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WiC 26 (Jul 31, 2009)

A little too reserved?

Economy, Talking Point China’s forex holdings could buy all the land in New York, LA…

Past $2 trillion and still counting… That was the message when the People’s Bank of China released data recently showing that the country’s ...

Unilever 1, the Vatican 0

Environment Multinational’s carbon cops push for cleaner solution at its Chinese plant

Even the Vatican had given up on straw. Famously, news of the election of a new Pope was traditionally greeted with white smoke, aided by the throwing ...

A climate change indeed

China and the World, China Ink The Chinese sent a large delegation to Washington this week for…

So why is the dialogue so "strategic"? Because it is widening the terms of debate between the two countries, says Dan Baxter in the ...

Not such big savers, after all

Banking & Finance Authorities worry that credit cards are creating young ‘shopaholics’

Rebecca Bloomwood is used to having her credit card declined. The hapless protogonist of the novel (and later film) Confessions of a Shopaholic has a ...

Netting new subscribers?

Telecoms A pedestrian response to 3G so far – most worryingly, for…

It was only 10 years ago that a mobile phone would have drawn a crowd in China. Mention of the internet would have drawn blank looks, too. Times ...

Black Sesame Kitchen

Fast Food Eat and learn in new Beijing restaurant

As soon as you step inside Black Sesame Kitchen, you see the Chinese proverb on the wall: “To the people, food is heaven.” China boasts one of ...

A weighty issue

Healthcare More obesity means more diabetes

Few would deny that China is enjoying a new heavyweight status in terms of its international influence. But as far as the tag goes, it is far less ...

Entertainment China’s latest hot TV drama

Jiang Qing was Mao Zedong’s third (and final) wife. But mention her name in China today, and you will likely be told she was the twentieth ...

Sport The Chinese are worried that their divers have lost their spring

When it comes to diving, the Chinese expect close to perfection. Last year in the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese diving squad dominated, capturing ...

A long overdue flu shot

Healthcare As China races to develop vaccines for swine flu, big profits…

As the saying goes, prevention is better than cure. When it comes to swine flu, China is hoping to prove the old adage is as relevant as ...

Environment The river sweats oil and tar, wrote TS Eliot – and…

It all started for Huo Daishan with photographs of dead fish. Huo was a newspaper photographer on an assignment at China’s Huai River. He ...

Who’s Hu 'Legal Person' share king

Liu dropped out of school when he was 14, to work with his family making leather handbags. He moonlighted as a taxi driver once he was old enough to ...

Energy & Resources Sinopec’s costly taste in chandeliers

John Thain will never forget his wastepaper basket. As the financial crisis spread around the world last year, much of the press opted to focus on ...

Planet China According to the China Daily a boy from Sichuan became so…

According to the China Daily a boy from Sichuan became so obsessed with the Transformers franchise that he began drinking gasoline. The boy’s ...

How a Red Devil became a God

Cartoons How a Red Devil became a God

China has discovered God, and his name is apparently Sir Alex Ferguson. The Manchester United manager was greeted with adulation during the team’s ...

The two-child policy

And Finally Shanghai counters dwindling population with reversal of strategy

It seems like the world’s most populous country wants to get a little bigger. For the first time in decades, Chinese officials are encouraging ...