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WiC 288 (Jul 3, 2015)

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A rollercoaster week

Economy, Talking Point Has the bull run in Chinese stocks just ended, or just…

For Chinese investors the term “clash of the titans” means something earthier than Greek gods wrestling each other. Instead they use the phrase to ...

Midnight madness

China Consumer IKEA shoppers get more than they bargained for

A shopping trip to IKEA, and the subsequent process of assembling its furniture, could be lethal for a couple’s relationship. That’s allegedly ...

That didn’t go well

Internet & Tech Why an anti-Uber campaign backfired

Uber may soon be valued at $50 billion – if it succeeds in raising more funds from private investors. Still, it has attracted scrutiny everywhere ...

The world’s biggest hospital

Healthcare Zhengzhou hospital has 7,000 beds and does 196,000 ops annually

During the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty a physician by the name of Hua Tuo made an extraordinary discovery. He found that a mixture containing ...

Ream solution

Economy Is the worst over for Chinese papermakers?

Any Westerner with an interest in science almost certainly knows who Galileo, James Watt and Charles Babbage are. The Italian made the first telescope ...

Prussian blues

Energy & Resources Why Siemens could face a fall in its China revenues this…

During the Nanjing Massacre in December 1937, a German businessman by the name of John Rabe became head of a safety zone that ended up sheltering about ...

Too many hurdles

Sport Did anyone tell gold medallist Liu that marriage is a marathon…

Kim Kardashian’s marriage to basketball player Kris Humphries only lasted 72 days. To help gauge that time horizon, the Wall Street Journal commeted ...

Do Chinese really hate the Japanese?

Ask Mei China's love-hate relationship with Japan

What do the Chinese think of the Japanese? On the one hand, we see anti-Japanese rhetoric in the press all the time. On the other hand, we read ...

Powder keg

Society Chinese media reflect on tragedy at Taipei theme park

On June 27 Taipei suffered its worst ever case of mass injury when fire at a water park injured 494 people. The cause of the blaze was a starch-based ...

Graphic display

Planet China A large LED screen in Heilongjiang province got onlookers attention late…

A large LED screen in Heilongjiang province got onlookers attention late last month after it began broadcasting a pornographic movie. According to the ...

Urban legend

Sino-File “The country’s middle class has become bigger than the combined population…

Legend Holdings founder Liu Chuanzhi tells China Daily his conglomerate is well placed to tap this demand via its portfolio of corporate stakes ...

Confucian values reach US

Cartoons Confucian values reach US

It may have been the first time that the US Supreme Court has quoted Confucius as a justification for a ­verdict, but not everyone in China was happy ...

Funereal mood

And Finally Shenzhen’s residents furious about burial site

Over the past decade, people in Hong Kong have complained that the city has become so expensive they can’t even afford to die. A space in a private ...

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