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WiC 176 (Dec 14, 2012)

A long, hard graft ahead

Economy, Talking Point Wang Qishan becomes anti-corruption tsar, but will he have an impact?

"Seemingly a bizarre appointment,” was the verdict of Jay Taylor, the biographer of Chiang Kai-shek. He was referring to the decision to include Du ...

How I made it in China…

M&A PPR acquires Qeelin, a Chinese luxury brand founded by a French expat

Not quite a unicorn, although said to resemble one in terms of longevity and prosperity, the qilin is a difficult beast to pin down. A gentle and ...

China’s savviest tech investor

Chinese Character Lei Jun models himself on Apple’s iconic founder

When Steve Jobs died last year, many Chinese questioned whether their own country could ever produce someone quite like like Apple’s former chief ...

A little less yummy?

China Consumer Fast food leader reports slowing sales growth

After years as a business school case study for how to succeed in China, is Yum Brands – the parent company of KFC and Pizza Hut – struggling to ...

Banking & Finance Huaxia wriggles on the hook, as wealth management product sinks

Almost exactly four years ago Bernie Madoff was arrested, setting into motion a chain of events that ended with a 150-year prison sentence for one of ...

Agriculture Chinese farmers cross the border into Russia

Zhang Hongbin’s progress in Russia is best measured by the machinery parked in his backyard. When he first arrived to grow soya beans in 2005, Zhang ...

Line in the sand

China Ink Canada approves state-owned CNOOC’s $15.1 billion acquisition of oil firm Nexen

A victory for China Inc? China Securities Journal thought so. After CNOOC’s humiliating failure to acquire Unocal in 2005, the approval of ...

Smoke and mirrors

Energy & Resources Renewable energy firms go to elaborate lengths to hide their problems

Grigory Potemkin was the minister who led Russia’s war effort during the Russo-Turkish conflict in the late eighteenth century. But despite his ...

Sail of the century

China and the World A new account of how American merchants first arrived in China

After a year in which Week in China has reported frequently on Sino-US relations, we end 2012 with an account of the earliest days of contact between ...

The Godfather, Chinese-style

Entertainment New gangster movie revives memories of a corrupt 1930s Shanghai

Cary Grant only trusted Savile Row tailors to dress him off-screen. But China’s answer to the Hollywood legend prefers a Germanic tailor. Chow ...

The trust factor

Society Billionaire couple’s divorce rocks stockmarket

China is often described in a superlative light but there is at least one statistic that has yet to feature on many lists: as global leader in the ...

An inconvenient truth

Cartoons An inconvenient truth

For retailers, China has long been an expansion story, as more outlets open to serve the huge consumer market. But for the convenience store industry ...

Supermarket sweep

And Finally Chinese shopper in US spending binge

Mothers-to-be are generally advised to stock up on the things they will need for their newborn well in advance of giving birth. But Mrs Zhang, a ...