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WiC 280 (May 8, 2015)

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Talking Point, Telecoms China is becoming more important to Tim Cook than the US

For years Chinese consumers have joked that an iPhone is so expensive that you need to sell a kidney to afford one (sadly, a teenager tried to do ...

China and the World Hank Paulson’s new book is full of anecdotes about China’s leaders

James Kynge, the Financial Times’ China expert, says that Hank Paulson’s latest book is a must-read for anyone who owns “an aircraft carrier or ...

Energy & Resources New plants and new technology as China restarts reactor plans

On October 16th 1964, The New York Times reported that Chairman Mao had invited 1,000 young people to perform a song and dance routine called ‘The ...

China and the World China’s rivalry with India spills over to relief efforts in Nepal

Early last month Nepal was in the headlines for an audacious plan to build a railway tunnel under Mount Everest. Chinese engineers were working to ...

Chinese Character As Fu Chengyu retires, what has he left in the tank…

"It begs the question: do these individuals matter when they can come and go?” asked Michael Cheng of the Asian Corporate Governance Association in ...

China Consumer Walmart is expanding Chinese store numbers while rivals are cutting back

"In the world of business, bad news often surfaces serially: you see a cockroach in your kitchen; as the days go by, you meet his relatives,” Warren ...

Entertainment Is the Three-Body Problem going to fill China’s sci-fi void?

After missing out on signing Bruce Lee to a rival in the early 1970s, Run Run Shaw tried to make up for the blunder by turning to science ...

Society Kate has Chinese debating a post-natal tradition

After Chinese women give birth, it is traditional to observe a month-long period of confinement, during which washing, opening the windows and going ...

Planet China According to Chinese custom, the bigger the attendance at a funeral,…

According to Chinese custom, the bigger the attendance at a funeral, the greater the respect for the deceased. But one Taiwanese widow in the city of ...

Sino-File “The irony [of coming to Hong Kong] isn’t lost on us.…

Jarrod Ritchie, founder and CEO of TPI Enterprises, talks to the Financial Times about meeting fund managers in Hong Kong. His firm produces ...

Cartoons Grape expectations

A few of us may have been tempted to raise a glass on the news that China has just squeezed past France as a wine-growing region. WiC looked in ...

And Finally Katy Perry’s costume stirs up a storm

Katy Perry is known for her quirky costumes but her latest outfit was annoyingly controversial for fans in mainland China. During a concert in Taipei ...

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