Back Issue

Issue 235
WiC 235 (May 2, 2014)
Download
Pork chopped
Agriculture, Talking Point Why did hog giant’s IPO fail to entice investors?

During the world’s biggest probate dispute a few years ago, a fascinated audience learned that Nina Wang, the late chairwoman of Hong Kong real ...

Ship comes in
China and the World Mitsui pays up as Japan tensions increase

For the prime example of a multi-generational legal dispute, look no further than the classic novel Bleak House. “Jarndyce and Jarndyce ...

Gridlocked
Energy & Resources Decision taken on ultra-high voltage lines

In an issue of the New Yorker magazine last month Iraq’s former vice president made a startling claim. As part of a lengthy article about the ...

Well-aimed
Economy Industrial action at shoe factory over pensions

Fifteen years ago, the chance of travelling to a city and earning a monthly pay cheque was enough incentive for millions of rural Chinese to take ...

New labour
Internet & Tech The workshop of the world is buying more robots

In 1955 an American union boss was being shown around a newly automated production line at a Ford car plant. “How are you going to collect union dues ...

Going out with a bang
Entertainment Bemusement as regulator bans four US television shows

When CBS launched The Big Bang Theory – a show chronicling the lives of four nerdy scientists – it didn’t expect it to be one of its ...

Plenty of front
Society Hainan man asks students for their underwear

Middle-aged man opens bra museum” is the sort of headline liable to grab the attention – so congratulations to the Global Times for running ...

A Bite of China
Fast Food CCTV's hit food documentary returns for second season

Two years ago state-run broadcaster CCTV surprised viewers with its beautifully produced food documentary A Bite of China, showcasing the ...

Gutter press
Society Street row sparks tension with Hongkongers

The two-feet tall Manneken Pis – a bronze statue depicting a little boy urinating – is popular with tourists in Brussels. But in Hong Kong last ...

Air support
Aviation Investors weigh up Spring Airlines IPO

In April a Southwest Airlines flight attendant became an overnight sensation when a video of her pre-flight safety speech went viral on YouTube. In ...

Plastic fanatic
Planet China Regular readers of WiC will know of Lei Feng, the army…

Regular readers of WiC will know of Lei Feng, the army officer killed by a falling telegraph poll in 1962. After his death, Lei’s superiors were said ...

It’s not about China – really
Sino-File “Our goal is not to counter China. Our goal is not…

President Barack Obama speaks after signing a defence pact with the Philippines that will allow the US to base ships and aircraft in the country. ...

Time for a takeover
Cartoons Time for a takeover

Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Vandals, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Arabs, Normans and Spaniards. The island of Sicily has been controlled by foreigners for ...

Sweet nothing
And Finally Craze for canned air continues

On a trip to France, the artist Liang Kegang came up with a new idea for his next project. He opened a glass jar in Provence to ‘collect’ its air ...

Get the Week in China apps
Home|Current Issue|About Us|Contact Us|Data Privacy Policy

©2009-2021 Week in China is published weekly by ChinTell Limited, a company based in Hong Kong. All rights reserved.