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WiC 136 (Jan 27, 2012)

Who let the dogs out?

Economy, Talking Point Hongkongers angered by Chinese tourists and professor’s canine slur

The Lunar New Year is traditionally a time of togetherness for the Chinese, and a chance for familial ties to be respected and renewed. But the ...

Telecoms US consumers mispronounce Huawei as ‘Hawaii’

Two tigers cannot share the same mountain, says the Chinese proverb. And for handset sales at least, it seems that China’s Huawei and Ericsson, which ...

Property How to lose a billion in the real estate market

Last Easter WiC published China’s Tycoons, a book recounting the rags-to-riches tales of the nation’s top entrepreneurs. Men like Cao ...

Not good at sport

China Consumer Electronics retailer Gome shutters new division

No one can accuse Gome, a leading retailer of consumer electronics, of being dull. The company has been in the headlines since its founder and majority ...

Banking & Finance International board on hold, but foreign investor schemes widen

Acouple of months ago, WiC reported on the progress of the Shanghai stock exchange’s long-anticipated international board (WiC129). The executive in ...

Osborne sees red

Rise of the RMB The City of London wants to become Europe’s renminbi hub

More than fifty years ago, the City of London began holding offshore dollar deposits, helping the British economy to offset some of the effects of a ...

Defence industry

Economy As rich get richer, demand for bodyguards booms

Had we found the holy grail, WiC wondered last week, on evidence that we might have finally uncovered the Chinese Baywatch? This followed ...

“Reform or die!”

Economy Why Deng Xiaoping’s 1992 Southern Tour is back in the news

On January 24 1984 Deng Xiaoping’s train arrived in Guangzhou to start his first southern tour. China’s paramount leader had travelled to Guangdong ...

Let the games begin…

Sport Chinese brands eye sponsorship opportunities for London’s Olympics

Eleven companies have signed up to become top tier worldwide sponsors of the London Olympics and, notably, there isn’t a single Chinese corporate ...

As it turns out, ‘bad’ Samaritan

Society New evidence in Peng Yu case reopens morality debate

Chinese doesn’t really have an expression for Good Samaritan but, until last week, the name Peng Yu was a pretty good equivalent. Peng became a ...

Giving your all

Society A new year, and new approaches to charity in China

How far would you go to publicise an issue that you care about? Determined to highlight the miserable plight of 40-something women working in “10 ...

Planet China What’s in a name? Quite a lot if your village is…

What’s in a name? Quite a lot if your village is called Goushi. The remote mountain village in Guizhou province has just managed to get its name ...

Cartoons Bags of cash

Gwyneth Paltrow made her first visit to Beijing last November, but it wasn’t to film a movie. The Hollywood actress was guest of honour at a 70th ...

Mid-life crisis?

And Finally Mixed reviews for world’s most watched TV show

How very droll. The lead-up to CCTV’s annual Spring Festival Gala saw rumours that Warren Buffett would turn up for a musical skit. And sure enough ...