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WiC 198 (Jun 21, 2013)

Catch me if you can

China and the World, Talking Point Has US lost the moral high ground in cyber spying row…

It was described by Thomas Jefferson as being “one of the most flagitious of which history will ever furnish an example”. For those without a ...

McRice and fries

China Consumer McDonald’s localises menu with mixed success

In the early 1960s, Ray Kroc, the founder of the McDonald’s chain, had the idea of serving a meatless burger to Catholics who didn’t eat meat on ...

Aviation Dreamliner makes debut flight in China

Dreams were dashed on June 6 for passengers hoping to be the first to fly on China Southern’s new Boeing 787. The Dreamliner’s maiden commercial ...

Stamp of approval

China and the World Why Panama got a canal and Nicaragua didn’t

At the turn of the last century the United States’ government was looking closely at Central America for a way to link the Pacific and Atlantic ...

The pits of despair

Energy & Resources What’s good for power companies is bad for coal miners

When the daughter of coal baron Xing Libin got married on the island of Hainan last year, the media was agog at the extravagance. The bride’s dowry ...

Environment Environmental issues jump up priority list

You know China’s air pollution is bad when French cosmetic ads start mentioning it in their commercials. Starting this month Christian Dior has ...

Sport Chinese national soccer side is humiliated by Thais

After securing a €100 billion ($133 billion) emergency loan for his country’s troubled banks – disbursed by EU partners – Spain’s prime ...

Entertainment No one can understand the plot, but movie proves big hit…

Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains, one of the few surviving works of Huang Gongwang (1269–1354), is considered one of the most important ...

Planet China In Stephen Spielberg’s 1982 hit ET, the child protagonist Elliot finds…

In Stephen Spielberg’s 1982 hit ET, the child protagonist Elliot finds an alien in the toolshed. In present day Shandong province, a local ...

Cartoons Retiring guy

Edith Piaf famously sang that she had “no regrets” and star investor Anthony Bolton is saying the same thing as he retires from the China fund ...

Calling it quits

And Finally Netizens reflect on Murdoch divorce news

When Chinese netizens first learned of media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s decision to divorce his Shandong-born wife Wendi Deng the subject went straight ...