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WiC 271 (Feb 20, 2015)

When the chips are down

Economy, Talking Point Qualcomm gets record fine, but says business goes on regardless

When Lyndon B Johnson travelled to Paris to meet Charles de Gaulle in the early 1960s, he was taken aback by his host’s haughty manner. “So, ...

Whole new ball game

M&A Wanda’s latest buy could help China host football’s World Cup

From Japanese electronics giants to cash-rich state airlines from the Gulf: the shirt sponsorship deals of Europe’s leading football teams offer a ...

And Finally Debates over “yang” rumble on in Western media

In last week’s issue we pointed out the ambiguity surrounding whether this is now the Year of the Goat or the Year of the Sheep (or possibly the ...

China Consumer Brands cash in on Chinese New Year spending

In ancient China, gold was associated with immortality. The non-tarnishing precious metal could even confer some of its own longevity on the person who ...

Auto Industry Can a locally-built Land Rover woo Chinese buyers?

One summer’s day in 1947 two brothers were walking along a Welsh beach when one of them picked up a stick and used it to draw a sketch in the sand of ...

Economy More Hong Kong anger at the motherland

Election campaigning is notoriously cut-throat. For example in 2002, Republican operatives jammed the phone lines in New Hampshire so as to hamper ...

Running with it

Entertainment Top director lambasts trend of TV variety shows being made into…

The third and final instalment of the Hobbit franchise, The Battle of the Five Armies received mixed reviews. But the Middle Earth film has ...

Fast Food A Shunde specialty

Yufu is a specialty that originates from Shunde in Guangdong province. First, fresh fish is pounded until it reaches a starchy consistency. Then it is ...

Too many terminations?

Society China likely has more abortions than anywhere else

"I don’t want anyone to know,” says one woman. “I want to work the same day,” says another. “I want to have children in the future,” ...

Planet China There was a time when China’s efforts to censor the internet…

There was a time when China’s efforts to censor the internet were carried out in a quiet, need-to-know basis. But the country’s new internet ...

If I could start over

Sino-File “I would live with my family, take good care of them…

Some of the last words of disgraced tycoon Liu Han prior to his execution. The 50 year-old Sichuanese billionaire was revealed to have been a ...

Cartoons Patriotic proteins

Tsukiji market in Tokyo is famous for selling some of the world’s finest tuna. But in Fuzhou there is another frenetic fish sale underway. In this ...

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