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WiC 24 (Jul 17, 2009)

Minority report

Society, Talking Point China’s ethnic groups are in the headlines. Here’s what you need…

It’s like discovering a population the size of Japan’s. Maybe it’s easier to miss the existence of 120 million people when they are part of much ...

Manning the ores

Corporate Q&A, Shipping Without China we’d be suicidal, says shipping boss

There’s a chart that keeps Tim Huxley awake at night. It shows the global order book for new bulk carriers (ships carrying dry cargo like iron ore ...

China enters top gear

Auto Industry The nation’s auto demand accelerates, while the rest of the world’s…

While one industry struggles to avoid going bust, another just seems to be going gangbusters. In North America, car sales continue to slump, even if ...

China Ink, Energy & Resources Stern Hu, an Australian national who works as Rio Tinto's top…

So state secrets were comprised? The Chinese media suspects that Rio Tinto and other major international ore suppliers might have ...

Paris, London… Wenzhou

China Consumer Design house Pierre Cardin sells China operations to an unlikely buyer

Before Louis, China had eyes only for Pierre. Or to be a little more specific, for Pierre Cardin, the first luxury brand to impress Chinese ...

Who’s Hu Lenovo's founder

Getting started Liu Chuanzhi developed his entrepreneurial instincts at a relatively advanced age; he was 40 when he left the ...

Society An unanticipated use for air raid shelters

Lee Kuan Yew, the first prime minister of Singapore, has always been admired for keeping his cool. Fewer people are aware how much thought he has ...

Sport Why Yao Ming will have a quiet 2010

The Houston Rockets All-Star centre is not your typical National Basketball Association player. Not a tattoo in sight (not even a trendy Chairman Mao ...

But will it outgross Titanic?

Entertainment Big name actors line up to star in a blockbuster about…

"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” One of Churchill’s most famous utterances, in which he was lauding ...

All bets are off

Others Beijing wants to eradicate illegal gambling. The big beneficiary: the lottery

In Xiyang, home of the Terracotta Army, the historian John Man comes across a building contractor. They strike up a conversation about the relocation ...

Turning ‘black’ coal ‘green’

Energy & Resources Construction of first “green” coal-fired power plant begins

There is no clean coal technology,” says US Senate majority leader, Harry Reid. “There is cleaner coal technology, but there is no clean coal ...

Divorced from reality

Planet China In messy marriage break-ups everything has a monetary value. But a…

In messy marriage break-ups everything has a monetary value. But a case in China took this concept to a level that would shock even the most hardened ...

Betting on the house

Cartoons Betting on the house

If it is true to form, this is a stock market listing that could well go through the roof. The world’s biggest IPO this year is set to be ...

And Finally Furore as lawyer gets handcuffed to a basketball post by maverick…

British judge, John Deeds is famous for his unorthodox methods. He may be fictional – the lead character in the BBC’s longest running legal drama, ...