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WiC 101 (Apr 1, 2011)

Others Special April 1st competition issue

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 ...

Stuff’s about to get pricier

Economy, Talking Point Li & Fung says era of cheap Chinese manufacturing is over. Is…

"The biggest topic on the minds of everyone in this business is that higher prices are really here to stay,” Li & Fung president Bruce Rockowitz ...

Yum increases its slice

China Consumer American restaurant giant sees huge growth of Pizza Hut chain in China

"I have lunch at KFC twice a week because there’s always one close by. But when I’m out on a date and want to impress a girl, I take her to Pizza ...

Ding Lei brings home bacon

Agriculture Internet entrepreneur has ambitions to revolutionise pig farming

It’s been two years in the making, but Ding Lei’s ambitions for perfect profits with pork finally seem to be getting off the ground. The ...

Auto Industry South Korean giant Kumho forced to apologise and recall its tyres…

In the 1999 movie Fight Club, the lead character has the macabre job of calculating whether the expense of a recall for faulty vehicles is ...

China Tourist City in Anhui to open hotel shaped like a ping-pong paddle

China is taking its love of table tennis to a new level. The city of Huainan in Anhui province is planning to build a 150-metre tall hotel designed in ...

Not to all tastes

China Consumer A fast food chain makes big bucks from duck neck

The Chinese are known for their sense of adventure when it comes to what they eat, even for items that would soon find their way into waste disposal in ...

Agriculture Fancy a pint of human milk?

Has China invented ‘mothers’ milk’? The nation’s scientists are forecasting that human milk could be sold in supermarkets in as little as two ...

Auto Industry More bad news from BYD?

2011 isn’t shaping up to be a particularly good year for Shenzhen-based BYD, and we’re only a few months in. The firm’s earnings have ...

Beijing restricts “hedonist” ads

Society Luxury goods firms banned from billboards in capital

Purveyors of luxury goods rarely get dragged into political discourse. That more than suits the retailers, who are much happier selling handbags than ...

Who’s Hu Huang Zelan

Huang Zelan has been working the land all his life. Born to a rural family in Gannan, a mountainous area in southern Jiangxi province, he started doing ...

“I want to be alone”

Cross Strait New visa rules to allow mainland Chinese to visit Taiwan on…

Cross-straits relations are blossoming, if tourist numbers are anything to go by. Before the launch of regular direct flights between mainland China ...

Air of superiority

Property Tycoon sees opportunity in Scottish highlands

Deep in a glen, just north of Speyside is Corrievorrie. It’s home to a small whisky distillery, a pub and some fine salmon fishing. Until recently ...

Barbie marries, but not Ken

Entertainment Controversy as billionaire guest leaks photos at high society wedding

When Barbie Hsu was asked if she was willing to marry restaurant tycoon heir Wang Xiaofei, the Taiwanese actress must have decided that a simple “I ...

Society Why there’s no more advertising on Chongqing TV

Turn on Chongqing Satellite TV and you would be forgiven for thinking that you’d been transported back in time to the 1960s. It’s unlikely that ...

No longer faking it

Telecoms The end of an era for Chinese ‘shanzhai’ mobile phone manufacturers?

For as little as $6, you will soon be able to turn television-watching into a 3D experience. Even better: those over-sized 3D specs may soon be ...

Planet China Clever gimmick or another indicator that the days of cheap labour…

Clever gimmick or another indicator that the days of cheap labour are becoming a thing of the past? Beijing’s Yaoqin restaurant has got local media ...

New poll: China’s scary

Cartoons New poll: China’s scary

China has long been associated in the Western psyche with the panda bear, a creature that you’d be hard pressed to call intimidating. However, that ...

It had to come…

And Finally Chinese cinemagoers excited about new film

Discussion of China’s innovative character has filled books and newspaper columns since Cambridge academic Joseph Needham first posed the question in ...