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WiC 319 (Apr 8, 2016)

Time to check out Anbang?

M&A, Talking Point Insurer’s bid for Starwood Hotels falls through – but expect more…

In the 1980s one of the attractions for Japanese tourists visiting New York was a tour of the landmarks that had been snapped up by their ...

The long-distance runner

Internet & Tech Zuckerberg looks for a new path into the China market

The Temple of Heaven lies south of Beijing’s Forbidden City. When emperors still ruled China, it was a ritual for them and their court to make a ...

Banking & Finance Steel industry default rocks bond market

Being the first to default is a dubious bragging right. And in China’s local bond market it turns out to be a confusing one too as evidenced by the ...

China the “detested enemy”

China and the World Will Beijing enforce the latest round of sanctions against Pyongyang?

The charge of “hurting the feelings of the Chinese people” originated in the 1950s and was used in moments at which Beijing wanted to express its ...

Energy & Resources Trouble for a northeastern coal giant

On either side of the Pacific Ocean, the world’s two largest economices have been grappling with the human consequences of shifting their economies ...

Telecoms Bumper results for Huawei, as Guo Ping makes way for new…

Thank you very much. Now take a break. That was one way of looking at events at Huawei Technologies last week after chief executive Guo Ping reported ...

Banking & Finance Can an NPL crisis be averted?

Many of the best horror stories rely on a very simple premise. Set it in an isolated country house (preferably haunted), invite some troublesome guests ...

Entertainment Zootopia proves massive hit, flooring Superman and Batman in China

When Zack Snyder, Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck visited Beijing in early March to promote Batman v Superman they may have been surprised that ...

Society BBC turns focus to Chinese history in six episode show

Any statement that begins with the words “it is a truth universally acknowledged” is instantly recognisable as the opening line from one of Jane ...

Getting a bounce

M&A Sinochem deal to make it number one in rubber

When 17 year-old Thio Siong Soe landed in Medan in the Dutch East Indies in 1907, the Fujian native was leaving behind a country where the Qing Dynasty ...

Planet China The cocky criminal has long been a stereotype in Hollywood movies.…

The cocky criminal has long been a stereotype in Hollywood movies. Over in Hangzhou it seems the cockiest (and perhaps stupidest) criminal has come to ...

Cartoons Cherry picking

In a recent bid to woo more Japanese tourists to its cherry orchards, a company in Wuhan decided to run an advert in the bustling Shibuya district of ...

And Finally China keeps World Cup hopes alive thanks to miraculous results by…

"Football, bloody hell!” was Alex Ferguson’s delighted response when Manchester United pulled off a last-gasp Champions League final victory over ...