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WiC 282 (May 22, 2015)
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Tech stocks go crazy
Internet & Tech, Talking Point It’s hard not to fear a bubble is inflating in China’s…

At the start of this century America’s dotcom boom turned to spectacular bust. Not long after the carnage ravaged investors’ portfolios car bumper ...

Great train robbery
Rail & Infrastructure A county riots in Sichuan after rival city nabs its rail route

Chances are that if you have seen a movie adaptation of a Jane Austen novel, you will be familiar with Stamford in Lincolnshire. The near-perfectly ...

Generation game
Internet & Tech New leader for Alibaba in ‘generational’ switch

High employee turnover can be bad news for companies, especially at a senior level. So when Alibaba, China’s leading e-commerce brand, announced the ...

Indian summer promised
China and the World What messages did Modi bring on his trip to China?

In 629 a monk named Xuan Zang became so frustrated by the contradictions he was finding in Chinese Buddhism that he decided to embark on an arduous ...

Collateral damage
Banking & Finance Jiangsu completes landmark debt deal

In March 1927 Chiang Kai-shek’s northern expedition reached Nanjing. The military campaign to unify China was half-complete but the Generalissimo was ...

An agreement forged in iron
Energy & Resources Why Chinese steel firms are looking for foreign partners

"This region will become a germinating cell for retraining centres devoted to high-tech industries, precision mechanics and other future-oriented ...

Am I really Hollywood handsome?
Ask Mei A question about getting compliments

I recently attended a business banquet in China hosted by a municipal government. When I was introduced to the local mayor as regional head of a global ...

Toy story
Entertainment Latest Hollywood hit to earn big merchandising bucks via Alibaba

"If the Stan Lee group thinks they can come into China and make superheroes along Western lines, they’ll be disappointed,” William Brent, president ...

A rain check
Society Weather forecasts banned

The Chinese government is well known for its controlling tendencies. But earlier this month it even surprised its own media – the bulk of which it ...

Life sentence
Planet China A young man from Anhui province has spent some of the…

A young man from Anhui province has spent some of the best years of his life in jail. But it is not because he is a crimimal mastermind. Instead it’s ...

Ruling the roost
Sino-File “If we don’t write the rules for trade around the world,…

President Barack Obama tells workers at Nike headquarters why it is so important for the US to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), his free ...

Superpower quality
Cartoons Superpower quality

In early May a man called Wutung discovered two power generators in Guizhou province that were originally installed in the 1940s. They are believed to ...

Kimchi wars
And Finally A Chinese import forces Koreans to swallow pride

For years, South Korea has been trying to give kimchi a better reputation. This preserved vegetable is said to be high in vitamins and minerals. ...

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