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WiC 167 (Oct 5, 2012)

China and the World, Talking Point Why Beijing walks a tightrope in its relations with Tehran

Sometimes the propaganda war can backfire. That was the lesson learned by an Iranian news agency late last month. Incredibly it reported a spoof poll ...

Getting Googled

Telecoms Alibaba and Acer in spat with US tech giant

It’s no secret that the late Steve Jobs, former chief executive of Apple, hated Google’s Android operating system. Even when Jobs was struggling ...

The greatest coal baron of all

Energy & Resources Media muses on Shenhua’s latest moves to invade turf of SOE…

The mythical gods of ancient Greece were proud, powerful and prone to a feud or two. Take the case of the goddess Eris, who felt snubbed when she ...

Chasing Manhattan

Property Chinese buyers storm New York as Pan Shiyi looks to buy…

The Sony Tower stands at the corner of Madison Avenue and 56th Street in midtown Manhattan. At 197 metres, it’s a little higher than its neighbours ...

Economy Two tycoons emerge from jail and spark debate

"No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man’s permission when we ask him to obey it.” So said Theodore Roosevelt, the ...

Media & Gaming Animation firm hopes five hamsters will conquer China

Walt Disney came up with Mickey Mouse. In the 1970s the Japanese blessed us all with the invention of Hello Kitty. But China is still to unleash an ...

Man of influence

Chinese Character Why Chinese power brokers are grieving over death of Confucian scholar

Nan Huaijin – warrior, hermit, author and spiritual advisor to millions of Chinese – died on Saturday, September 29, aged around 94. Nan’s life ...

Entertainment New film triggers interest in ‘sea turtles’, though not the aquatic…

She was the first Asian face to grace the front cover of French Vogue in 2005 and her pictures have adorned numerous ad campaigns from Benetton to ...

Vantone Real Estate

Who’s Hu Feng Lun

Feng Lun was born in Xi’an in Shaanxi province in 1959, joining the Communist Party when he was a student. After graduating from the Central Party ...

China’s top threat?

Environment New report points to water crisis facing industry

The Chinese have long been accustomed to associating their rivers with colours. The best example is the Yellow River, the country’s second-longest ...

Sport Tennis ace labelled a ‘traitor’

For decades the English have been unable to play football against Germany without falling back on past military triumphs. If German fans cheer “Three ...

Blustery conditions

Cartoons Blustery conditions

Barack Obama’s political career was built in the ‘windy city’ of Chicago. And wind politics came to fore last week as the US president vetoed a ...

And Finally Beijing drivers faced worst-ever gridlock this week

Beijing is notorious for its traffic jams but last week the gridlock was so awful that one netizen suggested that the fastest way to get from the east ...