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WiC 300 (Oct 23, 2015)
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Reaching 300
Editor's Letters Today we publish the 300th regular edition of Week in China…

Unless you are into ancient Greek history, the number 300 isn’t a particularly symbolic one. For those who are, they know it as the number of troops ...

Raise the red lantern
China and the World, Talking Point Is Britain trying too hard to court Chinese investment?

Was a British bureaucrat having some fun by asking the orchestra at Buckingham Palace to serenade the Chinese president with a rendition of Nobody ...

Last orders, please
China Consumer What AB InBev’s merger with SABMiller might mean for Chinese brewers

China’s Anti-Monopoly Law was passed in 2008 and began to show its teeth that same year. Those with longish memories will recall that the maiden ...

Proverbial wisdom
Others For our 300th issue Mei selects 300 Chinese idioms

During its five thousand years of civilisation, China has created tens of thousands of proverbs which capture the essence of the nation’s history, ...

Trading barbs
Economy New Trans-Pacific accord fuels debate

Anti-American sentiment seemed to have plummed new depths in China in the wake of the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade in May 1999. But six ...

Lights, camera and action
Internet & Tech Alibaba back in acquisitive mode with Youku Tudou takeover

Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion back in 2006. Nearly a decade later the video sharing site is attracting more than a billion views a month. But ...

Official pick
Society And the Oscar goes to...

Choosing a movie to compete in the Foreign Language category for the Oscars is a contentious process, even at the best of times and even in the most ...

The golden couple
Society Why China’s most extravagant wedding was so commercially successful

Weddings are notoriously expensive. In the US, the wedding industry is worth over $50 billion annually, according to the New York Times. In China, it ...

Okay deal
Aviation Joy Air plans expansion, as investor China Eastern heads for the…

The Flying Tigers was the nickname bestowed upon the First American Volunteer Group of the Chinese Air Force. Its purpose: to defend the Chinese ...

On the rise
Aviation, Logistics China’s express delivery firms take competition to the skies

On September 26, a Boeing 737 took off from Hangzhou, bound for Chengdu, marking for Yuantong Express the inaugural flight of its new Yuantong Airmail ...

Silk road to Rome
China and the World China’s investment spree in Italy grows, but some locals are nervous

The Silk Road was not known as such until 1877 when the German geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen coined the term. It was, of course, given this name ...

Fake collar
Planet China China has a well-earned status as the land of fakery. Since…

China has a well-earned status as the land of fakery. Since the very first edition of WiC we have reported on extraordinary episodes involving ...

An uncontainable power
Sino-File “This is a very different world from that of the Cold…

Harvard history professor Niall Ferguson tells China Daily that “China is a key player in all the debates of our time – from economic growth and ...

Hidden document?
Cartoons Hidden document?

“All over the world, people are still struggling to live by the rule of law and to see their governments subject to that law. The countries that have ...

High jinks on Jeju
And Finally Police investigate Korea casino tours

In December 1999 the Beijing Youth Daily coined the term hanliu to describe the remarkable success of South Korean pop culture in China (it ...

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