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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 ...

Stupid song
Mar 6, 2009 (WiC 5)

Ever since its invention in 1955, couch potatoes have not been able to live without the remote control. But a burglar in China probably rues the day it was invented. The 25 year-old thief, surnamed Song, broke into a house in Sichuan province and ...

The world’s most controversial rat and rabbit hit the headlines again this week. Readers will recall from WiC4 that the…
Mar 6, 2009 (WiC 5)

The world’s most controversial rat and rabbit hit the headlines again this week. Readers will recall from WiC4 that the sale of two Qing dynasty bronzes had caused a furore in Beijing. The Chinese government told Christie’s and the seller ...

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 ...

Skin deep
Feb 27, 2009 (WiC 4)

In South Korea, where plastic surgery is almost as common as kimchi, girls routinely destroy photos from their youth. They don’t want fiancés and future mother-in-laws to see how they used to look. In Wuhan, the capital of China’s Hubei ...

She spoke of buying US bonds and the challenges of climate change. Hillary Clinton arrived for her first official visit…
Feb 27, 2009 (WiC 4)

She spoke of buying US bonds and the challenges of climate change. Hillary Clinton arrived for her first official visit to Beijing last weekend and sought to forge a “new era” of cooperation between the world’s current superpower, and its ...

Master of deception
Feb 20, 2009 (WiC 3)

Zhuge Liang, the Chancellor of Shu during the Three Kingdoms period (221-280 AD) in China, is one of the better known military strategists in the country’s history. The story of Zhuge’s Empty Fort Strategy is one of his most famous ...

Xiao Shenyang
Feb 20, 2009 (WiC 3)

Born in Kaiyun in Liaoning province, Shen He is an apprentice of the famous Chinese comedian Zhao Benshan. He started his career performing Er Ren Zhuan, a popular comic form in Northeast China. Later on, he adopted Xiao Shenyang as his stage ...

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 ...

High born
Feb 20, 2009 (WiC 3)

Forget the Mile-High Club, Jiang Yulan has joined an even more exclusive group: she has given birth at 33,000 feet (or 6.2 miles above the nearest maternity ward). Jiang was on a flight back to Hunan when she went into labour. Ordinarily she ...

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Stupid song Mar 6, 2009 (WiC 5) Ever since its invention in 1955, couch potatoes have not been able to live without the remote control. But a burglar in China probably rues the day it was invented. The 25 year-old thief, surnamed Song, broke into a house in Sichuan province and ...

Skin deep Feb 27, 2009 (WiC 4) In South Korea, where plastic surgery is almost as common as kimchi, girls routinely destroy photos from their youth. They don’t want fiancés and future mother-in-laws to see how they used to look. In Wuhan, the capital of China’s Hubei ...

Master of deception Feb 20, 2009 (WiC 3) Zhuge Liang, the Chancellor of Shu during the Three Kingdoms period (221-280 AD) in China, is one of the better known military strategists in the country’s history. The story of Zhuge’s Empty Fort Strategy is one of his most famous ...

Xiao Shenyang Feb 20, 2009 (WiC 3) Born in Kaiyun in Liaoning province, Shen He is an apprentice of the famous Chinese comedian Zhao Benshan. He started his career performing Er Ren Zhuan, a popular comic form in Northeast China. Later on, he adopted Xiao Shenyang as his stage ...

High born Feb 20, 2009 (WiC 3) Forget the Mile-High Club, Jiang Yulan has joined an even more exclusive group: she has given birth at 33,000 feet (or 6.2 miles above the nearest maternity ward). Jiang was on a flight back to Hunan when she went into labour. Ordinarily she ...

Stupid song
Mar 6, 2009 (WiC 5)

Ever since its invention in 1955, couch potatoes have not been able to live without the remote control. But a burglar in China probably rues the day it was invented. The 25 year-old thief, surnamed Song, broke into a house in Sichuan province and ...

Skin deep
Feb 27, 2009 (WiC 4)

In South Korea, where plastic surgery is almost as common as kimchi, girls routinely destroy photos from their youth. They don’t want fiancés and future mother-in-laws to see how they used to look. In Wuhan, the capital of China’s Hubei ...

Master of deception
Feb 20, 2009 (WiC 3)

Zhuge Liang, the Chancellor of Shu during the Three Kingdoms period (221-280 AD) in China, is one of the better known military strategists in the country’s history. The story of Zhuge’s Empty Fort Strategy is one of his most famous ...

Xiao Shenyang
Feb 20, 2009 (WiC 3)

Born in Kaiyun in Liaoning province, Shen He is an apprentice of the famous Chinese comedian Zhao Benshan. He started his career performing Er Ren Zhuan, a popular comic form in Northeast China. Later on, he adopted Xiao Shenyang as his stage ...

High born
Feb 20, 2009 (WiC 3)

Forget the Mile-High Club, Jiang Yulan has joined an even more exclusive group: she has given birth at 33,000 feet (or 6.2 miles above the nearest maternity ward). Jiang was on a flight back to Hunan when she went into labour. Ordinarily she ...