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WiC 283 (May 29, 2015)

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China Consumer, Talking Point Which multinationals have the best Chinese names?

According to The Thistle and the Jade, Jardine Matheson’s official company history, its Chinese name Ewo began to be used in the early 1840s ...

The Icarus moment?

Banking & Finance Hanergy dubbed as “demon stock” by Hong Kong investors

In January a Gulfstream jet nearly crashed on a trip from Beijing to Hong Kong. It was carrying passengers from solar energy firm Hanergy. According to ...

As he likes it

Chinese Character Meet Jin Liqun, the Shakespeare-loving banker set to lead China’s new…

Jin Liqun is the translator of two popular books into Chinese. They are an unlikely pairing. One is The Anthology of English Verse, an ...

Lambada Li

China and the World Chinese premier signs deals in South America

At home Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is known as the super salesman who brokers railway and telecoms deals wherever he goes. But as he set off on his ...

The porcelain paradox

China Consumer What chances of a comeback for one of imperial China’s top…

There was a time when porcelain-making mystified the West. Before chinaware became a common sight in the cupboards and cabinets of the urban ...

A kingly pairing

Property Why Wanda and Vanke are combining forces

Last year when Tencent, Alibaba and Ping An decided to set up an online insurance joint venture, Chinese media dubbed it the ‘collaboration of the ...

What’s so tasty about chicken feet?

Ask Mei A question about China's food culture

I read an article in WiC about China’s intention to import chicken feet from the UK. It mentioned that the Chinese think we British waste too ...

Hoping for a smash hit

Entertainment Tennis epic in the works but who is going to play…

To understand the challenges in making a film about tennis, ask Paul Bettany and Kirsten Dunst, who starred in the 2004 comedy Wimbledon, a ...

The firing line

Society Railway shooting puts focus on police gun policy

In March last year, in the wake of a bloody knife attack at Kunming railway station, China’s central government lifted a decade-long ban on ordinary ...

The free lunch

Planet China For years, clubs and bars around the world have tried to…

For years, clubs and bars around the world have tried to lure male patrons by offering free drinks to women on Ladies’ Night. But a hotpot restaurant ...

The force is with him

Sino-File “I just returned from Shanghai and in the two stores I…

Disney’s boss Bob Iger describes to the Financial Times how upbeat he is about the media company’s business in China. He says sales will be ...

To boldly build

Cartoons To boldly build

The city of Changle in Fujian province may now be in the only place in the world where you can legitimately say: “Beam me up, Scottie”. That’s ...

Smart cookies

And Finally Actor Nicholas Tse launches a biscuit business

Before Gwyneth Paltrow launched her wellness-lifestyle-travel blog Goop, she travelled with celebrity chef Mario Batali to film the PBS series ...

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