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And Finally

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Spoofing the spooks

Xinhua’s skit strikes back at comments from Britain’s top spy at MI6
Jan 14, 2022 (WiC 569)

Richard Moore, the head of Britain’s foreign intelligence service (MI6) isn’t the most prolific of Tweeters. But when Chinese state news agency Xinhua made a James Bond-style video to lampoon a speech of Moore’s last week, he ‘clapped’ ...

Alibaba’s Taobao rewards its quirkiest products
Jan 7, 2022 (WiC 568)

The Chinese shopping platform Taobao is a genuine wonder of the world. It often feels that there is no item too small or too niche that Taobao doesn’t stock. If you have a problem with a household item, a quick search will usually render up ...

Shenzhen culinary scheme sees surge of interest
Dec 10, 2021 (WiC 567)

The internet is overflowing with get-rich-quick schemes. But learning how to braise geese has to be one of the odder ones. All the same, more than 50,000 people signed up for a cooking course to do just that this month, after the Shenzhen ...

Tabling a truce?

Ping pong diplomacy enjoys a brief revival
Dec 3, 2021 (WiC 566)

Ping-pong diplomacy was born in 1971 when American table tennis player Glen Cowen hitched a ride with the Chinese team after missing the US team bus at the World Championships in Japan. At the time China and the US were still notionally Cold ...

New song predicts Beijing-to-Taipei bullet train
Nov 26, 2021 (WiC 565)

The lyrics are simple and the melody sounds synthetic. But the subject is one of the biggest geopolitical flashpoints of our time. ‘Going to Taiwan in 2035’ is a children’s song from mainland Chinese artist Meng Xudong about taking a ...

Football’s failures

Chinese national soccer team disappoint – again
Nov 19, 2021 (WiC 564)

It was 20 years ago when China made its first appearance at football’s World Cup finals. That’s still the only time the world’s most populous nation has qualified for the final stages of the tournament. The task was less challenging at the ...

Victory for the underdogs

Euphoria in China as team wins League of Legends world cup in Rejkjavik
Nov 12, 2021 (WiC 563)

Since its launch in 2011, League of Legends has been a fan favourite. It’s a strategy game where two teams of five heroes battle to destroy the other’s base. The game is enduringly popular, making the League of Legends World ...

Crazy like a fox

Chinese swoon at newly created character launched at Shanghai Disneyland
Nov 5, 2021 (WiC 562)

Move over Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh – the newest Disney character that’s captured the hearts of Chinese consumers is a little pink fox called LinaBell. With big sapphire-blue eyes and a bushy pink tail, she has become a viral sensation ...

Pension passions

A dating show for seniors is a hit
Oct 29, 2021 (WiC 561)

On the face of it, a dating show for retirees set on the Chinese-North Korean border shouldn’t be a romantic hit. Love Won’t Come Too Late has proved to be just that. Produced by a local broadcaster in snowy Jilin province, the ...

Rolls-Royce’s rare use of social influencers backfires with China buyers
Oct 22, 2021 (WiC 560)

Television started to became popular in the US and Europe in the 1950s (albeit in black and white). Rolls-Royce avoided TV commercials for years, however, preferring more traditional print ads in glossy magazines, if it advertised at all. The ...

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