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WiC 213 (Oct 25, 2013)

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A November to remember?

Economy, Talking Point Economic reform is top of the agenda as elite meet for…

Lyndon B Johnson once said of his political brethren on Capitol Hill: “Now I know the difference between a caucus and a cactus. In a cactus all the ...

Why fly?

Rail & Infrastructure High-speed trains are proving a serious threat for Chinese airlines

Most airlines have in-flight magazines and China’s high-speed trains offer similarly glossy publications in their seatbacks too. En-route to Tianjin ...

Trouble brewing

China Consumer Latest CCTV attack fails to harm Starbucks

Tell people that their doctors are being bribed to prescribe expensive medicines and they might respond with concern. Tell them that the car or ...

Got their goat

Media & Gaming Violent change looms for cartoon industry

About a century ago IBM was making weighing scales and cheese slicers. Then it opted to focus on computers instead. Decades later Nokia made a ...

A little local difficulty

Entertainment Disbelief as US blockbuster runs into problems with Hong Kong gangsters

"I was just in the Forbidden City, and people were taking pictures of me,” Michael Bay told the New York Times in April, suggesting that the film ...

Daddy’s girl

Entertainment Hit reality show gets celebrity dads to take kids camping

"Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded that family is the most important,” observed President Obama in a 2008 speech. ...

The dog doesn’t care

Fast Food Gou Bu Li

Gou Bu Li, which translates as ‘the dog doesn’t care’, is a type of traditional baozi, or steamed bun, filled with pork ...

Fifty shades of red

Society New list reveals what Chinese elite are reading

Getting into Oprah Winfrey’s Book Club was “a blessing from the book gods,” the publicist Patricia Eisemann once noted. For more than 20 years, ...

HKU: not up to scratch

World of Weibo HKU: not up to scratch

After scoring top marks in the gaokao, the national college entrance exam, Liu Dingning could boast what many high school students could only dream of: ...

Playing defence

Sport Ian Poulter reckons China has become crucial to golf’s future

Chinese spectators got their first glimpse of Ian Poulter’s tartan trousers and pink shirts at Shanghai’s Sheshan golf club eight years ago. Since ...

Piece of cake?

Planet China Impressing your future mother-in-law can be a tricky task. But for…

Impressing your future mother-in-law can be a tricky task. But for a young man from Guizhou, the effort backfired so badly that she ended up calling ...

Beyond comparison

Sino-File “Jobs was a great man. But to use him as a…

Lei Jun plays down parallels with Apple’s founder in a series of remarks directed against the local media on his weibo. The boss of fast-growing ...

Mission accomplished

Cartoons Mission accomplished

Clearing out bee and wasp nests in China is a task normally handled by the fire brigade. But when a plague of Asian Giant Hornets struck Shaanxi ...

Cartoon hero

And Finally Will audience warm to film about boyhood Mao?

In Taiwan it is common for politicians to use cartoon images of themselves in election campaigns. These friendly-looking avatars are then emblazoned ...

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