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And Finally

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Another example of a netizen outcry producing greater disclosure
Apr 10, 2009 (WiC 10)

There are all kinds of museums, with new ones opening all the time; the BBC, for example, reported this week that a man in Northern England had opened a museum devoted to the cars and gadgets used in the James Bond movies. But an ...

Putting his liver on the line

A Guangzhou businesswoman wants some unusual protection
Apr 3, 2009 (WiC 9)

It is 17 years since Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston first starred in The Bodyguard. The film did not thrill the critics but it was still a commercial success. Its signature song – Houston’s cover version of I Will Always Love You – has ...

What women want

Or rather what Chinese white collar women want…
Mar 27, 2009 (WiC 8)

What women want. It is a question that few could hope to answer satisfactorily in 400 years, let alone 400 words. But, according to a survey conducted in Hangzhou on International Women’s Day earlier this month, Chinese white collar women ...

Kicking the habit

China’s government worries about the nation’s addiction to nicotine
Mar 20, 2009 (WiC 7)

China can be described as a smokestack in more ways than one. Often used to describe its high pollution levels, the term could just as easily refer to the amount of smoke the country generates from cigarettes. The government has finally ...

The gunnysack line

China and Vietnam finally agree on exactly where their border is
Mar 13, 2009 (WiC 6)

Ask the Americans (or the French) how difficult it is to win a war in the jungles of Vietnam. The Chinese share that view. In fact, centuries before the Tet Offensive, Emperor Zhu Di was beaten by Vietnam’s guerrilla tactics. After invading ...

The rights and wrongs

China attacks America’s human rights record
Mar 6, 2009 (WiC 5)

According to Sun Tzu, the doyen of military thinkers, you should “attack where your opponent is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.” This strategy was given a new twist recently when China appeared where few expected: attacking ...

The enduring value of Chinese proverbs
Feb 27, 2009 (WiC 4)

No less a figure than Hillary Clinton recently exclaimed: “I love Chinese proverbs.” During her recent trip to Beijing she peppered her speeches and conversations with them. When she visited a power plant she was ready with “Before you ...

China’s quirkiest attempt to globalise: playing cricket
Feb 20, 2009 (WiC 3)

With the world’s biggest haul of golds at last year’s Olympics, it may seem oxymoronic that China got “absolutely thumped” by the Maldives at a sport. Then again, that sport was cricket. Indeed, China’s national cricket team enjoyed ...

The return of SPAM

And we’re not talking about the stuff in your email inbox…
Feb 13, 2009 (WiC 2)

Cometh the hour, cometh the SPAM – or at least that is what Shanghai canned food manufacturer Ma Ling Aquarius is hoping. Ma Ling is picking up on news in the US press that cash-strapped American consumers are trading down in their grocery ...

A Chinese inventor gets to the bottom of outer space’s most serious problem
Feb 6, 2009 (WiC 1)

Technology should be there to serve mankind’s most basic needs, even in outer space. Enter Jin Xukai, an inventor who is likely to join the ranks of other toilet visionaries such as Alexander Cummings, George Jennings and Thomas ...

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