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WiC 309 (Jan 15, 2016)

Don’t you forget about me

China and the World, Talking Point Kim Jong-un’s latest weapons test proves a big headache for China

One of the most famous maxims in business is: know your client. Extend that to geopolitics and the equivalent might be: know your client state. But in ...

China Consumer Little Sheep has struggled after Yum’s takeover

Legend has it that hotpot was invented when mutton was added to a soup for Genghis Khan to hasten its cooking time before a battle. The hotpot chain ...

A bad start to the year

Internet & Tech Baidu besieged by negative news as it heads into 2016

Shareholders of Chinese internet giant Baidu might have thought they had put a bad year behind them after a slew of dazzling deals last November. The ...

Let’s save the world!

Auto Industry LeTV’s Jia Yueting has plans to become an electric car supremo

In 1955 the Lincoln division at Ford created a concept car called the Lincoln Futura. It cost $250,000 to develop (a lot of money at the time) but like ...

Betting the farm

Property Chinese cities seek to solve property glut via subsidised sales to…

When the State Council rolled out a policy stopping state firms from providing homes for their employees in 1998, analysts predicted a boom in sales of ...

“Perfect partners”

China and the World Israel courts investment at Beijing conference

In 1948 and 1949 two new nations were founded: Israel and the People’s Republic of China. Israel recognised China almost immediately. It took ...

Entertainment Will the Chinese be as keen on the new Star Wars…

The anticipation for the latest instalment of Star Wars was so great last month that a church in Berlin planned a Star Wars-themed Sunday service, ...

Sex and the Forbidden City

Society Adult toys a booming industry

In 2012 Xi’an TV got a phone call from a villager saying he had unearthed a strange double-headed mushroom. The station dispatched a young ...

On a buying binge

China Tourist As Australians protect their powder, ‘bakugai’ buyers run amok in Japan

Powder was troubling the European newspapers over the Christmas period. But while the Alpine dailies were bemoaning a shortage of snow for festive ...

Internet humour (part 2)

Ask Mei How are the Chinese making light of the stock market turmoil?

Last week’s circuit breaker saga in the China A-share market provided ample material for the ever growing internet humour that flourishes in the ...

Bones of contention

Planet China Could the internet serve as a new force in getting more…

Could the internet serve as a new force in getting more Chinese to obey the rules on public transport? There’s just been an intriguing test case on ...

Cramer versus China

Sino-File “I don’t trust anything about China. Do they have any idea…

CNBC host and former hedge fund manager Jim Cramer reacts to this year’s market turmoil.

Store wars, episode seven

Cartoons Store wars, episode seven

Last November WiC visited Hangzhou on Singles’ Day to see how bricks-and-mortar retailers were faring on the biggest day of the year for online ...

Good enough to eat?

And Finally Clay used for porcelain is being served up in meals as…

Fancy eating some pottery? That’s the question the Chinese media has been asking after news emerged that an online shop has been selling white clay, ...