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WiC 126 (Oct 27, 2011)

Failing in Berlin, try Beijing

China Consumer Huge store opening drive as Esprit shifts focus from Europe to China

Once a high street brand to be reckoned with, clothing retailer Esprit has “lost its soul in the past few years,” company chief executive Ronald ...

Glasses half full

Economy Government introduces measures to control Wenzhou’s debt crisis

When Hu Fulin disappeared last month, it looked as though he might become the poster boy of Wenzhou’s runaway bosses. The so-called “King of ...

The Senate’s scapegoat?

China and the World, Talking Point New US bill could label China a currency manipulator with dire…

"So disgusting, so dirty and vile that the reading of one page was enough for me… It is most damnable! It is written by a man with a diseased mind ...

China and the World Russia wants China’s cash – but is also anxious about Beijing’s…

On three key occasions Russia has had a decisive impact on China’s worldview. The first was in 1689 when both countries signed the Treaty of ...

Property As sales slow, property developers’ finances are looking shaky

When news broke of the death of Steve Jobs, SOHO China’s chairman Pan Shiyi wrote on his weibo that Apple should consider selling its iPhones and ...

China Consumer Officials slap Walmart on pork labelling

When pork prices hit an all-time high in June, premier Wen Jiabao reverted to familiar reassuring mode, promising shoppers that prices would come under ...

Society How Occupy Wall Street is viewed in China

New York, Boston, Chicago and now Zhengzhou. It makes for an odd list. But even before the Occupy Wall Street movement was spreading among major world ...

Grass roots politics

Society Two independent candidates get elected

"Each radish has its pit,” runs a contemporary saying. It means that when it comes to getting a job or promotion, the candidate favoured by local ...

Driving around China

Sport Rory McIlroy finds going tough during Chinese golf odyssey

"Leave it on the ground” was Rory McIlroy’s wry remark, when a caddy accidentally knocked a tile with his score off the leaderboard. McIlroy had ...

Environment Beijing air quality plummets, controversy ensues

Most of China takes a whole week off to celebrate its October 1 National Day, and tourists flock to landmarks like Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and ...

What a rice guy!

Chinese Character Meet Yuan Longping, the Chinese rice king who is worth billions

Chinese people have two ‘Pings’ to thank for having enough to eat. One is Deng Xiaoping and the other is Yuan Longping,” remarked Xinhua ...

From bureaucrat to banker

Who’s Hu Ma Weihua

Ma Weihua was born in 1949 in Jinzhou, Liaoning province and was one of many students sent to country farms during the Cultural Revolution. Afterwards, ...

Travelling salesmen

China Tourist Popular travel booking website Ctrip suddenly has a lot of competition

China’s tourist officials had a bright idea in 1999. In order to promote domestic tourism they created a one week holiday surrounding the October 1 ...

Banking & Finance Investors try out unorthodox asset classes; government buys bank stocks

With the Shanghai Composite Index down 20% in the last six months, it’s enough to make investors want to drown their sorrows with drink. Some are ...

Making a pig’s ear of it

Planet China Zhu Jianqiang is China’s most beloved pig. She earned her celebrity…

Zhu Jianqiang is China’s most beloved pig. She earned her celebrity (as reported in WiC3) when she survived underground for 36 days after the ...

Cartoons Taobao maul

Fresh from his controversial bust-up with ex-Yahoo boss Carol Bartz, Jack Ma has another fight on his hands. This time it’s with users of his popular ...

And Finally Huaxi back in the headlines after building spree

When you think of the classical village in rural England, images of thatched roofs and well maintained gardens spring to mind. But China’s ...