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WiC 253 (Sep 19, 2014)
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Going gaga over Alibaba
Economy, Talking Point Alibaba IPO excites investors, but just how big it can grow?

What do Midland Railway and IBM have in common? The answer is they were the largest companies by market capitalisation in the UK and the US when each ...

Launch problems
Telecoms The iPhone 6 is not on sale in China

In 2011, a 17 year-old student from China wanted an Apple device so much that he decided to sell one of his kidneys to raise money to buy one. He made ...

Break-up or make-up?
Rail & Infrastructure Beijing wants rail equipment duopoly to merge

China’s best-known historical novel The Romance of the Three Kingdoms begins with a statement that might resonate with voters in Scotland ...

From Russia with love
China and the World China stands to benefit from Putin’s clash with the West

In January 2013 the first episode of The Americans aired on television in the US. Created by former CIA agent Joe Weisberg, the drama features ...

Holiday spending
M&A Fosun steps up its bid for Club Med, making a higher…

Fosun’s chairman Guo Guangchang has never hidden his admiration for Warren Buffett. Copying the Berkshire Hathaway model, Guo has invested in stable ...

Money belt
Shipping Can Xi build a maritime ‘Silk Road’?

You know Chinese leaders could be getting serious about a policy idea when they commission a ‘model drama’ to propagate it. Xi Jinping’s ...

Opening salvo
Banking & Finance SOE reforms off to slow start as Citic faces landmark lawsuit

If you can get off to a good start it means you are half way to success, a Chinese proverb suggests. But if that’s the case, Beijing’s showcase ...

Needs a boost
China Consumer Supplement firms hope for China boom

Long before Shi Yuzhu made billions selling online games, he earned his first fortune flogging health supplements. The founder and chairman of gaming ...

That sinking feeling
Entertainment After a six year hiatus, director John Woo unveils new big…

In 2008, director John Woo unveiled Red Cliff, a two-part epic about the Three Kingdoms Period (we reported on it in WiC’s first issue). It ...

Jump for joy?
Society Hurdler’s new bride gets unflattering reception online

So crushing was the sense of disappointment when hurdler Liu Xiang dropped out of the Beijing Olympics in 2008 that Dayron Robles, a major rival, felt ...

Fields songs
Planet China Advocates of Buddhism have always promoted the benefits it can bring…

Advocates of Buddhism have always promoted the benefits it can bring to an individual through the sense of harmony it bestows. However, according to ...

IMF boss speaks out on China’s role
Sino-File “The under-representation of China and other emerging markets is just not…

IMF boss Christine Lagarde tells the Financial Times that she considers it an anachronism that China doesn’t have a bigger say on multilateral ...

The Simpsons – now in Mandarin
Cartoons The Simpsons – now in Mandarin

“Woo hoo! Now we can reveal Springfield is actually in Guangdong.” That was how The Simpsons’ executive producer greeted news that the ...

Pitch battle
And Finally Football clubs furious at soccer field seizures

When David Beckham visited China last year in his new role as ambassador for its national football league, he said that the Chinese must focus on ...

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