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WiC 269 (Feb 6, 2015)
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The age of Anbang
Economy, Talking Point Minsheng poised for bidding war after president’s abrupt departure?

Blockbuster banking takeovers are unlikely prospects in China, if only because all but one of the leading lenders has the state as its majority ...

Fight the power
Economy Two private sector giants take on the government

When Charlie Rose asked when Jack Ma first realised that Alibaba was a success, the founder of the e-commerce giant told the American TV host this ...

The Karakoram conundrum
China and the World New book explains the strains China faces in its friendship with…

Last week India and the United States released a 430-word “strategic vision”, penned during President Obama’s visit to the subcontinent. The ...

Status anxiety
Internet & Tech BMW’s WeChat ad causes nationwide stir

For contrasting insights into the fortunes of online advertising, look no further than the news in the Financial Times this week that companies like ...

Bouncing bonds
Property Another timely bailout gives China’s property sector a boost

Kenny Chan, chief financial officer of Times Property, a developer based in Guangzhou, told a roomful of investors recently that he might start ...

Successful by design
Entertainment Thanks to Tmall a TV show about fashion has proved a…

In 2011, NBC released a competition show called Fashion Star to give the long-running Project Runway a run for its money. The show ...

Exploding fists
Society Meet Jack Ma’s bodyguard

Acupuncturist and martial artist Wong Fei-hong has featured in nearly 100 movies since 1949, even though his historical authenticity is sometimes ...

The big dig
Planet China Hongkongers will recall how an illegal basement proved the undoing of…

Hongkongers will recall how an illegal basement proved the undoing of Henry Tang in his 2012 campaign to become the territory’s leader. In Beijing it ...

Classroom politics
Sino-File “Never let textbooks promoting Western values enter into our classrooms”

Education minister Yuan Guiren's latest vow. He has also said that "Any views that attack or defame the leadership of the Party or smear socialism ...

Whole new ball game
Cartoons Whole new ball game

Enthusiasm for China’s national football team reached new levels last month when it topped its group in the Asian Cup after three wins from three ...

Food for thought
And Finally Shenzhen cops in spotlight after sitting down to a salamander feast

For most police forces the phrase “giant salamander” might well refer to a master criminal or covert operation. In China, however, it is more ...

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