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WiC 320 (Apr 15, 2016)

Energy & Resources, Talking Point How China’s steel industry is shaking Wales – and the rest…

Last November the historian Angela John published a book about Port Talbot called The Actor’s Crucible. It looked at a paradox: how this ...

Property Top landlord to lead departures by Hong Kong-listed firms?

Isn’t location, location, location the mantra for the best property investors? Try telling that to New World China, which went public in Hong Kong in ...

Agriculture Shortage of sows boosts pork prices

It’s regularly voted the most romantic movie of all time and in Casablanca many declarations of love take place over a glass of champagne. ...

Of great import

Economy New e-commerce tax causes confusion

Chinese shoppers wanting to buy overseas brands of milk powder and nappies on the e-commerce platform Tmall have been jolted by an unexpected message: ...

China Tourist Questions asked after assault on a woman at a popular hotel…

Is human nature naturally good or evil? That was a question pondered by Mencius, an ancient scholar whose reputation is surpassed only by Confucius in ...

The trouble with trawling

China and the World Chinese fishing vessels are sailing further out to sea, antagonising others

Only a week after a calamitous explosion at a chemicals facility in Tianjin occurred last August (see WiC292), photos began circulating of dead fish in ...

Who’s Hu Baoneng Group

Vanke’s founder Wang Shi famously sold shares in his start-up company at a wet market in 1988. And the low-profile tycoon who has been trying to take ...

Taking instructions

Auto Industry An IPO for China’s first driving school, and the long road…

Possessing a driver’s licence hasn’t always meant that you’ve passed a driving test. In Britain, car owners have been required to hold permits ...

Courting controversy

Society A political movie scoops top Hong Kong award, but not everyone’s…

Last year The Golden Era dominated the Hong Kong Film Awards, the territory’s equivalent of the Oscars. The movie, which tells the story of ...

Red Star Bridal bath

Raised in Guangzhou, Liu Yan got her start in the entertainment business when she won a city beauty pageant. After a series of small roles in ...

Society Another faux pas from the founder of the Great Firewall

"The magistrates are free to burn down houses, while the common people are forbidden to light lamps” was a proverb that many netizens were ...

Antiques roadshow

Society Documentary sheds light on craftsmen in Forbidden City

Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor recounts the life of the Qing Dynasty’s final potentate, Emperor Puyi, from his accession to the ...

The mating games

Planet China Among China’s greatest assets are its pandas, a breed of animal…

Among China’s greatest assets are its pandas, a breed of animal loved across the world – so much so that Hollywood has even cashed-in with the ...

Silk Road convert

Sino-File “I think this agreement will shorten even more the Silk Road…

Remarks from Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras during a signing ceremony for Cosco’s purchase of 67% of the Piraeus Port Authority. His Syriza ...

Cartoons Worth a try

In China the game of rugby has the poetic name ‘English olive ball’. Alibaba’s acquisitive chairman Jack Ma has taken a punt on the sport in a ...

Pain in the neck

And Finally Trump trade tirade hit by garment gaffe

America’s electoral process can be so complex that it trips up even some of the most capable and best-educated in the land. Take Ivanka Trump. It ...