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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 ...

Books for the beach

Some China-themed recommendations to add to your holiday reading
Jul 16, 2010 (WiC 69)

One trend that looks set to be pretty much irreversible: publishing executives’ appetite for books about China. As you depart on your summer holiday, which of the long list of titles does WiC recommend for your suitcase? Our foremost pick ...

Logging off

Plans to plant more trees have mixed benefits
Dec 4, 2009 (WiC 41)

"Green is the new black,” proclaims China Forestry Holdings’ website. China’s third largest private tree plantation raised $200 million in its IPO this week. And it claims its intentions are noble. For the avoidance of doubt, it used the ...

Chinese genius dies

New light on the “stupidest thing” America ever did
Nov 13, 2009 (WiC 38)

Confrontations in space have tended to be spectacular, although mostly they’ve been of the fictional variety. You know the type of thing – the well-tested genre of zero gravity battles, highjacked space shuttles and exploding lunar ...

‘Little India’

Wuxi has big ambitions to beat Bangalore
Nov 13, 2009 (WiC 38)

In the third century BC, a monk sent by India’s most renowned king, Ashoka, reputedly brought Buddhism to China. His journey over the Himalayas has had a lasting impact on Chinese culture. Now a city in eastern China, is again looking to ...

Stand and deliver

State postmen maintain their monopoly
Sep 25, 2009 (WiC 32)

October 1 is turning out to be a red letter day for China’s postmen. Not only will they get the day off (and a national parade to boot) but they’ll also see a revised Postal Law go into effect, following its adoption by the National ...

All bets are off

Beijing wants to eradicate illegal gambling. The big beneficiary: the lottery
Jul 17, 2009 (WiC 24)

In Xiyang, home of the Terracotta Army, the historian John Man comes across a building contractor. They strike up a conversation about the relocation of his home – to make way for a new park and museum. “Usually they offer Rmb100,000 ...

Holiday books

Our first summer reading list is a compilation of books we’ve read that we like about China.
Jul 10, 2009 (WiC 23)

The Man Who Loved China Simon Winchester The Chinese discovered paper and printing. They were the first to figure out how to make a compass, as well as how to concoct gunpowder and build bombs. They knew ...

May they rest in peace

The one-year anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake sparks debate
May 15, 2009 (WiC 15)

"Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job” is one Dubya sound bite that will survive the former president’s departure to leisurely Texan retirement. Of course, it turned out Brownie wasn’t doing much of a job at all. In fact, despite ...

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