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WiC 15 (May 20, 2009)

May they rest in peace

Others, Talking Point The one-year anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake sparks debate

"Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job” is one Dubya sound bite that will survive the former president’s departure to leisurely Texan ...

Energy & Resources The lucky tael of Shanghang County’s new millionaires

China’s Communist Party may have struck political gold in 1949, but that year the nation itself only produced 4.5 tonnes of the precious metal, ...

Banking & Finance Underground lending is growing fast. Should it be legalised?

The London Interbank Offered Rate recently fell below 1%, but if you are a cash-strapped entrepreneur in China you could find your own borrowing rate ...

Telecoms Why Huawei’s Ren Zhengfei is arguably China’s most successful CEO

Dale Carnegie’s best selling book, How to Win Friends and Influence People is probably not at the top of Ren Zhengfei’s reading list. The ...

Airfields of Dreams

Aviation China’s feeder airports struggle to make ends meet

Airport architects in China know how important it is to accommodate the local bigwigs: there has to be a VIP check-in area as well as an ostentatious ...

History Lessons Revolt of the cunning

An Lushan was a military leader of Iranian-Turkish origin, who after bribing people to give favourable reports about him, became favoured by Emperor ...

Entertainment Iconic bear stars in another Hollywood movie

In animal terms if the US is the eagle, Russia the bear and Britain the bulldog then China is, of course, the panda. The black-eyed beasts have a ...

Generation Game

Society A new TV show faces flak

For a generation of romantically-inclined women, the image of Colin Firth emerging from a pond is a very special moment. That pond is in Pemberley, ...

Wiff-waff anyone?

Sport China dominates World Table Tennis Championships – again

Perhaps it’s because ping-pong sounds vaguely Chinese that many assume that the game originated (like so many other things) in the Middle Kingdom. Or ...

Red Star Liu Qian

The Taiwanese magician began his education at the age of 7. Liu tells the China Daily: “Just like Harry Potter, rigid training is required for anyone ...

The greatest show on earth?

Economy With one year to go, Shanghai’s World Expo faces some challenges

Something will be missing from Denmark’s capital next year. As of next April, the Little Mermaid will be gone. She has survived poor weather and high ...

Environment How China could use a lot less electricity

On December 25, China gave the world a somewhat unusual Christmas present. The National Development and Reform Commission – the country’s top ...

Filling their day

Planet China A case, perhaps, of two men with too much time on…

A case, perhaps, of two men with too much time on their hands. The first, a Beijing man called Chen, sued the Commercial Press, claiming to have ...

Book him, Danno

Cartoons Book him, Danno

The Yunnan provincial government has announced it will invest Rmb18 million ($2.6 million) to promote “cultural services” in rural areas. Fair ...

And Finally China buys DRAMs from Taiwan, and ever more drams from Scotland

It was a very special event, and before entering you had to sign a very special legal disclaimer. Among other things you had to assure the organisers ...