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WiC 238 (May 23, 2014)

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It’s grim up north

Economy, Talking Point Why has growth halved in Hebei, Shanxi and Heilongjiang?

No one knew the full extent of Xing Libin’s wealth when he first made headlines hosting an ostentatious wedding for his daughter in Hainan two years ...

The Hangzhou hypothesis

Property Bearish sentiment weighs on the real estate sector

"If Hangzhou’s housing market is in the doldrums, you should forget about the whole China property market,” warned Song Weiping, chairman of ...

The preferred option

Banking & Finance Banks to tap new avenue as fresh funding round gets underway

Preferred shares were born in the American railroad binge of the early nineteenth century. Railway bosses needed additional capital but existing ...

China’s now famous five

Internet & Tech Beijing furious as US indicts five of its army officers for…

Perhaps the US Department of Justice shouldn’t have chosen this particular week – the one year anniversary of Edward Snowden’s flight to Hong ...

Hitting the brakes

Auto Industry Stock plunges as Great Wall halts deliveries of it latest vehicle

In 1983 Toyota’s top executives and engineers were summoned to a meeting with Toyoda Eiji. “Can we create a luxury vehicle to challenge the ...

Undeterred by Fukushima

Energy & Resources China’s nuclear power industry in growth phase

In 1979 a Hollywood thriller called The China Syndrome topped the American box office with its fictional portrayal of a nuclear power industry ...

The Reilly factor

Healthcare GSK predicament spooks other foreign firms

There are around 3,000 foreign nationals in Chinese jails and it could well be that the former head of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in China may soon be ...

A historic romance

Entertainment Costume drama is watched 1.5 billion times online

In 2005 writer Tong Hua released an online novel called Scarlet Heart. It tells the story of a young woman who travels back in time to the ...

No longer welcome in China?

Red Star Chapman To

Born in 1972, Chapman To (or Du Wenze in Mandarin) began his acting career in Hong Kong after getting minor roles on TV. He finally moved to the big ...

Betting the firm

Society Tycoon’s son loses his legacy

In 1994 director Zhang Yimou released the film To Live, adapted from Yu Hua’s novel Lifetimes. Its protagonist is a wastrel son who ...

Chips with that?

Planet China Ask the average Chinese for their view on the mainstay of…

Ask the average Chinese for their view on the mainstay of the British diet, and the answer you get will be potatoes. That was made abundantly clear ...

German lessons

Sino-File “We want to learn the German model from Volkswagen”

Geely boss Li Shufu tells the Wall Street Journal that he admires the way that VW pools research, technology and procurement across its different ...

Indifferent about India?

Cartoons Indifferent about India?

India’s prime minister-elect is getting a lot of international media coverage. But one country that has largely avoided discussion of Narendra ...

Between wind and water

And Finally Sanliao has the best feng shui in China

Throughout China there are towns and villages that lay claim to producing everything from the best vases to the greatest pickles. But there is a ...

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