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How a broken cleaver caused a PR disaster
Jul 29, 2022 (WiC 595)

Chinese cooking relies on good knife skills. Remarkably, almost all of the cutting – be it fine slicing or heavy duty chopping – can be done with one knife: a large blade cleaver. So it was shocking to many Chinese when one of the ...

Why a historic variety of lychee from Guangdong has set record prices
Jul 22, 2022 (WiC 594)

In Japan the Ruby Roman is a red grape the size of a ping-pong ball. It is also one of the world’s most expensive fruits: a single bunch was sold for $12,000 at an auction two years ago, which averages out at about $400 per grape. The reason ...

The latest culinary craze in China is for edible uncooked eggs
Jul 15, 2022 (WiC 593)

‘A box without hinges, key or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. What is it?’ The answer to the classic riddle is, of course, an egg. And a new spin on that ‘golden treasure’ is on the rise in China, with a wave of new interest in ...

Emojis become admissible in Chinese courts
Jul 8, 2022 (WiC 592)

U+1F631, U+1F914 and U+1F937 is Unicode notation for ‘screaming face’, ‘thinking face’ and ‘confused shrug’ in emojis. It’s also how many reacted to the news that the Chinese courts have started to accept emoticons as ...

Lockdown’s legacy

Condom sales in China have plummeted
Jun 30, 2022 (WiC 591)

The Covid pandemic hasn’t been kind to condom makers. Hotels and bars have been closed, app-based hook-ups have dried up and lengthy lockdowns have proved to be passion-killers for many couples. The world’s largest condom producer, ...

Historic collection

Hong Kong’s Palace Museum opens July 2
Jun 24, 2022 (WiC 590)

In 1924, thirteen years after the end of the Qing Dynasty, the expulsion from the Forbidden City of Puyi, China’s last emperor, raised questions about the purpose of the imperial palace. With no one in residence, some wanted to destroy the ...

Messi scores with two Chinese dairy giants
Jun 17, 2022 (WiC 589)

Can Lionel Messi inspire Argentina to World Cup glory in Qatar later this year? With his 35th birthday coming this month, Messi likely won’t get another chance to emulate his idol Diego Maradona, who led the national team to lift the trophy in ...

NFT sneakers (briefly) arrive in China
Jun 10, 2022 (WiC 588)

In late May Chinese venture capitalist Zhu Xiaohu – an early backer of Didi Chuxing, Ele.me, and Ofo – posted on WeChat that he had just purchased a pair of NFT sneakers from StepN, a lifestyle app. “I finally bought a pair of BSC ...

In praise of ‘Grandpa Nice’

British children’s author stunned by his popularity in China
Jun 3, 2022 (WiC 587)

British writer and academic Michael Rosen boasts five decades of experience in publishing, performing and teaching. But what he wasn’t expecting was to develop a passionate fan base in China. Rosen became aware of his popularity in ...

Pupils learn how to skip

Skipping tutors tap into demand from grade-obsessed parents
May 27, 2022 (WiC 586)

Chinese parents once spared little expense on tutoring for their children, hoping that the extra classes would help them to get ahead of their peers. That became a thing of the past after the government’s crackdown on after-school tutors ...

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