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Looking back on 150 issues
We analyse eight of the big themes that have changed China
May 18, 2012 (WiC 150)

On February 6, 2009 we published the first issue of Week in China. At that point the Chinese economy was still smaller than Japan’s but gaining ground fast. As we publish this 150th issue, China’s GDP is growing at a slower pace but still ...

The year that was
WiC’s 2011 predictions: how did we do?
Jan 13, 2012 (WiC 134)

In our 88th issue – published in December 2010 – we looked back at eight of the big themes that we’d tracked since the inaugural issue of Week in China. That was the easy part. We also took a stab at that oh-so-dangerous of arts: ...

Note from the Editor
WiC will not be published next week (Oct 14)
Oct 7, 2011 (WiC 125)

Dear Reader, China celebrated its National Day on October 1 and all of this week the country has been on holiday. WiC doesn't publish an edition on the Friday after the so-called Golden Week break – due to the lack of news flow from ...

Accidents of birth
You don’t know China, till you grasp its provincial stereotypes
Sep 30, 2011 (WiC 124)

Poor Henan. The reputation of this central province, a cradle of China’s “Yellow River” civilisation, is probably the worst of the country’s 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities. And last week it took another hit – or ...

A man ahead of his time
Bertrand Russell made uncannily accurate China predictions 90 years ago
Jul 29, 2011 (WiC 117)

Many of the books written about China have a shelf life measured in months. The country changes so rapidly that by the time the author publishes, the information often looks out of date. So it is all the more remarkable that a book written in ...

Kung-fu fighting
Fast-food chain rocked by family falling out
Apr 15, 2011 (WiC 103)

Early in January Macau casino king Stanley Ho grabbed headlines after he sought to sue members of his family for seizing control of his flagship Macau casinos. It was a riveting spectacle, with events apparently changing almost by the hour ...

What was the prank story?
And the lucky winner is...
Apr 8, 2011 (WiC 102)

Last week our issue coincided with April the first. As most readers will be aware, there is a longstanding tradition in Western media of running a prank story on 1 April. So we decided to include a made-up story in last week’s issue (i.e. ...

Editor’s Note
Special April 1st competition issue
Apr 1, 2011 (WiC 101)

Last week was something of a milestone for WiC as it was the publication of our 100th issue. Since our launch in February 2009, we have published well over 2,000 articles, which we hope have enhanced your understanding of China. That’s because ...

A transformational decade
Over the past 10 years the big winners have been Apple and China
Dec 16, 2010 (WiC 89)

There was the roaring twenties – an era that conjures images of flapper girls and the Great Gatsby. Then came another memorably named decade, the swinging sixties, with its miniskirts and rock’n’roll. Will the decade we have just lived ...

Diary of a factory girl
The inside story on life on a Shenzhen factory line
Jul 23, 2010 (WiC 70)

Singapore-based student Sophia Cheng interned at WiC this summer. Perhaps more unusually, the 16 year-old also spent some of her school holiday working in a Shenzhen factory.   Here she describes what it’s like to work in an electronics ...

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