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Why surge of sales in June did not boost confidence in China’s car market
Jul 19, 2019 (WiC 460)

The Chinese name for Pangda Automobile means “very large” and Pangda was once the world’s most valuable car dealership, with a market value that came close to Rmb100 billion ($14.5 billion) when it was the first of its kind to go public on ...

Great Wall chases payment from Moscow partner
Jul 19, 2019 (WiC 460)

Russians are obsessed with cars. They are a status symbol, a hobby and the subject of many a joke. But China’s Great Wall Motors is far from amused at some of its initial experience of operating in the Russian market. According to a filing ...

DouYu goes public in the US – but Tencent is the real winner
Jul 19, 2019 (WiC 460)

To those Westerners who grew up watching the Omen movies the three digits ‘666’ denote the mark of the Antichrist. But to Chinese gamers and eSports stars the number has a more congratulatory meaning. Fans type it into a streaming ...

Why Chinese snack companies are rushing to IPO
Jul 19, 2019 (WiC 460)

Three Squirrels set an unusual precedent when it went public on the Shenzhen stock exchange last Friday. Instead of having the chief executive or chairman ring the bell, it asked three people dressed as squirrels to officiate. They represented ...

China’s GDP growth rate slows again – and Trump claims the credit
Jul 19, 2019 (WiC 460)

I used to say he was a good friend of mine. We're probably not quite as close now,” Donald Trump said of the relationship with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping this week. Trump’s claim to being a personal pal of Xi’s has always been ...

Another huge Chinese shipping industry merger
Jul 19, 2019 (WiC 460)

Neither side knew it at the time, but China’s ‘treasure’ ships dwarfed their European counterparts in the fifteenth century. The second Ming emperor built 250 oceangoing giants, capable of carrying 2,000 tonnes of cargo. The largest of the ...

Co-founder of drone firm explains where her industry is heading
Jul 19, 2019 (WiC 460)

Her father was a senior aide to four US presidents and Pippa Malmgren was herself a special assistant to President George W Bush on his National Economic Council – so you might say she is steeped in Beltway politics. However, the London-based ...

Operator of Three Gorges Dam rebuffs online rumours about safety
Jul 19, 2019 (WiC 460)

Apoor quality image or evidence that the world largest hydroelectric dam is structurally unsound? That’s what Chinese netizens were asking earlier this month after photos from Google Earth appeared to show that the outer wall of the Three ...

Tang Dynasty take on Kiefer Sutherland TV thriller proves massive hit
Jul 19, 2019 (WiC 460)

In the TV series 24, Kiefer Sutherland plays agent Jack Bauer who, season after season, races against the clock to protect the American people against terrorists. The first season, which came out in 2001, was packed full of action, ...

New report predicts pension scheme deficit by 2035
Jul 19, 2019 (WiC 460)

China introduced its first pension payments in the early 1950s as part of the Work Unit model – the Soviet idea that your employer or danwei would be responsible for housing, healthcare and looking after you in your retirement. But ...

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