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WiC 169 (Oct 26, 2012)

Foot off the gas

Energy & Resources, Talking Point Sinopec drops China Gas bid: media mulls what went wrong

"And he reached his hand into the pouch and took from there a stone and slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead.” That’s the rather ...

China’s best place to live?

Others On a visit to Dalian, WiC discovers the city owes much to…

When the Russians first settled there in 1899, they called it Dalny, which meant ‘faraway’. But the town then became Dairen in 1905 when the ...

Everything must go

Property Wuxi property discounts spook local government

"Man is an animal that makes bargains,” said Adam Smith, the famed Scottish economist. “No other animal does this.” Evidence of our love of a ...

Battle on the home front

China Consumer How local brands are taking market share from P&G in China

For years Procter & Gamble’s products have reported strong sales in China. Brands like Olay and Rejoice were the best-selling facial cream and ...

Light diet required

Energy & Resources China’s solar industry faces a crisis

Few now dispute that the clouds are darkening for China’s solar industry. But to hear Li Junfeng, deputy director of the energy research institute at ...

China Consumer Top clothing firm faces questions over inventory

Usually, the announcement of a round of positive financial results would be greeted by a rise in a company’s share price. But not for Metersbonwe, ...

Team goes on the block

Sport Troubled conglomerate needs to sell its football team

When Rangers beat cross-town rivals Queen’s Park 2-0 at the weekend, the Scottish football club claimed to have broken a world record. Not thanks to ...

Heh, small spender

Society Debate rages over couple who save 90% of their income

If Li Keqiang, China’s premier-in-waiting, reads the newspapers, he would have been dismayed to learn about Guo Hao and his wife – a young couple ...

Entertainment Banned film-maker finally gets movie screened in China

Few people have annoyed China’s censors as much as Lou Ye. The controversial film-maker has tackled a series of taboo subjects in domestic cinema – ...

Planet China A new candidate has emerged for China’s most foolish man. That…

A new candidate has emerged for China’s most foolish man. That seems to be the verdict of the Shandong Business Daily, which reports on the case of a ...

The Chinese electorate speaks…

Cartoons The Chinese electorate speaks…

At this week’s presidential debate, Barack Obama didn’t mince his words, labelling China as an ‘adversary’ for the first time. After that, he ...

And Finally Everyone wants a piece of Mo Yan’s success

The villagers of Gaomi in Shandong province stopped growing red sorghum decades ago because it didn’t bring in enough money. But the crop could ...