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WiC 324 (May 13, 2016)

Healthcare, Talking Point A young student dies after unproven treatment; Baidu feels the backlash

Many Chinese towns and villages have made their names (and fortunes) by devoting themselves to a single economic activity. But there are few better ...

China Consumer More trademark disputes

Protecting your intellectual property can be a challenge in China – and even in Hong Kong. Last month Gucci discovered that Hong Kong vendors were ...

Other Industries One of China’s oldest monopolies finally gets broken up

China’s salt monopoly dates back more than two millennia. For hundreds of years the country’s emperors relied on salt taxes to fund their military ...

Entertainment, Society A drama billed as a Chinese ‘Sex and the City’ proves…

Would Sex and the City have the same appeal without some of its more risqué scenes? When TBS, a cable network in the US, acquired the ...

Economy What does Beijing’s first major fiscal change since 1994 signal?

When central governments make changes to local taxes the effects can be far-reaching. For instance, when Lord North, the British prime minister, passed ...

China Consumer Why vineyards have high hopes for China’s online wine sales

Students in China are said to have selected November 11 as Singles’ Day because the number one digits in the date (11/11) represented the singleton ...

Society Men are banned from a bus service in Henan

Japan, India, Egypt and Iran all have it. And now China does too. On March 26th the city of Zhengzhou introduced what is thought to be the ...

Energy & Resources Solar firm Wuxi Suntech’s president goes missing

China’s solar power industry has seen its share of dark days, and perhaps no company more so than Wuxi Suntech, which went bankrupt in 2013 before ...

China Consumer There are 350,000 hotpot restaurants in China. Why?

Swiss fondue originated near Zurich in the 17th century when fresh food was scarce during long, cold winters. Villagers had to count on home-produced ...

Internet & Tech A new partnership with Gome could help Amazon’s reach in China

In WiC300, we reported that SF Express, one of China’s largest delivery firms, had announced plans to build its own airport in Hubei province. The ...

Planet China Early last year Chinese internet users were gripped by the baijiu…

Early last year Chinese internet users were gripped by the baijiu challenge, in which daring participants filmed themselves downing large amount of ...

Cartoons Stop in the name of the PLA

China’s booming sales of cars have helped to return firms like GM to profit. But another organisation has its eye on the country’s growing fleet of ...

Sino-File “We must make it clear that our Party’s fight against corruption…

Taken from a speech by President Xi Jinping, reprinted last week by People’s Daily. Xi referred to “cabals” and “conspirators existing in our ...

And Finally, Sport The Chinese react to Leicester’s incredible English Premiership triumph

Most football pundits predicted that Leicester City would be one of the three teams relegated from the English Premier League this year. Nine months ...