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And Finally

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Why a Hong Kong pop idol is fighting to defend her name
Mar 29, 2019 (WiC 446)

In 2012, former basketball star Michael Jordan filed a lawsuit against Chinese sports apparel company Qiaodan for using his name for business purposes and without his permission. The Fujian-based sportswear firm registered the Chinese characters ...

An immigrant tale

Who was the first Chinese to move to the UK?
Mar 22, 2019 (WiC 445)

Occasionally a book comes along that makes you wonder why no one thought to write it before. Barclay Price’s recently published The Chinese in Britain: A History of Visitors and Settlers falls into that category, using letters, ...

Letter to the editor

Chinese diplomat in ruckus with Russian paper
Mar 15, 2019 (WiC 444)

China and Russia have governments that agree on many issues and leaders that purport to be good friends. But it is often the case that the people have little affection for each other. Ordinary Russians can be racist towards Chinese and they ...

Lateral thinker

Harbin student finds handwriting fix
Mar 8, 2019 (WiC 443)

Chinese children do more homework than kids in any other nation – an average of 2.87 hours a day, according to afanti100.com, an online education service provider. Much of it involves writing out Chinese characters and transcribing text in ...

An office romance costs a couple Rmb4.8 billion
Mar 1, 2019 (WiC 442)

When it comes to Valentine’s Day gestures, posting wedding day photos on social media is a touching yet commonplace occurrence. For Liu Liang, the CEO and major shareholder of online gaming firm U9, there was another motive at work. This ...

Why foreign firms might want to avoid mapmaking in China
Feb 22, 2019 (WiC 441)

A “map smuggling ring” sounds like something from a bygone era: perhaps from the time the Jesuits or the British weren’t allowed beyond Chinese ports lest they infect the population with Catholicism or steal the secrets of tea ...

Around the bend

Xiaomi claims first with foldable phone screen, riling rival Royole
Feb 8, 2019 (WiC 440)

The world’s first mobile receiver with a touchscreen, known as IBM Simon, made its debut in 1992. But it was not until 2007, when Apple revolutionised the touchscreen interface for handsets, that cell phones became ‘smart’ and were ...

The delivery girl who arrived

The romantic choice of ‘Hong Kong’s Lara Croft’ sparks surprise backlash
Feb 1, 2019 (WiC 439)

She is called “Hong Kong’s Lara Croft”, a reference to the heroine in Tomb Raider. Zhu Qianpei (or Chu Chin-pui in Cantonese) first became an internet sensation in Hong Kong last year when an amazed onlooker snapped photos of ...

Identity checks

McDonald’s ad triggers another tiff over Taiwan
Jan 25, 2019 (WiC 438)

The Chinese translation for a McDonald’s Egg McMuffin is manfubao – or a bun “full of luck”. But a Taiwanese TV ad featuring the breakfast snack hasn’t been so fortuitous for the fast-food firm. The short clip – which ...

Give us a break

Viewers are vexed by ‘embedded ads’ in TV shows
Jan 18, 2019 (WiC 437)

Think of a popular historical television drama in recent years. Downton Abbey, perhaps, or Outlander. Now imagine that mid-way through an episode, one of the main characters turns to the camera and promotes a shampoo or a credit card. It ...

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