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WiC 210 (Sep 27, 2013)

Lacking protection

Economy, Talking Point A worrying trend as one of China’s richest men gets stabbed…

If there is a Guinness World Record for the biggest ransom ever paid, Hong Kong’s richest man Li Ka-shing would surely merit an entry. Li’s ...

Shipping Shipping debacles sees two Chinese firms at loggerheads in London courts

Captain Charles Boycott would never have guessed his surname would become part of the fabric of the English language. A land agent in Ireland, Boycott ...

Going into reverse

Banking & Finance Midea’s stock surges after asset injection

There has been much talk this week about Alibaba Group’s forthcoming giant IPO, especially now that media sources have confirmed that the company is ...

Chinese Models Why Sinohydro is China’s second most successful firm overseas

When it comes to dreams of global expansion, China Railways Construction and China Overseas Engineering Group both offer cautionary tales. China ...

China Consumer Why Wuliangye is losing out to its big rival

Cognac makers had little to cheer about in the aftermath of the First World War. For a start, the phylloxera beetle had devastated French vineyards ...

Food for thought

Entertainment Will Italian-made film about China get past the censors?

An invite to a global movie premiere is a rare thing for most of us. But it’s rarer still to attend one unintentionally. That was the strange ...

Asia’s most expensive living artist

Red Star Zeng Fanzhi

Zeng Fanzhi was born in Wuhan in Hubei in 1964 to parents who worked at a printing factory. He dropped out of school at 16 and took a job at the ...

Never to be seen again?

Society Court gives Bo Xilai a life sentence; he appeals

A few days before former politburo member Bo Xilai was found guilty of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power, he is purported to have written a ...

Aviation Why pilots are unhappy about their pay packages

As Ruili Airlines prepares for take-off in Yunnan (see previous article) the fledgling carrier could be heading into an industry row about pilot ...

Come fly with me

Aviation China has banned new airlines for years. So why has Ruili now…

When China’s civil aviation ministry called a halt to the establishment of new airlines six years ago, it did so with safety in mind. Not ...

Tickets, please

Planet China One of the more improbable tourist attractions in Paris is its…

One of the more improbable tourist attractions in Paris is its sewer system where visitors can pay €4.30 ($5.80) for an hour-long tour of the ...

Turn on the tractors

Cartoons Turn on the tractors

With its vast fields and rich dark soil, Ukraine once produced a quarter of the Soviet Union’s harvest. It may soon be sending its crops to a ...

Sino-File “Definitely 10!”

Actress Fan Bingbing on her satisfaction with her life (out of 10). Fan told the Financial Times she rates her life a ten because she is doing what she ...

And Finally Vending machine feeds hairy hunger

Hairy crabs, mitten crabs or big sluice crabs – whatever you call them, the fuzzy-clawed crustaceans can drive the Chinese slightly mad with ...