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News on Tourism & Travel In China

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Problem in the Pacific

Saipan’s fledgling casino project runs into trouble over Chinese workers
Jun 2, 2017 (WiC 368)

The bankruptcy of First Natural Foods was a major stockmarket scandal in Hong Kong. The Fujian-based frozen seafood provider was declared insolvent in 2009 and its prospects were dire until a restructuring in 2014, with the emergence of a new ...

Love thy lodger

Airbnb has a new name and a new growth strategy in China
Mar 31, 2017 (WiC 360)

It’s typical for students at American colleges to display their names outside of their dormitory rooms. In February, a vandal roamed the corridors of one dormitory at Columbia University and removed only the name cards that had been written in ...

Clampdown on Crown sends shudders through gaming industry
Oct 28, 2016 (WiC 344)

The threat was clear enough. “Some foreign countries see our nation as an enormous market, and we have investigated a series of cases,” Hua Jingfeng, a deputy director at the Ministry of Public Security warned last year. “A fair number of ...

Flying the flag

Patriotic tourism on the rise for Chinese
Sep 30, 2016 (WiC 341)

Why do you go on holiday? To relax? To see new places? Or soak up the sun? WiC is guessing that ‘avenging historic wrongs’ and ‘furthering your country’s strategic interests’ aren’t high on your list. Not so in China, where some ...

Questions asked after assault on a woman at a popular hotel chain
Apr 15, 2016 (WiC 320)

Is human nature naturally good or evil? That was a question pondered by Mencius, an ancient scholar whose reputation is surpassed only by Confucius in Chinese history. Mencius opted for ‘good’, illustrating his belief with the image of a ...

On a buying binge

As Australians protect their powder, ‘bakugai’ buyers run amok in Japan
Jan 15, 2016 (WiC 309)

Powder was troubling the European newspapers over the Christmas period. But while the Alpine dailies were bemoaning a shortage of snow for festive skiers, the Chinese media was reporting concerns about a different powder. A shortfall in baby milk ...

Too much of a punt

Another replica town for the tourists – but are they losing their appeal?
Oct 30, 2015 (WiC 301)

In the early 1920s British accountant Roland Callingham began building models of railways that he set against the landscape of rural England. When his wife had enough of his hobby she ordered him to move his train set outside their garden in ...

Hong Kong’s ‘zero-fee’ tours back in the spotlight
Oct 30, 2015 (WiC 301)

In spite of their reputation amongst Hongkongers, most Chinese tourists aren’t profligate spenders. The bulk are very conscious of what they buy on their trips and increasingly aware of their rights as consumers. So much so, in fact, that ...

A messy family feud over a cultural inheritance
Aug 28, 2015 (WiC 293)

The Qingming Festival is believed to have originated on the mountain named Mianshan in Shanxi province. Legend has it that the tradition was inspired 2,500 years ago by Jie Zitui, a loyal retainer who cut a piece from his own leg to feed his ...

So long, Hong Kong

Taipei, Seoul and Tokyo are luring increasing numbers of Chinese tourists
Feb 27, 2015 (WiC 272)

China may offer carmakers their biggest market, but many of the nation’s drivers are inexperienced and roundly ignore traffic codes. And with millions of Chinese travelling abroad during this Lunar New Year holiday, that has meant China’s ...

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