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WiC 259 (Nov 7, 2014)

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Biting the bullet

Rail & Infrastructure, Talking Point Beijing recognises that having rival train firms hurts its export ambitions

China’s railway ambitions have travelled some distance since 1888 when the Empress Dowager Cixi grew so concerned about the poor feng shui of her new ...

Tale of two towers

Property Tycoon talks up Guangzhou’s newest skyscraper

A year ago Hong Kong property kingpin Li Ka-shing surprised industry onlookers by offloading two of his commercial projects in Shanghai and ...

VW’s part exchange offer

Auto Industry Volkswagen still hoping for better terms in share split with China…

"I am the Chinese Machine Building Minister and I would like to speak to somebody in charge,” the Mao-suited official informed an astonished ...

Not so smart

Telecoms Sony backtracks on China smartphone strategy

The year 1978 was a key one for China – marking the beginning of its reform process and the country’s reintegration into the global economy – it ...

Swiping changes ahead?

Banking & Finance UnionPay’s bankcard monopoly threatened

The term ‘credit card’ first appeared in an 1888 novel about America becoming a socialist utopia. In Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward, ...

The drone wars

Aviation Chinese firms see boom in UAV sales

A blip on a radar screen caused consternation at Beijing’s international airport last December. Soon 1,226 armed personnel, 123 military vehicles, 26 ...

Fantastic Mr Fox

Economy Wang Qishan looks overseas, and to a new right-hand man, to…

Hunting down corrupt officials who have fled abroad is the new action item on China’s graftbusting agenda. But the enormity of the challenge first ...

Panic not over

Healthcare Guangzhou on Ebola alert

In late 2002 Hong Kong media began to report on panic buying of rice vinegar in Guangdong, where a pneumonia-like illness had been spreading. Public ...

Keeping it real

Entertainment Chinese version of a South Korean reality show proves a big…

Although the concept of reality television wasn’t introduced in China until about a decade ago, it has become the most popular genre on TV. In the ...

Xu Shilin

Red Star New number one

Xu Shilin is about to turn 17 but Chinese tennis fans are already hoping that she will become the new Li Na. And perhaps she will. The junior player ...

Fit for all

Sport Beijing has new sports plan

The South Korean reality show 2 Days & 1 Night began the second season of its Chinese adaptation this week. The programme tries to ...

Off the rails

Society News of a hike in train fares irks Beijing’s commuters

Not everyone likes to dress up for Halloween. But Beijing’s subway authorities were particularly determined not to spruce up for the pagan ...

Reverse logic

Planet China In a population as big as China’s there are many opportunities…

In a population as big as China’s there are many opportunities for superlatives. And China’s bloggers are now convinced they have video evidence of ...

The Huawei way

Sino-File “Our employee shareholding mechanism enables employees to share the success of…

Senior Huawei executive Chen Lifang tells the Wall Street Journal why the firm has been a success. Two other factors she mentioned was management ...

Big Brother is watching

Cartoons Big Brother is watching

Might the traditional Big Brother seem preferable to the newest version? That’s WiC’s question for Chinese viewers this week on news ...

Another distraction?

And Finally CCTV anchors are getting more provocative – in their dress sense

Back in 2007, Hillary Clinton, then a senator for New York, stirred up unwanted attention with her wardrobe choice. While she wanted to talk about the ...

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