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WiC 143 (Mar 23, 2012)

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Energy & Resources, Talking Point Why a dispute over Chinese rare earths exports has gone to…

Last Friday something rather unusual happened. A farmer in Sichuan was bitten by a wild panda. “I am fortunate to have been bitten by China’s ...

China annoints video king

Chinese Models How Youku beat Tudou – a new column looking at China’s…

Youku and Tudou have been described as the Coke and Pepsi of China’s online video world. So the announcement last week that the fierce competitors ...

Sporting chance

China Consumer Will investors in London buy into Lin Huoyan’s apparel firm?

London’s Alternative Investment Market (Aim) does not seem like the most obvious place for a Chinese sportswear company to raise money. But Naibu, ...

Flights cancelled

China Ink Chinese airlines may have shelved orders for Airbus aircraft

Turbulent times for Airbus in China? The 21CN Business Herald noted that the country’s economic planner, the National ...

Pipes, but not of peace

Energy & Resources Hostile takeover could create a gas giant. But will it break…

Thinking about the years leading up to the global financial crisis, M&A bankers tend to go misty eyed. Between 2005 and 2007, at least $1.6 ...

Two-tier credit

Banking & Finance Default fears shaping debt markets

In terms of size, the Chinese bond market seems to be growing at a healthy pace. Last week, Securities Daily reported that 28 brokerages have ...

Society An election in a Chinese village symbolises much more

Hong Kong wonders if it will one day be eclipsed economically by neighbouring cities in mainland China. But has the enclave of 7 million just been ...

No longer appreciated

Banking & Finance Trade deficit points to evidence of yuan at fair value?

Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has already made clear his own approach to US policy on the renminbi. On the first day of a Romney presidency, China ...

Sport Attendances are up at basketball games, but so too are…

WiC has covered the wave of ‘Linsanity’ hitting the NBA in recent weeks, thanks to the explosive performances of point guard, Jeremy Lin. Over ...

Who’s Hu Tao Huabi

Tao Huabi, 65, was born in Tanmei, a small town in Guizhou province. She never attended school, was widowed at 20 and became a rickshaw driver, before ...

Entertainment Chinese screenwriters have a new line: ‘show me the money’

Off script Chinese screenwriters have a new line: ‘show me the money’ When Shi Kong, a screenwriter, received the cheque for his script Struggle, ...

Wood Moustache Meat?

Fast Food Moo shu pork

Moo shu pork is a dish of northern Chinese origin. In the northern provinces meat and vegetable dishes are commonly served with steamed bread ...

Society A new detention law is a step backwards for China

Foreign businesspeople recall with a chill the case of Stern Hu, the Rio Tinto employee imprisoned in China (see WiC24) for stealing “state ...

Travelling in style

Planet China Phileas Fogg, or should we now say Phileas Fong? Jules Verne’s…

Phileas Fogg, or should we now say Phileas Fong? Jules Verne’s famous character once wagered that he could travel around the world in 80 days (and ...

Lin moves into fifth gear

Cartoons Lin moves into fifth gear

Steve Jobs regularly described Apple products as “insanely great”. Now it sounds like Volvo might try “Linsanely great” for its sales effort in ...

And Finally Unemployed worker enters submarine business

You have to admire the irrepressible spirit of China’s amateur inventors. Two years ago we wrote about Wu Yulu, a former farmer with a passion for ...