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WiC 251 (Sep 5, 2014)

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Step on the gas

Economy, Talking Point Sale of a stake in Sinopec’s retail empire is a game-changer…

The Chinese have a phrase for enduring hardship: ‘eating bitterness’. Fu Chengyu experienced just such a period during the Great Leap Forward, when ...

Titanic struggle

Internet & Tech Trio of billionaires band together against Jack Ma

When Chinese people find themselves racking their brains about a challenging problem, they often encourage one another by saying, “Three cobblers ...

Troubled waters

Environment Drought refuels debates on a mega water-diversion project

ch has gone global. But in China the ice bucket challenge has taken a novel twist. Last week, a group of Henan residents were photographed wearing ...

Faking it online

China Consumer Retailers blame vendors for luxury counterfeits

Buying an expensive handbag for a girlfriend can prove a dangerous exercise, as one man has recently learned. When a girl found out that the Prada ...

Into the tiger’s den

Energy & Resources State coalminers cut output as massive anti-graft drive shocks Shanxi

"The executive meeting of Shanxi’s provincial Party Standing Committee commences today,” Shanxi Governor Li Xiaopeng is said to have announced last ...

New house rules

Property Could unsold flats become affordable homes?

Former Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s favourite poet is Du Fu, a literary figure from the Tang Dynasty some 1,300 years ago. In his latter years Du was ...

Not playing it straight?

Cross Strait Relations with Taipei wane as envoy alleged to be spying for…

On August 28 Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou compared the relationship between his island and mainland China to a “big tree”. “If a pest is ...

Unlonely Planet

China Tourist Peer-to-peer travel trend hits China

L uo Zhun first travelled to the United States in 2011, visiting six cities in less than two weeks. He wasn’t very satisfied with the experience. The ...

Ming, the merciless

History Lessons Xi's anti-corruption campaign is the toughest in history?

"The ongoing anti-corruption campaign is so tough that one would find nothing close throughout the Twenty-Four Histories.” This remark was made by ...

Depicting a golden time?

Entertainment Shanghai’s 1930s literary scene is subject of new movie

Actress Tang Wei is best known both in China and internationally for her racy role in Lee Ang’s Lust, Caution. The erotic thriller, which is ...

Trigger happy

Society Should schoolkids receive compulsory military training?

Last week a nine year-old girl from New Jersey shot and killed her firearms’ instructor. He was teaching her how to use an Uzi submachine gun. The ...

Knock-out bid

Sport Where is China’s Rocky Balboa?

Last week Shanghai held a rare professional boxing event. The show, dubbed the “Fists of Power”, incorporated seven bouts. Two title fights were ...

Cobra alert

Planet China Cooking snakes is not without occupational hazards. A chef in Guangdong’s…

Cooking snakes is not without occupational hazards. A chef in Guangdong’s Dongguan city suffered a fatal bite from the severed head of a king cobra ...

Singing China’s praises

Sino-File “China has evolved as a partner. There is more openness, not…

Peru’s energy and mining minister Eleodoro Mayorga tells the Financial Times his country is set to become the world’s second-largest copper ...

Big Brother’s watching

Cartoons Big Brother’s watching

If many Chinese were unaware of Gaofen-1’s existence, that changed when a news item about the surveillance satellite became a popular discussion ...

Take a vacation

And Finally China wants workers to enjoy more days off

Paid leave in China is on the paltry side: five days for a full time employee of up to five years, and 10 days for someone who has worked up to a ...

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