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WiC 171 (Nov 9, 2012)

A plan set in concrete

Economy, Talking Point Why urbanisation remains the China bulls’ strongest argument

"First, the young people left, then the villagers in their forties and fifties, and finally even the elderly and the children were taken away too,” ...

Thanks a billion

Banking & Finance ChiNext exchange turns three. But how have investors done?

Established in 1971, the now middle-aged Nasdaq was not a star performer in its infancy. The market benchmark, the Nasdaq Composite, started trading at ...

Storm in a noodle cup

China Consumer How a Japanese shareholding has hurt Tingyi’s Chinese sales

Anti-Japanese rhetoric continues to hit firms from that country operating in China. As we reported in WiC170 the country’s carmakers have been ...

Sport McIlroy hit by headache, but Poulter wins HSBC Champions

Golfers have come up with plenty of excuses for poor play over the years, but China can now be credited with helping them find another: air ...

Open for business

China and the World Will Luxembourg trump London, as more Chinese firms arrive in Europe?…

As WiC reported in its recent Focus Issue, Ready for the RMB, London has high hopes of becoming a hub for the Chinese currency in Europe. But ...

Aviation US aviation firm pockets $50 million break fee

Only a couple of months ago, budding aviation entrepreneur Cheng Shenzong told 21CN Business Herald that he was sure that his plans to acquire troubled ...

Why Beijing’s banned bricks

Society Pedalos parked, as capital city goes into lockdown

Mister Li, a bicycle repairman who works in one of Beijing’s traditional alleyways, is doing a roaring trade this week. Why? Because Li’s stall ...

Wedded bliss? Not on weibo

Entertainment Divorce battle hots up, as celebrity couple trade accusations on the…

Sina Weibo is now used and adored by hundreds of millions of Chinese. The country’s Twitter-equivalent has become a must-read platform for those ...

Auto Industry Carmaker pulls off new JV with Jaguar Land

"I found cheerful, and I liked it. So I thought about Cheery. But then, to make the name stick in people’s minds, I took out an ‘e’. Then it ...

Planet China Antony and Cleopatra, Abelard and Heloise and Casablanca’s Rick and Ilsa.…

Antony and Cleopatra, Abelard and Heloise and Casablanca’s Rick and Ilsa. Of course, they’re examples of great love stories, albeit ill-fated ones. ...

Teenage driver heads to Augusta

Cartoons Teenage driver heads to Augusta

We last reported on the new Chinese obsession with setting records in WiC166. And here’s another new title: the youngest golfer to play at the US ...

And Finally Chinese react online to Obama’s re-election

O n Sina Weibo’s “hot topic” page on Wednesday afternoon five million people posted messages containing the word “America”. No great surprise ...