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WiC 273 (Mar 13, 2015)

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Environment, Talking Point Documentary shines new light on the misery of China’s smog

No one in China had seen anything like the TV series River Elegy. This politically-charged documentary was surprisingly produced by the ...

China and the World, Economy Japanese firms’ are moving production from China back home

"Here is a land with enormous potential,” Mitsui’s chairman Ikeda Yoshizo said of China in 1979. “We can understand their sentiments because they ...

Entertainment China overtakes the United States at the box office

"China is the future of world cinema,” declared Hollywood actor John Cusack at the release of his latest film, a Chinese production called Dragon ...

Internet & Tech Tech titans’ rivalry now extends into food delivery

A truce has been declared in the taxi war between Tencent and Alibaba (see WiC272) but the fight goes on in food delivery. This follows news that ...

Property SOHO China to lure internet start-ups with office sharing schemes

Pan Shiyi, chairman of property developer SOHO China, says he spent most of last year visiting internet firms instead of potential building sites. ...

Chinese Character Meet the tycoon who turned a village into a conglomerate

The most talented young golfers in China can be found teeing off at a mountainous facility in Shandong province. Opened in 2012 at a cost of around $80 ...

China Ink How did the media respond to the Duke of Cambridge's four-day…

A successful visit? The state press covered William’s meeting with Xi Jinping, and said that he had passed on a personal ...

Economy Footage of China’s faulty fleet embarrasses naval bosses

At the end of the nineteenth century China was Asia’s leading naval power – albeit briefly. Back then the Qing court had imported some of the most ...

Rail & Infrastructure Fresh orders and new JV to propel Bombardier’s China business?

Zhang Jianwei will this year celebrate his second decade with the Canadian firm Bombardier. Since 1999 the graduate of Tianjin University has run its ...

Society Famous temple to build an Australian golf resort

Separating truth from fiction can be a tricky exercise when it comes to Shaolin Temple’s chief abbot Shi Yongxin. He may or may not have an MBA. ...

Planet China Runaway Bride is the Julia Roberts film in which her character…

Runaway Bride is the Julia Roberts film in which her character gets a reputation as a serial jilter (she deserts three men at the altar). A ...

Sino-File “I can’t over-emphasise the quality and presentation of DJI drones; they…

Jonathan Margolis reviews the DJI Phantom 2 Vision + in his Financial Times tech column. Margolis said that images taken with the Chinese-made ...

Cartoons German lessons

The Chinese media has seized on remarks from Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, to an audience in Tokyo that her country had “faced its past ...

And Finally Why old tangerine peel is worth a fortune

Last year a 68 year-old Hong Kong woman made a police report that accused her son of stealing dried tangerine peel she had kept hidden in the house. ...