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And Finally

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Digging its heels in

French brand Louboutin wins claim on iconic shoe design
Sep 30, 2022 (WiC 602)

Christian Louboutin is a veteran of trademark battles, filing various lawsuits to protect its red-soled stilettos. The French shoemaker locked horns with YSL in the United States, for example, making the case that it had exclusive rights to ...

Too hasty on pastry

Shanghai shoppers back Korean bakery after lockdown fine
Sep 16, 2022 (WiC 600)

South Korean pop culture has enjoyed such sweeping success in China in the past that the term hanliu, which translates as ‘Korean wave’ but sounds the same as ‘cool current’ in Mandarin, was coined to celebrate it. That’s ...

Not retiring (after all)

McDonald’s proves hit employer as new pensioners’ job site is launched
Sep 9, 2022 (WiC 599)

Retirement age in China is 60 for men and 50 or 55 for women (earlier for blue-collar roles). But with the country aging rapidly, there are concerns that a shrinking workforce will impose increased burdens on the state. One potential ...

Audiences annoyed as censors target cartoon
Sep 2, 2022 (WiC 598)

In the first instalment of the Despicable Me franchise, released in 2010, the hero Felonious Gru is a longtime villain who devotes himself to a life of grand heists such as stealing the Moon. So Chinese filmgoers were surprised to ...

If you want a Birkin, get on the luxury firm’s bike
Aug 26, 2022 (WiC 597)

You want to buy a Hermès handbag? Fine, but you’ll need to buy a Hermès bicycle first. As crazy as that sounds, it’s one of the best ways to get access to much-coveted bags like the Birkin or the Kelly. Walking into a showroom and asking ...

SenseTime releases an AI chess robot in a new push to reach consumers
Aug 19, 2022 (WiC 596)

WiC’s rich history of reporting on robots kicked off more than a decade ago with the spectacular creations of amateur inventor Wu Yulu, who made machines that could light his cigarettes and pull his rickshaw to the shops. There was a strong ...

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 ...

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