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The world’s largest radio telescope is having a problem hiring people
Nov 9, 2018 (WiC 431)

It took just three years for China’s privately-funded aerospace sector to develop its first solid fuel rocket, chasing Space X, Elon Musk’s firm, which has used one of its own rockets to transport a Tesla sports car closer to ...

China promises new pandas after Abe visit
Nov 2, 2018 (WiC 430)

In the summer of 2010, a giant panda called Xing Xing, on loan from China to a zoo in Kobe, died on the operating table during an artificial insemination procedure. The Chinese ordered that Xing Xing’s body be secured until the arrival of a ...

Gorging guests blamed for cruise liner’s retreat
Oct 26, 2018 (WiC 429)

The Chinese dama first made their name internationally in 2013, with some frenetic buying in the gold market. Since then the dama – middle-aged women with an eye for a deal and a disposition for dancing (see WiC345) – have ...

Alipay pays out giant prize in Koi contest
Oct 19, 2018 (WiC 428)

The fish has always been associated with good fortune in China. Pronounced as yu, it sounds similar to words that mean “abundance” or “surfeit” in various dialects. Koi fish, in particular, are a favourite of feng shui ...

Stock price boosted after tycoon’s wife sends a mooncake message
Oct 5, 2018 (WiC 427)

For a civilisation whose calendar has long been dictated by the movements of the moon, the Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most important events for Chinese families. It takes place on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, ...

How a Shanghai feast fanned media interest
Sep 28, 2018 (WiC 426)

Back in 2001, six bankers from Barclays Capital made headlines when they guzzled down £44,000 ($62,700) of food and fine wine at Gordon Ramsay’s Pétrus, one of the most expensive restaurants in London. They opened a bottle of 1947 Château ...

Tourist row sours Sino-Swedish relations
Sep 21, 2018 (WiC 425)

Chinese travellers made 131 million trips overseas last year but what happens when something goes wrong and tourists or businesspeople get into trouble? The Zeng family’s experience in Sweden earlier this month shows how the lines between ...

China’s next fad: ultra luxury smartphones
Sep 14, 2018 (WiC 424)

The marketing of Vertu’s mobile handsets has always been less about the technology than their sheer expense, plus the “English craftsmanship” that goes into their finish. Its gold and gemstone inlaid Signature Cobra phone costs $360,000, ...

Why unfaithful husbands are losing sleep
Sep 7, 2018 (WiC 423)

In 2015 a group calling themselves the Impact Team hacked the user information of Ashley Madison, the Canadian website that facilitates extra-marital affairs. Million of account details were released to the public, leading to the break-up of ...

How to pull a sports marketing coup in China
Aug 31, 2018 (WiC 422)

It is hard to know precisely when the first instance of ‘guerrilla’ or ‘ambush’ marketing happened. But one famed example occurred 18 years ago, when then boxing champ Mike Tyson took on Britain’s Julius Francis. It was heavily expected ...

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