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And Finally

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Victorian values

Maoren’s not so secretive strategy to emulate the US lingerie giant
Mar 5, 2010 (WiC 51)

Move over, Victoria’s Secret. Maoren wants to be China’s largest lingerie retailer. The mainland undergarment maker, which means “Cat People” in Chinese, is planning to grow from 10 to 1,000 retail stores across the country in the next ...

Year of the Yak?

Tibet’s first fashion brand is born
Feb 19, 2010 (WiC 50)

The 1993 movie, Cool Runnings featured the true – if unlikely – story of a Jamaican bobsleigh team that participated in the 1988 Winter Olympics. Will Kwame Nkrumah Achaempong’s story also make it to the big screen? Kwame – ...

Judge rules against feng shui master
Feb 12, 2010 (WiC 49)

Feng shui is something you cannot refuse to believe in,” said Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s former leader. “Only after the feng shui expert nods his head to a place do I feel comfortable.” Indeed, feng shui is central to Chinese ...

Indeed, Britain’s got talent!

Mandarin-singing girl from Sheffield wins Jiangsu TV talent show
Feb 5, 2010 (WiC 48)

A 19-year-old British exchange student in China has won Jiangsu province’s equivalent of The X-Factor by singing in flawless Mandarin. During her year of studying abroad in China, Mary-Jess Leaverland, or Li Meijie as she’s known by the ...

Controversy erupts over a floating mansion near Shenzhen
Jan 29, 2010 (WiC 47)

The Chinese government wants to sink the property market. Literally. A luxury villa floating off the coast of Shenzhen (not far from Hong Kong) that cost close to Rmb100 million ($14.6 million) to build may be forcibly demolished because its ...

National controversy over archaeological find
Jan 22, 2010 (WiC 46)

On November 26 an archaeologist made a ‘tiny breach in the top left hand corner of the doorway’. Asked if he saw anything, he replied “Yes, I see wonderful things.” The find in question occurred just over 87 years ago and the ...

New movie catches flak from sage’s descendants
Jan 15, 2010 (WiC 45)

Study the past”, Confucius said, “if you would define the future.” But moviegoers now have further opportunity to study Confucius himself, in a new film about the great sage that is released next week. And the purists aren’t too happy, ...

The Mao suit makes a style comeback
Jan 8, 2010 (WiC 44)

President Hu Jintao is not usually the subject of debate amongst the fashionistas. But he did get the sartorial thumbs-up when he appeared in a crisply tailored Mao suit for last year’s 60th anniversary celebrations of the People’s ...

Drink driving rules prompt vinegar sales
Dec 18, 2009 (WiC 43)

Over the many millennia of its recorded history, the Chinese viewed seven groceries as “essential” items. Every household required firewood, rice, cooking oil, salt, soy sauce, tea and vinegar. Vinegar’s inclusion in the list points to ...

The money monks

Why the shenanigans at the Shaolin Temple?
Dec 11, 2009 (WiC 42)

Alibaba’s Jack Ma described him as “interesting”, “pragmatic” and “a top private businessman”. But the Venerable Abbot Shi Yongxin of the Shaolin Temple has been the target of furious criticism lately. Shaolin is the monastery ...

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