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WiC 246 (Jul 18, 2014)

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Highly charged

Auto Industry, Talking Point Can a Sino-German pact win the standards war for electric vehicles?

"Second class firms sell their brands. The best ones set the standards.” The origin of the phrase is unknown but it has become business doctrine. The ...

Lots of dough

China Consumer Chinese buyer pays big bucks for British pizza chain

Shiitake mushroom, okra and crayfish are not the kind of ingredients you might expect to find on a Pizza Hut order, but in Hong Kong that’s exactly ...

Rui’s empty chair

Chinese Character Popular CCTV presenter is detained, derailing a colourful career

On news anchor Rui Chenggang’s profile page there is a list of his “unforgettable moments”. Some are self-congratulatory, such as his pride at ...

Healthy buy

China Consumer Why Red Bull tycoon has invested in coconut water

Coconut – in every shape and form – has been touted as the new superfood for a while (it contains the type of saturated fat that is actually good ...

Just sing along

Internet & Tech An internet firm with a profit margin higher than Alibaba cheers…

In Chinese culture, 8 is the luckiest number, while 4 is the unluckiest (8 sounds like the word for prosperity, while 4 means death). But 9 is also ...

Not so sweet

Agriculture Why Chinese sugar producers are having a bitter time

A year ago this month Xiwang Sugar changed its name to Xiwang Property. The largest Hong Kong-listed sugar producer had decided to sell its core ...

Can’t pay, won’t pay

Banking & Finance Why analysts view a default at Qilu Bank as a seminal…

If he had been born 2,500 years later, China’s most famous philosopher could easily have been referring to the problems engulfing China’s local ...

Into the red

Rise of the RMB Survey shows 22% of firms are paying in yuan

It’s more than three years since former Chinese President Hu Jintao announced that an international currency system dominated by the US dollar is a ...

The terminator

Entertainment Romantic comedy gets harsh reviews but proves a big hit nevertheless

Breaking up is always hard to do. In Up in the Air, George Clooney plays Ryan Bingham, a professional layoff man that corporations hire ...

The sidekick of Paul the Octopus?

Red Star Liu Yuxi

Born in Sichuan, Liu Yuxi, 26, studied in South Korea for two years before returning home to become a host on Chongqing Satellite TV. In 2014, Liu ...

A deadly scam

Society Elaborately planned murders in Hebei mines shock nation

In his 2003 film Blind Shaft, director Li Yang won at least 12 international awards for his grim depiction of northern China. His theme was ...

Rich talk

World of Weibo Rich talk

The Rich Kids Of Instagram – a 2012 internet phenomenon – was an Instagram account in which wealthy offspring posted photos of their glamorous ...

Poor coverage

Planet China Hardly a week passes in China without the iPhone making news.…

Hardly a week passes in China without the iPhone making news. Last week it grabbed headlines on at least two occasions. The first came as state ...

Over a barrel

Cartoons Over a barrel

In Chinese its name means ‘running to riches’, which is pretty catchy as far as most consumers are concerned. But the problem for Australian wine ...

Torpedo Tony

Sino-File “We admired the skill and the sense of honour that they…

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott discusses Japanese submariners who attacked Sydney Harbour during the Second World War (Abbott was hosting ...

Beckel’s bungle

And Finally Fox TV pundit gets in hot water with Chinese

Bob Beckel has form when it comes to upsetting the Chinese. The former deputy assistant secretary of state and currently a pundit on Fox Television ...

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