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WiC 266 (Jan 16, 2015)

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Economy, Talking Point What to expect from the Chinese economy in 2015

"The world’s most important economy” is the descriptor used by the Financial Times when it refers to the US these days. That may seem a little ...

Bargaining chip

Banking & Finance How NXP dominates China’s credit card market

The Economic Information Daily started the year with the sort of statistic that gets international executives salivating. It described an industry in ...

Time to cool down

China Consumer Why Gree is betting against Xiaomi’s prospects

In 2012 Dalian Wanda chairman Wang Jianlin and Jack Ma, the boss of Alibaba Group, made a famous bet of Rmb100 million ($16.13 million) on national TV ...

Split decision

Property Is Li Ka-shing reconfiguring his empire or withdrawing from Hong Kong?

Not many investors dare to bet against Hong Kong’s richest man, Li Ka-shing. “You never question Superman’s acumen to time the market,” warns ...

Frosty relations

China and the World Chinese villagers fear North Korean raids

What do you say to a leader whose policies are responsible for the death of several of your citizens? In the case of China and North Korea the ...

Sri Lankan setback

China and the World Presidential vote to hit China’s Silk Road plans?

Sri Lanka’s geographical position in the Indian Ocean means that it has often found itself chafing under the bit of colonial powers seeking to ...

Swipe out

Banking & Finance Shopping cards in trouble

China’s Lunar New Year is due next month. It’s usually a boom time for the issuance of pre-paid cards – a settlement method that we first raised ...

Down to earth

Energy & Resources China scraps rare earth export cap

Back in April 2009 we wrote an article about a proposal being made by Zhou Hongyu, a member of China’s parliament, the National People’s Congress. ...

Frank Wang

Who’s Hu Drone king

Few of Hong Kong’s billionaires have made their fortunes without a major contribution from the real estate business. Stories of Silicon Valley-style ...

Down-in-one

Society Why an online drinking challenge is running up against Party rules

What does Ebola have in common with the Ice Bucket Challenge? First, both spread ‘virally’ and, second, the two each made the top five most Googled ...

Tea gone cold

World of Weibo Tea gone cold

Last week the science-themed reality series Super Brain returned to Chinese television. Broadcast on Jiangsu Satellite TV, it features ...

Double cross

Planet China Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger were unlikely siblings. That was the…

Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger were unlikely siblings. That was the premise behind the 1988 film Twins. But a Yiwu businessman has had ...

Fixed assets

Sino-File “We think the period of high growth in real estate has…

Statement made by Wanda tycoon Wang Jianlin at the recent opening of his new $1.1 billion theme park in Wuhan. It features a lavish acrobat-laden ...

Stockholm Syndrome

Cartoons Stockholm Syndrome

In the 1990 movie Crazy People actor Dudley Moore plays an ad executive who has a nervous breakdown. He then comes up with a series of ...

In the headlights

And Finally Shanghai auto show to ban racy models

Since 1964, the Italian tyre company Pirelli has commissioned photographers to create a very expensive promotional calendar. It typically involves some ...

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