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China cracks down on narcotics
May 29, 2009 (WiC 17)

Ian Dury and the Blockheads summed it up well with their chart topping song, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll in 1977. The road to fame and fortune is long known to be littered with temptation. Man Wenjun, a mainland singer who shot ...

Protests over Huangzhou’s famed lake
May 29, 2009 (WiC 17)

Huangpu Park in Shanghai is famous for a sign that never even existed. Until 1928 Chinese people could only enter the park if accompanied by a foreigner. But from this restriction grew a legend: that a sign posted at the park gate stipulated: ...

The Bird's Nest profits from Puccini
May 29, 2009 (WiC 17)

Zhang Yimou has become a difficult man to pigeon hole. He first found fame directing movies such as Raise the Red Lantern and Not One Less. He then put his considerable talents to work producing the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics – a ...

Most valuable player

Will China deal keep LeBron James in Cleveland?
May 29, 2009 (WiC 17)

LeBron James hopes to pip Tiger Woods to become the world’s first billion-dollar sports star. Reaching out to a billion-plus new basketball fans could help him hit his ten-digit target. News this week that a Chinese investment group is keen ...

Soho’s golden age

The high profile developer scoops up distressed buildings in Beijing and Shanghai
May 29, 2009 (WiC 17)

Whenever the subject of China’s property market comes up in the WiC office, images of Johnny Depp’s compass in Pirates of the Caribbean spring to mind: one minute the needle spins one way, the next minute it is spinning the other, making it ...

All talk, no action

Landmark Chinese acquisition unravels in Taiwan
May 29, 2009 (WiC 17)

It had the look of a done deal – right up until it was suddenly undone. China Mobile’s offer to buy a 12% stake in Far EasTone, the largest Taiwanese mobile carrier was no ordinary one. It was deeply symbolic – and it appeared to have ...

A river runs through it

Jilin City is in the news again and not in a good way...
May 29, 2009 (WiC 17)

The city of Jilin’s tourism man must be tearing his hair out. His new tagline – “On the banks of the Songhua River” – looked like a good one, especially as Jilin already enjoys a reputation as the River City. The original tag dates back ...

Shop till you drop

A new consumer finance law seeks to boost retail spending
May 29, 2009 (WiC 17)

"No debts, completely carefree” goes an old Chinese saying. But China’s government is now encouraging its citizens to ditch that old mindset and start spending instead. In an effort to boost domestic consumption, the China Banking ...

A foreign multinational managed with Chinese characteristics
May 29, 2009 (WiC 17)

What does it take to be a successful CEO of a foreign firm in China? Well, perhaps you have to be Chinese for a start. Zhang Jianwei – the CEO of Bombardier China – is described by his rivals as a “nuclear weapon” (it is a compliment, ...

The dance goes on

China and Brazil pair up on the global stage
May 29, 2009 (WiC 17)

Samba’s rhythms are often alluring ones. Too much so for the Portuguese missionaries of colonial times, who shuddered at the dance’s physical nature, as well as its literal rendering (it has Angolan roots) as a ‘bumping of belly ...

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