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Petrol head
Jul 31, 2009 (WiC 26)

According to the China Daily a boy from Sichuan became so obsessed with the Transformers franchise that he began drinking gasoline. The boy’s father, Chen Dahai says his son saw a Transformers cartoon at a friend’s house and began to mimic ...

Black Sesame Kitchen
Jul 31, 2009 (WiC 26)

As soon as you step inside Black Sesame Kitchen, you see the Chinese proverb on the wall: “To the people, food is heaven.” China boasts one of the most diverse culinary cultures and Jen Lin-Liu, an American-born Chinese, is bringing back a ...

Liu Yiqian
Jul 31, 2009 (WiC 26)

Liu dropped out of school when he was 14, to work with his family making leather handbags. He moonlighted as a taxi driver once he was old enough to drive. Then he began investing in the stock market. In 1990 he bought 100 shares in Yuyuan Garden ...

Shanghai counters dwindling population with reversal of strategy
Jul 31, 2009 (WiC 26)

It seems like the world’s most populous country wants to get a little bigger. For the first time in decades, Chinese officials are encouraging procreation. Well, China is not doing away with the one-child policy just yet, but it is allowing ...

China has discovered God, and his name is apparently Sir Alex Ferguson. The Manchester United manager was greeted with adulation…
Jul 31, 2009 (WiC 26)

China has discovered God, and his name is apparently Sir Alex Ferguson. The Manchester United manager was greeted with adulation during the team’s recent trip to China where the English club crushed Hangzhou Greentown 8-2. United have 71 ...

Vehicle vigilante
Jul 24, 2009 (WiC 25)

You’ve heard of ‘road rage’ but what about ‘pedestrian rage’? In Gansu province an old man has made the headlines for his vigilante approach to traffic violations. The Lanzhou Morning Post reports that the unnamed 70 year-old lives by a ...

Ambush at the felled tree
Jul 24, 2009 (WiC 25)

During the Warring States period, Sun Bin and Pang Juan were both disciples of the same teacher. After they graduated, Pang became a general in the state of Wei. But he was jealous of Sun’s talents and plotted to ruin him. On one ...

Wang Shi
Jul 24, 2009 (WiC 25)

Born in 1951 in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region (bordering Vietnam), Wang Shi joined the army at 17, before moving to the railway bureau where he worked in a boiler repair workshop. At 23 he enrolled at Lanzhou Railway University, and ...

Why China’s rich are paying up to $116,800 for red dragons
Jul 24, 2009 (WiC 25)

"We are recession-proof because we are in the luxury goods business,” says Mr Suen. But Suen doesn’t work for Louis Vuitton or BMW. He is the owner of a shop that sells red dragon fish in Beijing’s Guanyuan Market. The red dragon fish ...

In a recession, bet on booze. That seems to be the thinking behind China’s latest investment. The FT reports that…
Jul 24, 2009 (WiC 25)

In a recession, bet on booze. That seems to be the thinking behind China’s latest investment. The FT reports that the People’s Bank of China has purchased a 1.1% stake in the British distiller, Diageo, worth around $364 million. The drinks ...

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Petrol head Jul 31, 2009 (WiC 26) According to the China Daily a boy from Sichuan became so obsessed with the Transformers franchise that he began drinking gasoline. The boy’s father, Chen Dahai says his son saw a Transformers cartoon at a friend’s house and began to mimic ...

Black Sesame Kitchen Jul 31, 2009 (WiC 26) As soon as you step inside Black Sesame Kitchen, you see the Chinese proverb on the wall: “To the people, food is heaven.” China boasts one of the most diverse culinary cultures and Jen Lin-Liu, an American-born Chinese, is bringing back a ...

Liu Yiqian Jul 31, 2009 (WiC 26) Liu dropped out of school when he was 14, to work with his family making leather handbags. He moonlighted as a taxi driver once he was old enough to drive. Then he began investing in the stock market. In 1990 he bought 100 shares in Yuyuan Garden ...

Vehicle vigilante Jul 24, 2009 (WiC 25) You’ve heard of ‘road rage’ but what about ‘pedestrian rage’? In Gansu province an old man has made the headlines for his vigilante approach to traffic violations. The Lanzhou Morning Post reports that the unnamed 70 year-old lives by a ...

Ambush at the felled tree Jul 24, 2009 (WiC 25) During the Warring States period, Sun Bin and Pang Juan were both disciples of the same teacher. After they graduated, Pang became a general in the state of Wei. But he was jealous of Sun’s talents and plotted to ruin him. On one ...

Wang Shi Jul 24, 2009 (WiC 25) Born in 1951 in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region (bordering Vietnam), Wang Shi joined the army at 17, before moving to the railway bureau where he worked in a boiler repair workshop. At 23 he enrolled at Lanzhou Railway University, and ...