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WiC 287 (Jun 26, 2015)
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Beyond 2047
Economy, Talking Point Hong Kong snubs Beijing’s electoral reforms – what are the consequences?

In the summer of 1992 Chris Patten arrived in Hong Kong as the last governor of the British colony. He was the first politician to hold the job, and it ...

Follow the herd
Banking & Finance More US delistings as tech firms eye home

Since going public Baofeng Technology has more than lived up to its name. The online video company, which means ‘storm’ in Chinese, debuted on the ...

Monopoly money
Property London developers woo deep-pocketed Chinese homebuyers

On a balmy evening in London last month, Knight Frank hired a luxury river yacht to throw a party for some of its best clients. About 40 guests were ...

Drug overdose
Healthcare New study renews Chinese debate on antibiotics

China’s rivers and lakes are notoriously polluted – heavy metals, industrial effluent and fertilisers all swirl within their waters. But a new ...

Lack of self-reliance
Auto Industry Brilliance China is (again) trying wean itself off its reliance on…

"Chinese milk is helping to suckle foreign children, making them big and strong.” Such are the words of Brilliance China President and CEO, Qi Yumin ...

Sent to Siberia
China and the World Chinese farmer rents area size of HK in Russia

The first treaty China and Russia signed together bears the name of Nerchinsk – a small Siberian town in what is now Zabaikalsky Krai. It was 1689 ...

Monster performance
Entertainment Why a no-brainer dinosaur movie smashes box office records

While Beijing sees the film business as an industry that should promote moral values and positive feelings, China’s swelling ranks of filmgoers seem ...

Hu Bing
Red Star The former athlete is now a fashion icon

Born in Hangzhou, Hu Bing, 44, was a former member of the Chinese national rowing team. However, when he suffered a back injury at 19, he had to cut ...

The ugly rich
Society Chinese students in US court for kidnap and torture crimes

When China’s fu’erdai or ‘second generation rich’ are in the headlines it’s almost never good news. High-speed car races, fatal ...

Ship ahoy
Planet China Finder’s keepers is a popular expression in English, and in the…

Finder’s keepers is a popular expression in English, and in the case of fisherman Lin Jinyong, he thought he’d made a pretty spectacular find: a ...

Grape expectations
Sino-File “If the overall wine market in China grows at 6%, there…

Treasury Wine Estates Asia head Robert Foye tells the Australian Financial Review that he sees “big” growth in the Chinese wine market. The ...

Boozing at the airport
Cartoons Boozing at the airport

Everyone knows you cannot bring bottles through airport security anymore. Well, everybody, it seems, except a couple of Chinese gentlemen named Wang ...

The right thing to do
And Finally Fans react as starlet Fan Bingbing rushes injured boy to hospital

Chinese actress Fan Bingbing wants to be known for more than just her looks. Beijing News may have ranked her as one of the “50 Most Beautiful People ...

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