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WiC 16 (May 22, 2009)

China’s most wanted?

Economy, Talking Point Why some of the nation’s richest men have been caught in…

Wasn’t getting rich supposed to be glorious, in Deng Xiaoping’s view? Yes, and on the face of it, this should make inclusion in the three leading ...

Chen Fashu’s liquid asset

Chinese Character He made billions in gold and is now investing in China’s…

He has been called China’s Warren Buffett, thanks to his savvy investments. And he was making news again last week when he made a surprise ...

China Consumer Sanlu’s toxic trademark is sold at auction for a million bucks.…

Who is the mysterious bidder number 56? Sections of the Chinese press are keen to find out, after the sale of the Sanlu brand to a secretive buyer last ...

Shipping The shipping news is glum, but China’s ports hope for a…

There have been boom times before. Quanzhou, a Song dynasty port on the Yellow Sea that first began to flourish a thousand years ago, attracted traders ...

The new rock stars

Economy Hard to believe, but economists are the ‘hot ticket’ in China…

According to Confucius, “Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star.” If you are looking for stars in China today, ...

China and the World, China Ink Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman is on his way to Beijing…

A friend of China? He’s already got a Chinese name – Hong Bopei – which is a good start, and the Chinese media is generally ...

History Lessons Red turban ruthlessness

By the 1350s, the Mongol-ruled Yuan Dynasty was plagued with famine and social strife. The people – the Han Chinese – rebelled. The Red Turban ...

Pots of controversy

China Consumer Does a traditional herbal tea lead to gastric ulcers?

In the short life of Week in China, we have already written frequently about food safety. WiC6 featured a three page Talking Point on the subject ...

Over the cuckoo’s nest

Society Are one in 13 Chinese mad?

The Ministry of Health blamed it on “mass hysteria”, reports Caijing magazine. Absent evidence of contamination there was no other plausible way to ...

Society Why is China so prudish?

China’s first sex-themed park is being demolished – before it’s even been opened. Love Land – located in the entertainment zone near ...

It’s a swill life

Society China’s “hero” pig makes the news again

If the swine flu pandemic is dampening China’s love affair with pork, no one is telling Zhu Jianqiang – the nation’s porcine heroine. Zhu ...

Fast Food Spicy, from Sichuan

What is it? The classic noodle dish is a Sichuan favourite. Sichuan food, one of the four great traditions of Chinese cuisine, is ...

Society One of American’s oldest secret societies is reborn in Shanghai

Henry Luce took the nickname ‘Baal’, Averell Harriman was ‘Thor’. George W Bush couldn’t think of a name himself, and so was christened ...

Harbouring suspicion

China and the World China denies that a Sri Lankan port it is building is…

Any port in a storm is a familiar expression, but in Sri Lanka it is a port that is causing a storm. The port in question, which is being ...

Bad broker gets execution

Banking & Finance Yang Yanming makes history as first stockbroker to get the death…

There must be some Americans who have wondered whether Bernard Madoff deserved the death penalty. What is almost certain is that if he was Chinese, he ...

Meals on wheels

Planet China There’s no such thing as a free meal, or so goes…

There’s no such thing as a free meal, or so goes the saying. He Guohua would beg to differ. In fact, when it comes to sheer gall, the Beijing man ...

Cartoons Out of Africa

China’s growing influence in Africa took an entertaining turn this week with the announcement that a Chinese firm would build a Disneyland-style ...

Coffin capitalism

And Finally Shanghai undertaker turns gangster to win market share

Vito Corleone and his fictional mobsters ran protection rackets, gambling dens and any number of illegal businesses. But the Godfather never got into ...