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WiC 155 (Jun 22, 2012)
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No stranger to controversy
Talking Point, Telecoms More ammunition for US politicians with Huawei in the spotlight (again)

"Publish and be damned” was the famous retort from Arthur Wellesley (better known for inventing the Wellington boot and seeing off the French at ...

If you can’t stand the heat…
Chinese Models How Zhuhai firm Gree grew into an air-con giant in just…

When Dong Mingzhu first arrived in Zhuhai as a saleswoman in 1990, Gree was a small (and struggling) air-conditioner manufacturer. She was given one of ...

Height of ambition
Property Changsha wants to build world’s tallest building

In January 2010 the world’s tallest building opened in Dubai. At a height of 828 metres the Burj Khalifa beat the previous record holder Taipei ...

IPOs brewing in Anxi
China Consumer Chinese tea makers look to raise funds to build brands and…

Saint-Germain-des-Prés, an upscale area in Paris, is known for its luxury shops and swanky bistros. And now its ranks have been joined by a small tea ...

In the swim of things
Chinese Character Justin Lin returns to China after retiring from World Bank

In 1810 the British poet Lord Byron put down his pen for a moment to swim the Hellespont. After his dip, he became the first known person to swim ...

Georgia on my mind
Banking & Finance Hualing in pioneering overseas bank deal

The national investment agency for Georgia, Invest In Georgia, has been busy (you might have noticed one of its advertisments in the business press). ...

Birth control
Society Forced abortion causes outcry

For days, family planning officials from Zhenping county in rural Shaanxi province had been warning Feng Jianmei, 22, and her husband, Deng Jiyuan, ...

Old problem
Society Furore over plans to raise retirement age

When China introduced old age pensions in 1951, life expectancy was in the low forties. So it seemed reasonable that men who made it to the ripe ...

Tiger Mark II?
Red Star Andy Zhang

Andy Zhang made golfing history at the US Open last week, as well as getting the chance to meet many of his sporting heroes. Why is he in ...

On the road
Society Flouting tradition, a group of young Chinese sell possessions to travel

While young people in China complain that they lack the money to buy property, Chen Hanbin raised eyebrows by doing the exact opposite. The ...

A sweet guy
Who’s Hu Chen Zemin

Chen Zemin was born in Chongqing in 1947 into an army family. After graduating from medical school he worked in a hospital in Zhengzhou and in 1984 was ...

Collision course
Aviation Why China and EU face airline showdown in April

"The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity,” wrote the poet WB Yeats. The Irishman never attended a eurozone ...

Noisy neighbours
Planet China Sorry seems to be the hardest word, crooned Elton John. In…

Sorry seems to be the hardest word, crooned Elton John. In China it’s a literal truth. In a society so averse to losing face many Chinese find it ...

Just the ticket
Cartoons Just the ticket

Most people dream of getting rich overnight. For a Beijing resident that dream has just come true. Last week it emerged that a Beijinger has just won ...

Liu defies gravity
And Finally Media frenzy over first Chinese woman in space

"Women hold up half the sky” – what better way to start an article on China’s first female astronaut than with Mao’s famous line on sexual ...

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