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Issue 130
WiC 130 (Nov 25, 2011)
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So how bad is it?
Economy, Talking Point IMF stress-tests give first independent gauge of Chinese bank health

The process of stress-testing banks could hardly be described as an exact science. For evidence, look no further than Dexia. When the European ...

Smart strategy
Telecoms ZTE unveils grand plans to take on Samsung and Apple

Huawei’s latest smartphone, the Vision, is currently in marketing overdrive, with ads online and images of handsets in newspapers and magazines as ...

Realistic goals?
China Consumer Suning wants sales to exceed $100 billion

The decision from 360buy, one of China’s leading online retailers, to begin preparations for an IPO on Nasdaq has been causing a stir. At its root: a ...

Still the pits
Energy & Resources New scandal at Chinese mine reveals safety problems remain

Under a law introduced to improve safety in China’s coal mines last year, shift manager Qi Guming should have been stationed down in the pit with his ...

Lending to the village people
Economy Huaxi builds towers, while Duyang accumulates debt

With 40 years experience of running a village, Wu Renbao will be used to making difficult decisions. After all, Wu has managed to transform his ...

Bonds on the Bund
Banking & Finance Shanghai at the forefront, as local governments start issuing bonds

Does anyone have any idea how to solve the Eurozone crisis? Not yet, by the look of it. But at least Jin Liqun sounds confident in diagnosing the ...

Away from home
Society Top banker shows empathy for the poor

Migrant workers have often been identified as the unsung hero in China’s economic miracle, as the low-wage workforce underpinning the many years of ...

Firm hand
Society Remember Tiger Mum? Now meet Wolf Dad

"You have to be hated sometimes by someone you love and who hopefully loves you,” was the verdict of Amy Chua in her controversial book Battle ...

Romance on the rise?
Entertainment Low-budget movie trumps rivals with Singles’ Day success

Watching When Harry Met Sally, we discovered that platonic friendship really was difficult, after all. After Bridget Jones’ Diary, ...

Very particular
Environment Beijing citizens worry about pollution levels not even being reported

Was it the tipping point for public acceptance of poor air quality in Beijing? That was one question in October, as the pollution shrouding the ...

Resuming service
Rail & Infrastructure Is it time to think about investing in China’s railways again?

After a disastrous summer, the Railway Ministry is working hard to restore public confidence in its trains. The most recent investigation into ...

Powerful woman
Who’s Hu Li Xiaolin

Li Xiaolin was born in 1961 in Beijing. As the daughter of former Prime Minister Li Peng, she grew up in the spotlight. She travelled with her father ...

A new focus of attention
Media Stock plunges as short-seller Muddy Waters finds new target

Stand in a lobby waiting for a lift in Hong Kong (and many other Chinese cities) and your eyes are likely to be drawn to a small TV screen. It will ...

Nuoruo
Brush Strokes Coward

When a drunken, uniformed security official burst into a Shenzhen home in October, the homeowner, Yang Wu, fled to the next room in terror. The ...

The smell test
Planet China The WTO is making its presence felt in China again. But…

The WTO is making its presence felt in China again. But not the one that you might be thinking. As the People’s Daily reports, the WTO in question ...

Li and La Dolce Vita
Cartoons Li and La Dolce Vita

New Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti will be cheered to hear that he has an influential supporter in China (although the new government in Athens may ...

Tunnel, no vision
And Finally Renegade banker comes in from the cold

Signs of an end to China’s underground banking problem? For eight years, banker Chen Jianxue hid from police, deep in tunnels he had dug in the ...

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