in Egypt! [Perez Hilton]
• Corey Feldman singing Aerosmith’s “Dream On” made my computer cry, but maybe your computer (or mobile device) might like it better. [TMZ]
• Britney Spears will be sending Kate Middleton a treatise of sorts: every item in her lingerie collection Intimate Britney Spears. [ONTD]
• James Franco opted to leave his heels out of his pair of Toms. Chill. [Just Jared]
• CODE RED: KELIS DOES NOT ACTUALLY LIKE MILKSHAKES. [ONTD]
• Sup?
  

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