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WiC 244 (Jul 4, 2014)

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The long, hot summer

Economy, Talking Point Hong Kong at a crossroad as discontent with Beijing hits worrying…

For those who witnessed the handover of Hong Kong on June 30 1997, a whole host of individual incidents linger in the memory. But perhaps the moment ...

Finer dining

China Consumer KFC revamps outlets to court Chinese customers

When it comes to resuscitating sales in China, KFC can’t be accused of not trying hard enough. Last November the fast-food chain launched a marketing ...

The graphite grab

Energy & Resources Chinese miners keen not to repeat rare earth mistake

We are now in the second week of Wimbledon and if Novak Djokovic, the number one men’s seed, goes on to win the tennis crown it may well be partly ...

Rise of the machines

Internet & Tech China becomes the world’s biggest robot market

In June last year Elon Musk unveiled a new technique allowing quicker swapping of battery packs. For comparison purposes, a standard Audi A8 was shown ...

Media war

Media & Gaming A mobile app has riled Chinese newspapers

On May 22 – just two weeks before TIME Inc went public in New York – America’s largest publisher decided to run small ads on the covers of two of ...

Offshore haven

Banking & Finance Why Hainan island wants its own local bank (again)

When Angela Merkel presented an 18th century map to Xi Jinping earlier this year it portrayed a world in which China’s southernmost frontier seemed ...

Box office transformed

Entertainment Fourth instalment of robot blockbuster set to break Chinese records

Michael Bay is clearly not a man to bear grudges. Regular readers may recall that he was accosted by triads in Hong Kong last year (see WiC213). But ...

Compulsory education

Society A setback for Confucius

Yung Wing was the first Chinese student admitted to Yale. And he returned to imperial China in 1854 determined to encourage other Chinese to study in ...

Punting the ball

Sport Can Chinese bet on World Cup?

In the decades after Mao Zedong took power in 1949, gambling was considered an immoral practice. It was deemed symptomatic of a decadent era when ...

Wee bit annoyed

Planet China As the mouthpiece of China’s ruling Communist Party the People’s Daily…

As the mouthpiece of China’s ruling Communist Party the People’s Daily is expected to be forthright on the big issues of the day. So, it came as ...

The law’s the law, says Aussie tycoon

Sino-File “What is new for them, I guess, is that in Australia…

Mining magnate Clive Palmer discusses his dispute with Citic Pacific, which he is suing for non-payment of royalties from the Sino Iron mine in ...

The last resort

Cartoons The last resort

Fosun may need to change its holiday plans. As earlier reported it has made a big push into the international tourism business. Foremost among these ...

Getting pelted

And Finally Price of fur has halved as Chinese demand

"An Italian woman’s first fur is traditionally given by her parents when she turns 18,” says Ennio Capasa, a designer at the Italian label Costume ...

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