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WiC 290 (Jul 17, 2015)
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Margin of error
Banking & Finance, Talking Point Chinese investors have learned just how dangerous margin trading can be

There were signs last weekend that the reverberations in China’s stock market were starting to reach some of the country’s most respected ...

The Shenzhen unicorn
Telecoms Peter Fuhrman, a tech investment banker in China, analyses OnePlus

A sizeable quotient of the techno-hip crowd in the US and Europe is counting down the days to the launch next week of the newest Android mobile phone ...

Flat denial
Property Why homeowners are tearing up sales contracts

Just over a year ago, those looking to sell their property in China couldn’t wait for the ink to dry on the contracts. Now, many are instead ...

Anger in Ankara
China and the World Relations with Turkey strained over Uighurs

Until last summer the train journey between Turkey’s capital Ankara and the country’s second city, Istanbul used to take seven hours. Today it ...

Factory stoppage
Internet & Tech Samsung supplier shuts down in Suzhou

On its corporate website BKE&T, a screen manufacturer and a supplier for Samsung, describes its employees as fearless and full of passion. Both ...

To the victor, the spoils
Cross Strait Who actually won the Second Sino-Japanese War?

Counting war casualties can be a politically-charged issue. That is particularly true in China, especially when it concerns the nation’s war with ...

Casting the net
Economy Graftbusters broaden search to the sports and cultural sectors

Huang Jianhua first made headlines in the sports pages a few years ago. Going by the name Kenny in America and Britain, the entrepreneur was linked ...

Road movies
Belt and Road, Entertainment Film producers latch on to Xi Jinping’s ‘One Belt One Road’…

China may have the world’s second largest film market but its neighbour India has so far failed to make its presence felt in it. That could be about ...

Cooperative behaviour
World of Weibo Cooperative behaviour

In the US, potential employers cannot ask questions about pregnancy, marital status or future family plans during job interviews. It is against federal ...

Courtroom romance
Planet China Now in its sixth season, the US drama The Good Wife…

Now in its sixth season, the US drama The Good Wife has entertained viewers with unusual courtroom cases. But the Qianjiang Evening News ...

Big spenders
Sino-File “At the Burj Al Arab Hotel, 27% of visitors last year…

James Mabey, a senior executive with Dubai’s Jumeirah Group tells China Daily that it saw 17% sales growth in its hotels worldwide from mainland ...

Light relief
Cartoons Light relief

The last time a Hong Kong firm took control of a European football club, things soured for both sides. Birmingham was relegated from the English ...

Ugly ruse
And Finally Wealthy women fall prey to cosmetic scam

During the First World War, Harold Gillies, a New Zealand-born surgeon, arrived on the Western Front and saw many soldiers whose faces were disfigured ...

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