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WiC 321 (Apr 22, 2016)

Banking & Finance, Talking Point Why online lending firms are getting Chinese celebrities into trouble

Stephen Hawking – who has just launched a weibo account in China (see World of Weibo, this issue) – is associated more with black holes and physics ...

China Consumer New NMD brand helps Adidas close in on Nike in China

In 2014, Adidas relaunched the Stan Smith line. First introduced in the 1960s, the tennis shoes – named after the eponymous player – featured a ...

Internet & Tech Alibaba in major Southeast Asian e-commerce swoop

About a million items are now being offered with a same-day delivery service to Amazon Prime customers. And in cities like New York and London the ...

Cosmetic understanding

China Consumer SK-II lifts spirit of China’s ‘leftover’ women with clever marketing campaign

Chinese netizens are normally a cynical bunch but this month Japanese cosmetic company SK-II has achieved the unthinkable: it produced an online ...

Banking & Finance Will onshore issuance gobble up dim sum bonds?

Pandas love to eat bamboo. Less well known is their consumption of dim sum. The dim sum in question, however, is the nickname for the ...

More on the menu

Aviation HNA bids for Swiss caterer in yet another international M&A deal…

When we first mentioned Hainan Airlines in WiC52, the airline was facing a three-pronged attack from China’s largest carriers – Air China, China ...

Treading carefully

China and the World Turnbull talks trade, but tensions loom in the South China Sea…

During an address at the Australia Week in China gala (sadly, the event has nothing to do with WiC) Malcolm Turnbull indulged his audience with a ...

Agriculture Dairy producers plan for the future of fromage in China

Charles de Gaulle once lamented of his native France: “How can anyone govern a nation that has 246 different kinds of cheese?” It was a fair ...

Battle of the bands

Entertainment, Society Mimicking Japan and Korea, China’s record labels want homegrown ‘idol groups’…

In the year 2000 an unassuming bank employee became a household name in much of Britain thanks to an advertising campaign launched by a mortgage ...

Celebrating Shakespeare

Ask Mei Do Chinese like the Bard's sonnets too?

Tomorrow (April 23rd) marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. While the English-speaking world is commemorating the playwright’s works ...

Parallel universe

World of Weibo Parallel universe

“Greetings to my friends in China! It has been too long!” exclaimed Stephen Hawking on April 12, in the first posting on his Sina Weibo account. It ...

Planet China “You shall not pass” is one of the wizard Gandalf’s most…

“You shall not pass” is one of the wizard Gandalf’s most famous lines in the Lord of the Rings movie franchise. This month the same ...

Sino-File “Trump is an irrational type. If he were to do this,…

China’s Finance Minister Lou Jiwei criticises Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump over talk of 45% tariffs on Chinese goods. Last weekend ...

Tears of a clown

Cartoons Tears of a clown

Among the least popular public officials in China (a category in which the competition is intense) are the urban management officers, known locally as ...

Dogged performer

And Finally China’s IPO bankers are having a tough time

As underwriters of new listings in China, IPO sponsors are obliged to publish an investment report explaining why they are recommending the company. ...