Sponsored by HSBC

Back Issue

Issue 295

WiC 295 (Sep 11, 2015)

Download
The blame game

Banking & Finance, Talking Point China’s regulators search for stock market saboteurs

Completed in 1916, the Asia Building in Shanghai enjoyed the city’s most prestigious address: No. 1 the Bund. Later the Asian headquarters of the oil ...

Blame America

China and the World What has been the Chinese reaction to Europe’s refugee crisis?

For eight days in the summer of 1938, representatives from 32 countries met in the French resort town of Evian-les-Bains to discuss the refugee crisis ...

Golden opportunity?

Energy & Resources Zijin Mining’s rush to expand global presence focuses on Australia

China is believed to have experienced its first gold rush during the Tang Dynasty in the 9th century. It even led one of the era’s most famous poets ...

Not so sweet

China Consumer Why Mondelez is cutting back on biscuits

A life-sized cardboard cutout of actor Nicholas Tse stands in the window of his shop in Hong Kong. He’s dressed in a chef’s outfit and holding a ...

Bunching up

Banking & Finance Profit growth plunges at the Big Four state banks

China’s four biggest listed banks (all state-controlled) have just posted very similar results for the first half of 2015. The message has pretty ...

Rent negotiations

Property Luxury brands’ shop closures send warning on Hong Kong property prices

To establish their longevity and promote their prestige it’s common for luxury goods firms to flaunt their date of founding. However, in the case of ...

Nothing on the box

Entertainment Last week’s TV and movie schedules were somewhat less exciting than…

For those taking a taxi through Beijing ahead of last week’s parade to mark the 70th anniversary of victory against Japan (to use its abbreviated ...

In a hurry to bury

Environment Netizens mock plan to turn explosion site into eco park

Communities blighted by industrial disasters normally have to wait decades for the government to put up a memorial. It took 40 years for the city of ...

Not getting it

Entertainment Hou's film praised for beauty but deemed incomprehensible

The first Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929. It was a private Hollywood dinner in which the guests numbered about 270. In the 86 years since its ...

Tea culture

Ask Mei Why do drinkers finger-tap the table?

When I dine with my Chinese friends and colleagues, they often tap the table with their fingers when being served tea or wine. What does that ...

Grains of truth

Planet China Over the years the Apple Daily newspaper has run many reports…

Over the years the Apple Daily newspaper has run many reports on fake food in China. But even the most cynical staff at the Hong Kong paper seem to ...

The numbers game

Sino-File “The cool down is good for us, there are too many…

Huawei’s Richard Yu says global revenue from its smartphone and retail business will grow 30% next year to $20 billion. The global head of Huawei’s ...

Uber confident

Cartoons Uber confident

Standing in front of a map featuring 100 Chinese cities, Travis Kalanick upped the ante on his ambitions there this week. The boss of Uber announced ...

Dog days

And Finally China’s World Cup hopes dented by Hong Kong

Football derbies are always heated affairs. For instance, when China’s national soccer team lost to Hong Kong in 1985 a riot broke out in Beijing (it ...

Mobile devices
Get the Week in China apps App Store Google PlayDownload Apps
Home|Current Issue|About Us|Contact Us|Data Privacy Policy

©2009-2021 Week in China is published weekly by ChinTell Limited, a company based in Hong Kong. All rights reserved.