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WiC 139 (Feb 24, 2012)

Sport, Talking Point Why Zhejiang, Taiwan and the US all lay claim to basketball…

The first time that she watched Jeremy Lin on television, Yu Minjie, a small business owner in Wuxi, thought she might be onto something. This was two ...

Banking & Finance Why healthcare firm Guizhentang’s IPO faces a boycott

"Someone told me, if you have ever heard the screams of a black bear when it is having bile extracted, it is the most tortured sound you will hear in ...

Economy Will China regret its infrastructure binge?

'Happy Birthday To Us’. At least, that’s how it seemed last summer during the Chinese Communist Party’s extensive 90th anniversary celebrations. ...

Energy & Resources The biggest threat to China’s growth is water

Hu Siyi held a press conference last week and he had grim news. Although China’s economy was growing, he queried how sustainable growth was likely to ...

China Consumer Demand for Tibetan herb drives price above gold

Health is the greatest possession” wrote Lao Tzu, founding philosopher of Taoism and author of Tao Te Ching (‘The Book of the Way’) and ...

Banking & Finance Listing in China might be about to get a lot easier

The workings of the IPO approval process is rarely a topic to get the pulse racing, except, perhaps, for owners of privately-held businesses who are ...

China and the World China is building a new city – in Angola

As a lifelong supporter of Liverpool Football Club, Mike Woolrich should be happy. He has just received an email confirming his 13 year wait for a ...

Entertainment American film studios are set to earn a good deal more…

In the first Matrix movie, there’s a scene in which the hero Neo is dodging bullets. “He’s starting to believe,” his mentor observes ...

Entertainment Director hints at retirement

Celebrities are now well-accustomed to using weibo, China’s Twitter-equivalent, to broadcast their inner musings. But as filmmaker Feng Xiaogang ...

Sport Top soccer referees jailed

English football fans are familiar with the expression that the referee is ‘bent’. It’s normally a throwaway line, mind you, intended less to ...

Fast Food Jiemo Dun

Jiemo dun is a cold dish made of Chinese cabbage and mustard. It is especially popular in Beijing and Dongbei (the northeastern part of the country). ...

Cartoons Keep our milk white, not red

Leave our cows alone was the message sent to China from New Zealand this week. Thanks to a growing taste for milk (and scandals miring local dairy ...

And Finally Rolls-Royce crashes reveal motor insurance flaw

How do you devise a formula to insure a nation of largely first- time drivers, who might collide with anything from a donkey cart to one of the ...