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WiC 146 (Apr 20, 2012)

Problematic (family) trees

Economy, Talking Point Will Bo Xilai scandal derail Chongqing’s bold development plans?

Not usually one for horticultural metaphors, the Global Times went all green-fingered earlier this month. Then again, the ultimate aim was to point the ...

Chan proves prescient

Property Warning bell rings as a Hangzhou property developer goes bankrupt

"Lots of [property] companies are in far worse shape than people think,” Ronnie Chan, chairman of Hong Kong’s Hang Lung Properties said last ...

Seoul searching

China Consumer Unlike other Korean firms, LG seems to have got China strategy…

"Every time when I am short of money, I will go to China to make more,” Jang Nara told a South Korean talk show. The popular singer-actress is one of ...

“Not a single empty office”

Property Beijing’s office market sees surging rental rates

You may be surprised to hear that office rents in Beijing now outstrip those in New York. That’s according to property broker Cushman & ...

Rocky relations

China and the World Why tensions are rising with the Philippines

As is the case for almost all of the disputed geographical features in the South China Sea – including the ocean itself – the Scarborough Shoal ...

IMF ducks BRICS

Banking & Finance China uses idea of a BRICS bank to lobby for more…

The annual spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank take place in Washington this weekend with the Chinese delegation ...

Banking & Finance Currency reform surprise

"Get ready for more fireworks,” was how HSBC’s Qu Hongbin described the announcement. The bank’s Greater China chief economist was referring ...

China’s richest woman (for now)

Who’s Hu Wu Yajun

Born in Hechuan, a small town within the Chongqing municipality, Wu Yajun got a degree in navigational engineering from the Northwestern Polytechnical ...

Internet & Tech Zuckerberg’s Instagram deal has Chinese angle

Mark Zuckerberg likes a mission. Hence his promise that Facebook will make the world ‘more open and connected’; or consider his personal dietary ...

Sport Attendances up at F1 race in Shanghai last weekend

On the eve of Shanghai’s grand prix, Star Sports sent a crew to the city’s busy retail district along the Nanjing Road. The reporter picked random ...

Secretly unhappy

Society China trails Iraq in happiness stakes. Beijing’s displeased

Regarding the release of the UN World Happiness Report and China’s rank of 112th: all websites are ordered not to repost. All existing posts should ...

Entertainment Chinese censors have decided not everything in Cameron movie can be…

When Titanic opened in China in 1998, it was a runaway hit. Even Jiang Zemin, then Chinese president, couldn’t restrain himself, following a ...

Red Star Ann Hui

Born in Liaoning province to a Japanese mother and Chinese father, Ann Hui, 64, lived in Macau until she was five and then moved with her family to ...

Planet China Beautiful girls in fast cars upholding the law. It may sound…

Beautiful girls in fast cars upholding the law. It may sound a bit like Charlie’s Angels but it’s actually a new initiative from the government of ...

Iron Man returns

Cartoons Iron Man returns

One of the greatest heroes of the Maoist era was Iron Man Wang – an oilman lauded with the discovery of the huge fields in Daqing. Wang Jinxi was ...

“I love my staff”

And Finally Forget sweatshops, Shi wants happy employees

Mention ‘Homeland’ these days, and many people will think of the US television show. But for Shi Yuzhu it has a different meaning entirely: ...