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The odd couple
“The Americans seem determined to decouple with China. China has seen it happening, and has realised that it can decouple…
Oct 18, 2019 (WiC 470)

Banyan Tree boss Ho Kwon-ping tells a Forbes forum in Singapore that the world’s two largest economies will decouple not only in areas of trade and investment but also intellectual property. The Asian hotel boss was also sceptical that a final ...

Read, at speed
Read, at speed
Oct 18, 2019 (WiC 470)

Most of us can read at a pace of about 200 words a minute. Scientific evidence of the merits of speed-reading are generally lacking. Most of the techniques involve getting words more efficiently to the centre of the retina. Some practitioners ...

Is it genius or ‘bananas’?
It was only a month ago that a life drawing class in southwest China stirred huge attention on social media…
Oct 18, 2019 (WiC 470)

It was only a month ago that a life drawing class in southwest China stirred huge attention on social media due to the use of nude models. But now a nude painting by a self-exiled Chinese artist named Sanyu in the 1960s has taken over the ...

Time to disband
Why iQiyi’s popular boy band broke up after barely a year together
Oct 18, 2019 (WiC 470)

When British boy band One Direction announced that it would go on an indefinite hiatus, die-hard fans were heartbroken, even when the four members insisted that they weren’t breaking up. “Literally retching at the fact 1D are splitting up, ...

Re-engaging China
“If the Chinese believe all we’re trying to do is contain them, there is no incentive to find common ground.…
Oct 4, 2019 (WiC 469)

Former US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson discusses his involvement in the Bloomberg New Economy Forum which will be held in Beijing late next month. He told the New Yorker he was initially dubious about ‘yet another conference’ till he heard ...

Longing for Long Dai
Chateau Lafite has long been one of the most faked wines in China. The Bordeaux first growth was never happy…
Oct 4, 2019 (WiC 469)

Chateau Lafite has long been one of the most faked wines in China. The Bordeaux first growth was never happy about this dubious honour, but its response has been nothing if not plucky. Not content with letting the counterfeiters mislead consumers ...

Heroes of the hour
China’s delivery drivers make an unexpected appearance on National Day
Oct 4, 2019 (WiC 469)

Food delivery people are a feature of modern life in China. Few street scenes are complete without a courier whizzing past on an electric bike. At lunchtime – the busiest period – it’s not uncommon to see them sprinting up flights of stairs ...

Completely nuts
Completely nuts
Sep 27, 2019 (WiC 468)

Consumers in China are defending their rights with ever-increasing relish. A recent claim against Disney in Shanghai was a case in point – particularly as it led to a change in company policy (see WiC467). Perhaps inspired by the case, a 30 ...

Too much of a bear market
Panda fatigue as Beijing introduces its latest Olympic mascot
Sep 27, 2019 (WiC 468)

He’s an ice-encrusted astronaut panda, and his sidekick is a small child, made of traditional Chinese lanterns. Together they are Bing DwenDwen and Shuey RhonRhon – the mascots for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in ...

Home sweet home
“China’s home furniture market is growing very fast, at double digit rates. It’s the most strategic market for IKEA worldwide”
Sep 27, 2019 (WiC 468)

Anna Pawlak-Kuliga, IKEA’s top executive in China, tells the Financial Times it is investing $1.4 billion in the next year to open new Chinese stores – pushing into third-tier cities as it expands its 27-outlet footprint. IKEA has also opened ...

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