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Issue 595

Collective bargaining

Energy & Resources, Talking Point Why did Beijing set up a new SOE to deal with…

Iron ore ranks just behind just semiconductor chips and oil as China’s third biggest import annually. No surprise then that Chinese mills have been ...

Auto Industry Does hefty fine for Didi clear the road ahead?

Are there any circumstances in which a fine of more than a billion dollars might be regarded as a good day at the office? Top that up with a ...

China Consumer Dior’s mamian skirt debacle causes a stir online

Last week, luxury brand Dior was embroiled in a controversy in China over the design of a skirt, which some accused of being a direct rip off of the ...

Internet & Tech Unigroup’s former chairman reportedly detained

Back in 2015 every industry insider suspected the most influential ‘investment fund’ in the semiconductor sector was Tsinghua Unigroup. Starting ...

Cambridge intelligence

Internet & Tech Chinese AI firms in spotlight as AISpeech looks to IPO

It has been nearly four years since the launch of Lee Kai-fu’s widely read book on superpower rivalry in artificial intelligence. As a theme, it has ...

Zeng Yuqun’s next big move

Energy & Resources Why Kentucky and sodium-ion are on CATL’s radar

Picture the scenario: you have just started an exciting new job in a cutting-edge industry and want to promote the fact on LinkedIn. It’s a feeling ...

Fifteenth-time lucky?

China Consumer China’s most persistent entrepreneur thinks he’s finally found success

Six months after Qudian went public in New York in 2017, the company founder and chairman Luo Min declared that until the consumer lending platform ...

In-depth research

Banking & Finance Citic and Haitong analysts are dismantling EVs

In early 2020, Muddy Waters published a research report accusing Luckin Coffee of inflating its 2019 revenue and user numbers. The short-seller claimed ...

Twelve months of lessons

Education Erstwhile WiC columnist Olivia Halsall on her China-focused education firm

Regular readers of Week in China may recall some of Olivia Halsall’s articles over the past few years. Many of them focused on China’s private ...

Mozart’s last requiem?

Entertainment A directors’ ‘hot’ track record can no longer guarantee box office…

Hollywood filmmaker Michael Bay has long been known for action blockbusters like The Rock, Armageddon and most famously the ...

And Finally How a broken cleaver caused a PR disaster

Chinese cooking relies on good knife skills. Remarkably, almost all of the cutting – be it fine slicing or heavy duty chopping – can be done with ...