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WiC 314 (Feb 26, 2016)

Economy, Talking Point The man behind China’s fastest-growing city

In January 1998 the editor of WiC made his first trip to Chongqing. Accompanying a foreign investor, he wrote a cover story for his then employer ...

Internet & Tech Apple and Samsung join the war for China’s online wallet

Many of WiC’s readers will be familiar with the Chinese new year tradition of giving friends, family and acquaintances small red envelopes containing ...

China’s Game of Thrones

Entertainment Why a Liang Dynasty drama has entranced Chinese audiences

With its sense of intrigue and opulence, King’s Landing has something in common with medieval Constantinople. Like the Byzantine capital, it has ...

Banking & Finance Why loans surged last month

We live in an age of secular stagnation, says former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers. In a lengthy essay published in Foreign Affairs last week, ...

Time to take stock

Banking & Finance As Xiao Gang departs, Liu Shiyu takes over as head of…

Shortly before Xiao Gang was made chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) in 2013 he gave an exclusive interview to Phoenix TV. ...

Economy Chinese New Year riots are another sign of disaffection in Hong…

After Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997, Andrew Li was appointed as the territory’s Chief Justice, staying as its top judge until ...

As good as gold

M&A Red faces after Rolex gifts turn out to be real

It was a simple mistake, they said. Two and a half years ago an instant noodle tycoon gifted some pricey Rolex watches to a group of Australian ...

Red Star A big name in Chinese television

Nicknamed by fans as the “historical prince”, 33 year-old Hu Ge is one of the most popular and prolific TV actors in China. He is also an ...

Banking & Finance Trouble in Madrid for ICBC

What’s in a name? Quite a lot if you are ICBC, the world’s largest bank by assets. Switch the initials around and you come up with the name of ...

Planet China “He who laughs last, laughs longest” is an English idiom, warning…

“He who laughs last, laughs longest” is an English idiom, warning against gloating too soon about success over others. Evidently a grandmother from ...

Trump on the stump

Sino-File “The single biggest theft in the history of the world”

What the US has suffered thanks to China, according to Donald Trump who made the remark at his victory speech after last week’s Republican primary in ...

More online shopping

Cartoons More online shopping

Jack Ma’s buying spree continues, this time adding to his growing portfolio a South Korean talent agency and a high-profile US internet ...

And Finally World’s largest radio telescope comes at a cost

In The Three-Body Problem, China’s best known sci-fi novel, a gigantic radio helps a scientist to contact an alien civilisation. Sadly, the ...