Regulars

Communicate, don’t isolate

“You cannot close off relationships with countries which are not living up to our standards”
Jun 30, 2022 (WiC 591)

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte speaks out over the European Union’s reassessment of relations with China over its disagreement with some of Beijing’s policies, saying that he believes this would not “help anyone in Hong Kong or the ...

Lockdown’s legacy

Condom sales in China have plummeted
Jun 30, 2022 (WiC 591)

The Covid pandemic hasn’t been kind to condom makers. Hotels and bars have been closed, app-based hook-ups have dried up and lengthy lockdowns have proved to be passion-killers for many couples. The world’s largest condom producer, ...

Historic collection

Hong Kong’s Palace Museum opens July 2
Jun 24, 2022 (WiC 590)

In 1924, thirteen years after the end of the Qing Dynasty, the expulsion from the Forbidden City of Puyi, China’s last emperor, raised questions about the purpose of the imperial palace. With no one in residence, some wanted to destroy the ...

More trouble ahead

“Our steps to implement the Uighur Law on time and on a tight schedule is a sign of this administration’s…
Jun 24, 2022 (WiC 590)

Robert Silvers, an undersecretary at the US Department of Homeland Security, comments on new rules that came into force from Tuesday blocking imports from China’s Xinjiang region. The assumption, notes the Wall Street Journal, is that goods ...

Chen Zhenwei

Chen Zhenwei
Jun 24, 2022 (WiC 590)

Born in 1992 in Huizhou in Guangdong province, ballet dancer Chen Zhenwei’s love for dance began in kindergarten. His parents had hoped for him to go to college and get a high-paying job, but from the age of 11 he spent six years training at ...

From another planet

“We may not be able to survive on Earth one day. We’ll need the help of alien civilisations.”
Jun 17, 2022 (WiC 589)

Zhang Tongjie, chief scientist at the extraterrestrial research team at Beijing Normal University, responds to reports that the gigantic FAST radio telescope in Guizhou has picked up radio signals that could come from aliens. In previous ...

Ambassador Gu

“Beautiful example of globalism”
Jun 17, 2022 (WiC 589)

‘Half-and-half’ unites or divides. At least, that seems to be the case for Eileen Gu, or Gu Ailing, the double Olympic gold medallist born in California to a Chinese mother, whose goal of ‘using winter sport to connect people’ has often ...

Milking it

Messi scores with two Chinese dairy giants
Jun 17, 2022 (WiC 589)

Can Lionel Messi inspire Argentina to World Cup glory in Qatar later this year? With his 35th birthday coming this month, Messi likely won’t get another chance to emulate his idol Diego Maradona, who led the national team to lift the trophy in ...

Stating his position

“We are mislabelled by some people or some media saying we are [a] pro-China party. It’s totally wrong”
Jun 10, 2022 (WiC 588)

Eric Chu, chairman of Taiwan’s opposition party the KMT (Kuomintang), outlines his party’s allegiances in Washington during an 11-day tour of the US. He continued: “We are [a] pro-US party, forever. Since we inaugurated the party… in ...

On the run

NFT sneakers (briefly) arrive in China
Jun 10, 2022 (WiC 588)

In late May Chinese venture capitalist Zhu Xiaohu – an early backer of Didi Chuxing, Ele.me, and Ofo – posted on WeChat that he had just purchased a pair of NFT sneakers from StepN, a lifestyle app. “I finally bought a pair of BSC ...

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