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WiC 30 (Sep 11, 2009)

Green, but is it sustainable?

Environment, Talking Point Some say China is the green-tech leader. Others see an overblown…

It was a call to arms – or at least the environmentally-friendly equivalent. Last month, two titans of corporate America chose an opinion piece in ...

The empire strikes back

Economy Why China’s private sector businesspeople are becoming worried

Centuries before the city of Wenzhou became famous for its commercial prowess, there was another city in China associated with business success. During ...

In a different league

Sport English Premiership brushes off China apathy

Who cares about the Chinese consumer? That’s not something you’d expect to hear from the typical chief executive. Most are increasingly focused on ...

China Consumer Old favourites reappear in shops – targeting nostalgic Chinese consumers

Britons of a certain age will remember Fray Bentos Steak and Kidney pies. They may even be eating them again: the 1970s favourite has made a comeback ...

Ever more bright

Banking & Finance Foreign strategic investors – who needs them?

The Chinese banking sector is a strange beast. At one end of the scale you have ICBC, which has become the world’s biggest bank by market ...

An unfortunate procedure

Healthcare Hospitals chase teen business

A 17 year-old woman in Nanjing recently asked all four of her boyfriends to meet her at an abortion clinic. Uncertainty over which one was the ...

Fast Food Beer and chicken

What is it? Dapanji translates as “big plate chicken” and is a popular dish from Xinjiang province. The chicken is first cut ...

And the winner is…everyone

Entertainment A triumphant night at the government film awards

For the 200 million viewers that watched this year’s Huabiao telecast, it was a case of which of China’s biggest movie personalities would flaunt ...

Property Wharf struggles with archaeological finds

When archaeologists dug up evidence of a 1,000-year-old street in the middle of Chengdu two years ago, the first number they called was not the ...

No home, no wedding

Property First time buyers struggle to get on the property ladder

The frustrations of the first-time buyer seem to extend across cultures – and housing markets. “I don’t understand! I am a well-educated ...

A debacle over derivatives

Banking & Finance, China Ink China’s state firms may choose to default on loss-making derivative contracts.…

What was the initial reaction? Caijing reported that notices had been sent to six foreign financial firms telling them that several ...

The elephant and the dragon

China and the World Will spat over telecoms equipment disconnect Sino-Indian relationship?

When Mao took power in 1949, he presided over a nation with a GDP per head 40% lower than India’s. By 2008 – Beijing’s Olympic year – that ...

Who’s Hu Businessman-turned-photographer

The 42 year-old is from Sichuan and his first job was as a photographer’s assistant. Big break On his mother’s birthday he ...

Planet China Many children grow up hearing the nursery rhyme: “There was an…

Many children grow up hearing the nursery rhyme: “There was an old woman who swallowed a fly. I don’t know why she swallowed a fly. Perhaps ...

China’s Kleiner Perkins?

Cartoons China’s Kleiner Perkins?

There aren’t many people who can claim to have a great new business idea while “sick”. Enter Lee Kai-fu, Google’s former boss in China. This ...

And Finally New Chinese rules could lead to a boom in private jets…

There have been better times to choose to fly in on the Gulfstream. That was the lesson learned by the CEOs of the Detroit carmakers late last year, ...