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WiC 232 (Apr 4, 2014)
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A big deal for Hong Kong
Banking & Finance, Talking Point The state’s biggest conglomerate surprises with overseas listing plan

Russia’s invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979 reinvigorated America’s most basic anti-Communist instincts. But barely six months after the ...

Damned if you do
Economy Anti-graft probe washes over the Three Gorges Corporation

Last Sunday an earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale shook the area surrounding the Three Gorges Dam. It was the latest in a number of tremors ...

Too much skin in the game
Entertainment Are censors starting to get to grips with online TV sites?

"There’s no damn business like show business,” jazz singer Billie Holiday once quipped, “You have to smile just to keep from throwing ...

Anger grows
China and the World Backlash against Malaysia escalates in China

It’s open season on Malaysia for China’s Tinseltown, with a flurry of film stars condemning the handling of the disappearance of flight MH370 to ...

Apartments.com
Internet & Tech E-House taps enthusiasm for China tech IPOs

"If 60 to 70% of the people agree that you should do something, then you absolutely must not do it. If 50% agree that it is worth doing, you can try ...

Withdrawal symptoms
Banking & Finance Cash on display, as branch bosses respond to rural bank run

When Cuba Gooding’s character in Jerry Maguire demanded that his agent show him the money, he left that year’s Oscars with an award for ...

Blast off
Energy & Resources Shanxi steel tycoon faces a cash crisis and owes as much…

Li Zhaohui is no stranger to life challenges. His father Li Haicang – aka ‘the Shanxi Steel King’ – was assassinated when he was a mere 22. As ...

Letters to the Editor
Others Readers’ opinions on Vladimir Putin, China and the situation in Crimea

Sir, When you enter a country by force that doesn’t want you, the world should be up in arms. United Nations to the fore! However, when you ...

Grim feast
Planet China What do you do when you need to impress a business…

What do you do when you need to impress a business associate and you realise that top-class karaoke and the finest seafood won’t cut it? In ...

Stylish comments
Sino-File “We see still a pretty challenging situation in mainland China… but…

Hugo Boss chief executive Claus-Dietrich Lahrs discusses China sales with the Financial Times. He added “There is still some insecurity among ...

Frozen out
Cartoons Frozen out

Russia has announced it will develop its own credit card payments system after Visa and MasterCard stopped supporting payment transactions for clients ...

Shattered plates
And Finally Hangzhou experiences a car-buying frenzy

How would you feel if you had just five hours to choose, buy and register your car – or risk never getting one at all? That was the situation for ...

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