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WiC 298 (Oct 2, 2015)

Pontiff pips president

China and the World, Talking Point Xi Jinping plays second fiddle to Pope Francis on American tour

Both hold sway over more than a billion people. And both got the top job after closed-door elections that remain well nigh impossible for outsiders to ...

Internet & Tech Is Google plotting China return with Huawei’s smartphone tie-up?

A photograph of Xi Jinping with 28 of the top tech CEOs from America and China taken during his US visit last week has prompted much speculation about ...

The crude truth

Auto Industry How have the Chinese reacted to Volkswagen’s emission test scandal?

Diesel, as well as the engines powered by the liquid fuel, are named after Rudolf Diesel. The German engineer patented a compression ignition engine ...

220,000 angry investors

Energy & Resources Protesters seek justice in Fanya Metal Exchange debacle

One of the most intriguing questions in China’s financial market is how many exchanges there really are across the country. There are two major ...

More bets, please

Economy Junkets feel the brunt of Macau’s meltdown

"Just as parents never refuse to help their children when they are in trouble, so the government should help us to get our money back.” This ...

The default option

Banking & Finance As one SOE gets a last-minute reprieve, another faces bankruptcy

China South Industries Group Corp (CSGC) and China National Machinery Industry Corp (Sinomach) have long been the poster boys for China’s heavy ...

Who’s Hu Goldin Property

The title of China’s tallest building changes hands quite frequently these days. But according to the People’s Daily, Tianjin’s Goldin Finance ...

Internet & Tech Apple gets hacked in China

The bubonic plague, SARS and various forms of bird flu are believed to have come from China. Last week, the country added to its virus tally – ...

Society China’s first lady impresses with fluent English speech

Before Chinese leader Xi Jinping assumed power in late 2012 his singer wife Peng Liyuan was arguably better known than he was. Many asked at the ...

Entertainment Pretty in pink: Angelababy

Angelababy has a lot to celebrate this year. Romantically, the 26 year-old starlet got engaged to Chinese heart-throb Huang Xiaoming back in May – ...

Getting lost proves lucrative

Entertainment Chinese comedy about Hong Kong is breaking records at the box…

For anyone unfamiliar with the Hollywood comedy The Hangover Part II, it is a near-identical copy of the 2009 original: the same bunch of ...

Planet China Last week it was revealed that children’s author Du Hong, who…

Last week it was revealed that children’s author Du Hong, who died from pancreatic cancer in May, has had her head cryogenically frozen, making her ...

Sino-File “If this is all part of trying to boost British exports,…

Lord O’Neill, a UK Treasury minister, defends George Osborne against critics in the UK media, who said he was too generous to China during his trip ...

Not giving up on China

Cartoons Not giving up on China

The war of words between the Chinese media and Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing entered a new phase this week. As we reported in WiC297, a Xinhua think ...

Food for thought

And Finally Can you conserve salamanders by eating them?

Looking at the giant salamander with its flat, wide head and long muscular tail it is hard to imagine how anyone could have mistaken its skeleton for ...