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WiC 227 (Feb 28, 2014)

A roaring success?

Auto Industry, Talking Point Dongfeng, Peugeot and the French government in investment gamble

The founders of Peugeot asked a jeweller to develop their first company logo in 1847. The design was a Lion. Why so? Well, the characteristics of ...

Showing its teeth

Economy Investigation into Sichuan billionaire broadens

Du Yuesheng remains a household name in Shanghai more than 60 years after his death. In the 1940s the drug lord’s influence in China’s financial ...

Seoul searching drama

Entertainment A Korean soap opera has been watched 1.2 billion times in…

Fans of Korean soap operas will have heard of Autumn in My Heart. The KBS series, which aired in 2000, was so popular that it triggered ...

Property News of property price cuts in two cities

Last year Vanke’s chairman Wang Shi shocked his investors with what looked like a less than benign assessment of China’s housing market: “It ...

Back at the office

Telecoms Meizu founder returns to challenge Xiaomi

Jack Wong is more than just camera-shy. The reclusive founder of Meizu, one of the largest smartphone producers in China, reportedly refused to set ...

Shutting its Gates

Internet & Tech Red Flag fails in bid to replace Microsoft OS

According to the New Yorker’s Borowitz Report, Bill Gates had a frustrating first day when he returned to Microsoft this month as its technology ...

Building bridges

China and the World India considers China’s $300 billion offer

In 2010 when your correspondent was living in Delhi, she left her house to find the road outside had been completely dug up. There was nothing ...

The first to go?

Shipping Nanjing Tanker may be readying itself to leave the stock market

China’s stock markets have fared poorly enough in recent years for share prices at 136 listed firms to drop below their net asset values. Large ...

An understated approach

China Consumer Luxury goods firms have been forced to adapt their China strategies

Japanese designer Rei Kawakabo is a radical even by the standards of the fashion industry. After models paraded one of her women’s wear collections ...

Chinese spaghetti

Fast Food Yi Mian

Yi Mian is a type of egg noodle that originates from Guangdong province. Shaped like spaghetti, it is made from eggs and flour. But the egg ...

Father and the bride

Planet China In the comedy The Proposal, Sandra Bullock plays a Canadian who…

In the comedy The Proposal, Sandra Bullock plays a Canadian who needs to find a way to keep her US work visa. She does so by marrying her ...

Bloodying the banks

Sino-File “Yu’e Bao is like a vampire that has climbed on the…

Prominent commentator and CCTV editor Niu Wenxin attacks Alibaba’s investment fund product Yu’e Bao, calling for it to be prohibited for drawing ...

Weibo wants to win big too

Cartoons Weibo wants to win big too

Last November CNN’s website ran the headline: “#WOW! Twitter soars 73% in IPO”. The social media service raised $1.8 billion in its offering, ...

And Finally Human punchbag challenges Mike Tyson

University entrance exams approaching? Boss driving you crazy? Furious at your wife? If so, you might want to get in touch with Xie Shuiping, a man ...