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WiC 196 (Jun 27, 2013)

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One little piggy comes to market

M&A, Talking Point A record bid for America’s top pork producer isn’t quite as…

"What I do is kill pigs and sell meat,” Wan Long, chairman at Henan Shuanghui Development, told Century Weekly last year. It’s an admirably ...

Damn Yankees

China and the World State media accuses Americans of dishonesty

"Most people think that Americans are honest, reliable and righteous. But once you live in the country for a while, you may discover the descriptions ...

Saying bye to the Bund

Property Why luxury brands are quitting Shanghai’s most sought-after area

In 2004, American architect Michael Graves unveiled his redesign of Three On the Bund, a landmark building formerly home to the British Mercantile ...

Is trade war now inevitable?

China Ink Talk of a trade war grows as the row over EU…

Trade war pending? Western media focused on comments made by China’s deputy commerce minister Zhong Shan that there would be ...

Winding down?

Energy & Resources Controversial times for turbine firm Sinovel

Sinovel’s founding chairman Han Junliang is renowned for an ability to cultivate government connections. He once bought out all the first-class ...

Room to grow?

China Tourist Tougher times for luxury hotel chains

The White Swan Hotel in Guangzhou – the inaugural five-star lodging in China – can also lay claim to being the first Sino-foreign joint venture in ...

The crying game

Entertainment New reality TV show has contestants and audiences sobbing

In 2010, a pianist called Liu Wei won the first season of China’s Got Talent. It was an unlikely triumph as Liu lost both his arms when he ...

The kids are alright?

Society Soviet-style holiday masks anger at child mistreatment

The mood among staff on the Xinhua photo desk must have been very retro last week, when President Xi Jinping attended an event ahead of International ...

Guangzhou goes grass roots

Sport Evergrande tycoon invests in soccer school

Football pundits often fail to agree but last month they were unanimous on at least one point: the Germans now dominate European football. This ...

School’s out

Planet China Expulsion from school is a serious thing, normally brought about by…

Expulsion from school is a serious thing, normally brought about by drug dealing or violence. So people in China were perplexed when a school in Yunnan ...

Beaten at their own game

Cartoons Beaten at their own game

Few games are as quintessentially Chinese as mahjong. Played with tiles and reputedly invented by Confucius himself, mahjong has been a favourite of ...

Blazing saddles

And Finally Controversy over Dalian’s mounted police

Think of police on horseback, and most people will conjure up images of Canada’s Mounties. But the Royal Canadian Mounted Police – established in ...

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