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WiC 142 (Mar 26, 2012)

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China Consumer, Talking Point Wahaha’s owner tops rich list but faces challenges in expansion plans

Despite being China’s richest man, Zong Qinghou is famously frugal. He told the Global Entrepreneur that he spends no more than $20 a day on himself. ...

China Ink High drama for Bo Xilai this week - he was replaced…

What were the news highlights of Bo Xilai’s appearance at the National People’s Congress? And how did events play out in the run-up to his ...

Auto Industry Chery seeks okay to JV with Jaguar Land Rover

Li Shufu is hoping for a slamdunk. According to Bloomberg, the car tycoon is in negotiations with basketball sensation Jeremy Lin to endorse Volvo, the ...

Chinese Character Luo Zhonghua offers a touching tale of Sino-US business cooperation

Luo Zhonghua’s hands tell his story. At 30, his smile is a boyish one. But his hands are those of an older man, weathered by years of labour at a ...

Economy Economists discuss whether latest data signals victory over inflation

Last year, at the end of the National People’s Congress, Wen Jiabao used powerful imagery to describe what he believed to be China’s chief economic ...

Internet & Tech A courier firm goes bust, Alibaba is hit

Losing your job is usually bad news. But to find out by text message is hardly going to lighten your mood. That’s how Chen Ping, CEO and founder ...

Energy & Resources Steelmaker Wisco ‘diversifies’ into pig farming

Accounting for more than half of all the meat consumed in China, pork is integral to the national diet, with demand expected to outstrip supply by two ...

Energy & Resources China to start building nuclear plants again

In 1986 The Economist published an upbeat verdict on the nuclear power industry, deeming it as “safe as a chocolate factory”. That conclusion ...

Entertainment Why Taiwanese movies are doing so well in mainland China

By Hollywood Reporter’s estimate, the movie title Love has been used at least 70 times in cinematic history. One of the most famous examples ...

Society State media misses the point on International Women’s Day

When Mao Zedong proclaimed that “Women hold up Half the Sky,” behind the rhetoric was an intention to get women out of the home and into jobs, in ...

Society NPC delegates glam up for Beijing gatherings

Shortly before the annual meetings of the National People’s Congress this month, as well as its junior body, the Chinese People’s Political ...

World of Weibo Pyongyang calling?

On March 6, the North Korean government (or someone posing as a representative of Pyongyang) opened an ostensibly official account on Sina Weibo. ...

Who’s Hu He Boquan

Born in 1960 in Xiaolan, a small town in Guangdong, He Boquan dropped out of school at the age of 15. After three years working in the fields during ...

Economy China gets a top job at the IMF

By arrangement, the head of the Washington-based International Monetary Fund has always been a European, with a bias towards France (five of its 11 ...

Planet China Most people can recall their first flight. But for four civil…

Most people can recall their first flight. But for four civil servants from Anhui province, the memory isn’t likely to be a positive one. According ...

Cartoons Tuscany embraces Confucius

What does Italian wine have in common with Confucius? “Balance” says Giovanni Geddes, the chief executive of Tenuta Dell ‘Ornellaia, a luxury ...

And Finally Why Nanjing’s launched a happiness index

Personal happiness is a relatively new concept in China. The modern word for happy, xingfu, only entered into common parlance in the 20th ...