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WiC 240 (Jun 6, 2014)

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Dangerous currents

China and the World, Talking Point War of words at Singapore forum as South China Sea crisis…

"The China seas north and south are narrow seas. They are seas full of everyday, eloquent facts, such as islands, sand banks, reefs, swift and ...

Bad for the brand?

China Consumer Burberry begins selling via Alibaba platform

Of all the luxury labels, Burberry can lay claim to be among the first to incorporate a digital strategy. Burberry World, as Burberry’s website is ...

Television drama

Media & Gaming CCTV bigwig latest to be detained for graft

As befits an obedient state TV channel, China Central Television (CCTV) has been diligent in its coverage of much of the government’s ongoing ...

Finger on the trigger

Economy Weapons firm wants to IPO, as Hong Kong’s auditors come under…

The largest yuan note is worth only Rmb100 or about $16, meaning that cash-rich Chinese need cavernous wallets. But Beijing’s finance chiefs have ...

Milking it

M&A Bright Food wants to buy an Israeli food giant

The first kibbutz opened in Degania in 1909. The farms started out as utopian communities, with a heavy tinge of socialist values. So it is perhaps ...

Switching tactics

Energy & Resources State Grid makes reform-friendly noises

Last week State Grid used an event in Shanghai to tout its commitment to electric cars. As part of a new partnership it will build public charging ...

Blink, and you may miss her

Entertainment Fan Bingbing in highest profile role – but doesn’t say much

Most WiC readers will have missed Fan Bingbing’s first Hollywood foray in the blockbuster Iron Man 3. Her cameo appearance – she plays a ...

On a budget

Entertainment Hunan TV won’t sell new show to online video sites

The city of Trier isn’t known as a big draw for tourists. Unless you have a soft spot for Karl Marx, who was born there. Fortunately for one of ...

Minority report

Society Violence in Xinjiang sends shockwaves through China

According to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CPC) history books, Sheng Shicai was an opportunistic warlord who relied on Soviet support to rule ...

Hong Kong in gun tragedy

Society Hongkongers are shocked by Kowloon Bay shooting

When Chinese neighbours have a dispute it can be deadly. Last month an argument between two neighbours over feng shui led to a knife attack in Lushan, ...

Next stop, meltdown

Planet China When Charles Dickens wanted to kill off the character Krook in…

When Charles Dickens wanted to kill off the character Krook in Bleak House, he opted for spontaneous combustion. Many of his critics thought ...

Steaking his future on it

Sino-File “In China, I am being asked, ‘Andrew, where can I get…

Andrew Forrest tells Bloomberg that he gives out packets of beef to people he meets in China. The iron ore magnate owns Western Australia’s only ...

No slam dunk

Cartoons No slam dunk

Whenever an NBA franchise is put up for sale, former Houston Rockets star Yao Ming is rumoured as a potential suitor. It happened when the Milwaukee ...

“We love LA”

And Finally China tour group spends $85 million in California

The theme of CNN’s On China show this month was the growth in Chinese tourists travelling overseas. Jane Sun, in charge of one of China’s ...

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