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WiC 127 (Oct 28, 2011)

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All about the packaging

China Consumer Patent error puts Coke at disadvantage to local rival

"Keep perky when you’re feeling murky,” reads the rather jaunty ad for Glacéau Vitamin Water, the brightly coloured ‘vitamin-enhanced’ drink ...

Cashing out

Banking & Finance Erdos next in line after Wenzhou for private lending crisis?

The life of Su Yenü was shaping up to be a rags-to-riches story, very much like that of the town in which she is now being held by police – Erdos ...

The wisdom of crowds?

Society, Talking Point China reflects on the tragedy of the toddler whom no one…

From every angle, the footage from the southern city of Foshan is horrifying. Two year-old Wang Yue is first hit by a van, before being run over ...

Western front

Economy Deals galore signed at Chengdu investment fair

Visiting the teeming Western China International Fair in Chengdu last week, Steingrímur Sigfússon, Iceland’s finance ...

Delays expected

Rail & Infrastructure New highway out of Shanghai on track: some new railways less…

The status of Chongming Island can prompt misunderstanding. Foreign observers might think it China’s second largest island, after Hainan. That ...

No longer game

Internet & Tech Gaming firm Shanda wants to delist from US

Back in 2009, Shanda Interactive was an internet darling, the second-largest online gaming operator in China, trailing only NetEase. The company ...

Venice of the East?

Society Chengdu hosts a biennale

"Man shall not live by bread alone,” announces the Bible. What would such an idea have to do with China? A little more than before, it turns out. On ...

Money trouble

Sport How Li Na got rich, but started to play poor

An ‘embarrassment of riches’ is an idiom originating from 1726, and the title of a play by Léonor Jean Christine Soulas d’Allainval. It denotes ...

Chen’s searching narrative

Entertainment Top director’s new film is about the dangers of the Chinese…

After making four historical dramas in a row, Chen Kaige’s latest film looks like being more unusual. The director, best known for Farewell, My ...

Hairy times ahead?

China Consumer Record crab sales suggest more robust outlook

It’s autumn, and that means peak season for a quintessentially Chinese delicacy: the hairy crab. They may not sound like the tastiest dish to a ...

Down to earth

Energy & Resources As rare earth prices collapse, producers are curtailing production

China often complains of being at the mercy of the international market when it comes to commodities, especially iron ore. With rare earths, the ...

Not feeling so breezy

Cartoons Not feeling so breezy

The answer probably isn’t blowing in the wind, if you believe some of the bleak forecasts for the turbine industry put forward this week. The ...

Dreaming spires

And Finally Parents pay for Oxford: son lives it up in Beijing

In the classic Chinese novel Fortress Besieged, feckless everyman Fang Hongjian, takes money from his in-laws to study overseas but squanders ...

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