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WiC 172 (Nov 16, 2012)
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A pivotal presidency
China and the World, Talking Point The re-elected US leader has some big decisions to make on China

When it comes to strategy, the thoughts of Sun Tzu, a Chinese general from 2,500 years ago, often get a mention. It’s open to question whether the ...

Yes, it’s likely made in China
Telecoms Chinese manufacturers set to make 80% of world’s mobile phones in…

Chinese handset manufacturers are expected to produce more than one billion devices this year, a tenfold increase from a decade ago. That accounts for ...

Hard liquor for hard grafters
China Consumer Is the price of Moutai the best proxy for measuring the…

In China, most deals are made not in boardrooms but at the dining table. Few might remember that the mother of all agreements – who would rule modern ...

Soft furnishing
China Consumer Furniture industry is suffering badly

The good news: China’s property market is showing signs of life. Residential and commercial property sales totaled Rmb4.6 trillion ($742.2 billion) ...

To B or not to B
Banking & Finance B-shares are a dying breed

First introduced in 1992, B-shares have fallen into obscurity. Originally they were a means for foreign nationals to invest in companies listed in ...

“A Ponzi scheme”
Banking & Finance Growing concerns about wealth management products

In the farming town of Taihe in Jiangxi province, there is a largely empty housing estate at the end of an unfinished road. It might not sound like one ...

A Chinese education
Investor Q&A Why a Scottish tycoon is sending British entrepreneurs to China  

F or a classic tale of entrepreneurial pluck, look no further than Sir Tom Hunter. According to the Sunday Times, his big break was in 1984 when he ...

What’s in a name?
Entertainment Brands are bidding big sums to buy naming rights to popular…

Imagine X-Factor, American Idol and The Voice all rolled into one. The result? China’s latest TV extravaganza Express ...

Nansha nuptials
Sport Move over, Kate and William

China’s ‘diving princess’ Guo Jingjing last week married business scion Kenneth Fok in what Hong Kong newspaper Sing Tao Daily called “the ...

Green card
Society China’s rich ponder merits of getting US citizenship

What do global investing titan John Templeton, Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin and China’s richest man Zong Qinghou all have in common? All three ...

Toying with the minister
Planet China Who was the youngest journalist at this year’s 18th Party Congress…

Who was the youngest journalist at this year’s 18th Party Congress in Beijing? Step forward, precocious cub reporter Zhang Jiahe, aged 11. Zhang ...

Single minded shopping
Cartoons Single minded shopping

Online shopping can be a dangerous business. According to the Shanghai Daily a man in Harbin was found unconscious last Sunday evening, having spent 18 ...

Move over Havana
And Finally Shifang is China’s cigar capital

From revolutionary tyros like Fidel Castro to democratic icons like John F Kennedy (who made sure to get a thousand H Upmann Petits out of Cuba ahead ...

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