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WiC 28 (Aug 28, 2009)

Diplomatic digs

China and the World, Talking Point Trade and tantrums: Beijing’s relations with Australia sour

It seems to be a case of very mixed signals. On the one hand, politicians from Australia’s opposition parties are lamenting what they say is the ...

“You thought this was bad…”

Investor Q&A Marc Faber discusses the rise of China – and the even…

Legendary bear, Marc Faber has been vindicated by the financial crisis. Here, the Asia-based author of the Gloom, Boom and Doom Report discusses the ...

iPhone or oPhone?

Telecoms Will Unicom steal a 3G march on rivals with Apple’s popular…

Alas, a courtship that never led to marriage. For the last couple of years, Apple has been flirting with China Mobile – the world’s largest ...

Foreign affairs

Banking & Finance How the city of Shanghai is teaming up with foreign private…

There’s a Chinese proverb that states: “When you’re being chased by a tiger, you don’t have to outrun the tiger, you just have to outrun the ...

Asleep at the wheel

Society A deadly cocktail of banquets, booze and bad driving

Liang Huiming was no ordinary drunk driver. Nor was his excuse for becoming so. According to the Southern Metropolis News, Liang heads the party ...

Internet & Tech Online authors build up huge followings. Who are they?

Blogging has never been bigger. Estimates now put the number of online scribes in China at 107 million (that is the number of blogging accounts that ...

Buddha’s star appeal

Society Why rising prosperity has prompted growth in Chinese Buddhism

Stories of film star spirituality often attract a scornful eye. Cue that Buddhism press release shortly after the one on the visit to the Betty Ford ...

Internet & Tech The latest craze: an online game that encourages the stealing of…

One of the reasons Chairman Mao was so keen on collectivization was that he believed farmers were thieves. Well, a new online video game would seem ...

Encouraging ‘Tone’

Environment Former British leader Tony Blair jets in on mission to save…

When Tony Blair visited China in late 2007 – shortly after stepping down as the UK’s prime minister – his trip could hardly have been described ...

Who’s Hu Baidu's showman

Li Yanhong (English name, Robin) is “the most handsome CEO in history” according to the Tianfu Morning Post. Born in 1968 in Shanxi province, Li ...

City where crime used to pay

Economy Chongqing confronts its “bribe tribe”, while the rest of China watches…

Look through corruption cases in Western countries, and you will often find references to the behaviour of “a few bad apples”. Right or wrong, ...

Feeling crushed

Planet China Different societies vent their frustrations in different ways. In Europe, graffiti…

Different societies vent their frustrations in different ways. In Europe, graffiti is rampant. In America, there’s road rage. And in China there’s ...

Caught with its pants down?

Cartoons Caught with its pants down?

Beijing locals have long nicknamed it the ‘Underpants’. And according to a revelation in last week’s People’s Daily, perhaps with good reason. ...

And Finally For fans of a classic escapist novel, a room with a…

Ever since James Hilton wrote Lost Horizon, about a mythical city called Shangri-La, the 1933 classic has come to define fantasies of Himalayan ...