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WiC 184 (Mar 8, 2013)

Property, Talking Point Another round of property controls, fears of a housing bubble resurface…

Getting married and then divorced a fortnight later may suggest an over-hasty decision – perhaps the type taken in Las Vegas. But for one Chinese ...

Rail & Infrastructure Railway ministry on verge of break up, as Li Keqiang reforms…

Reforming a bureaucracy is never easy. Just ask Jim Hacker, the Minister of Administrative Affairs in the classic UK television show Yes, Minister. He ...

Media Movie studios in dispute over who gets bulk of blockbuster’s profits

In Stephen Chow’s action-comedy Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons, the character Tang Sanzang struggles to defeat fish and pig ...

China and the World Beijing frets as Pyongyang blusters

In the 1970s China pioneered ping-pong diplomacy by inviting the American table tennis team to play in Beijing. It was a time when China was sealed off ...

Environment Soil survey results classed as ‘state secret’

Jack Ma recently caused a stir when he spoke at the Yabuli China Entrepreneurs Forum. But this time it was not because of bold predictions about the ...

Healthcare A major hospital reform falls through

Five years ago Fu Xueping, a 25 year-old farmer from the eastern province of Zhejiang, was paralysed from the neck down after a motorcycle ...

Entertainment Audiences surprised as censor allows politically sensitive film to screen

China’s annual quota for foreign films is 34, and of these 14 must use “enhanced-format technology” such as 3D or IMAX. Hence, it is a battle ...

Who’s Hu Kong Jianmin

With a $2 billion market cap, KWG Property looks like just another Chinese property firm. But one way that it stands out is its similarity to the ...

Society Murder case stirs debate on China’s uneasy past

In Ferdinand Von Schirach’s bestseller The Collini Case, the murder of a business tycoon triggers a trial that lays bare the scars of ...

Society Son (again) brings shame on PLA general

Parents often refer to wastrel offspring as the ‘black sheep’ of the family. Li Tianyi, the son of two of China’s better known singers, seems to ...

World of Weibo PLA general endorses weibo

Major General Luo Yuan is the vice-secretary of the China Association for Military Science. He’s also known as something of a nationalist. In the ...

Cartoons Vote of approval

here can be few honours greater than having your hometown dedicate a statue to you, especially when you are still alive. But the decision to ...

And Finally New Hong Kong policy infuriates mainlanders

For China’s mothers on a shopping mission to Hong Kong, one can of infant formula costs HK$250 ($32) and two can be purchased for HK$500. But for ...