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O’Neill speaks out

“If you want to lecture China about the way they live their life, don’t think you are going to have…
Jan 22, 2021 (WiC 525)

Jim O’Neill discusses worsening Sino-British ties with newspaper The Times. A former Treasury Minister during the so-called Golden Era of relations in 2015-16, he added: “At the end of the day, economics somehow gets in the way of diplomacy, ...

‘Edgy’ television ad backfires on cleanser brand
Jan 22, 2021 (WiC 525)

Hallmarks of beauty in much of Chinese society typically include V-shaped jaws, double eyelids and pale white skin. Another sign of the times is the thousands of make-up tutorials that are posted to the Chinese internet, claiming to show how ...

Time is on our side

“The world is in a turbulent time that is unprecedented in the past century. But time and momentum are on…
Jan 15, 2021 (WiC 524)

President Xi Jinping addresses leading cadres in a high-level meeting. The upbeat speech on China’s economic plans comes six months before the Party celebrates the centenary of its founding.

Chained to their desks

Controversy over a cushion that tracks the work rate of office staff
Jan 15, 2021 (WiC 524)

When a Hangzhou-based tech company distributed ‘smart-cushions’ to its employees last year, they were introduced as health aids – gadgets that monitor heart rates, seating positions and fatigue levels. If a person had been sitting at ...

“China-US relations have come to a new crossroads, and a new window of hope is opening”
Jan 8, 2021 (WiC 523)

Foreign Minister Wang Yi gives his new year outlook to media on 2021. He said the US was now China’s third largest trading partner after ASEAN and the EU. He said of ties with Russia “we see no limit”, adding that the two were an example of ...

The kungfu college

Shaolin Monastery to roll out PhD programmes for overseas students
Jan 8, 2021 (WiC 523)

Twelve years after an application was made for UNESCO status, China’s taijiquan or tai chi – a type of martial art marked by slow, circular movements and breathing control – has been granted heritage ranking. It received the honour ...

How I came to change my perception on the cohort growing up in China's most stable era
Dec 11, 2020 (WiC 522)

As 2020 comes to an end, I have been looking back at a major revelation in this most unusual year. That is my change of view on China’s ‘Generation Z’ (or Gen Z) – people born in the 1990s and 2000s. I used to share the stereotypical ...

The deal is still on

“Now China has announced its recovery from the pandemic, we hope they will meet the [deal’s] two-year target”
Dec 11, 2020 (WiC 522)

Outgoing Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross tells the Milken Institute 2020 Asian Summit that China has bought over $23 billion of agricultural products, about 70% of an agreed total “but unfortunately they have purchased [lower] percentages of ...

Peak performance

China and Nepal agree on new height for Everest
Dec 11, 2020 (WiC 522)

In China they call it Qomolangma, while the Nepalis refer to it as Sagarmatha. But it was only on Tuesday this week that both Himalayan nations finally agreed on its height: 8,848.86 metres. Mount Everest – as it is known in English having ...

The country's largest social media platform under fire for making user pay
Dec 4, 2020 (WiC 521)

Twitter’s feed is largely chronological. Facebook relies more on algorithms, which means that well-liked content or posts from friends tend to show up on top. In China, however, a few people have noticed that their Sina Weibo posts were not ...

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