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WiC 333 (Jul 15, 2016)

Trouble in store?

China Consumer, Talking Point Amazon and Walmart look for a more profitable future in China

The stakes are high in the commercial struggle between Amazon and Walmart – the winner of the contest will be crowned by analysts as the world’s ...

Opposing voices

Entertainment Dutch firm wins row over TV hit, as regulator pushes for…

Since The Voice of China first appeared on Zhejiang Satellite TV in 2012, it has been a massive commercial success. So Canxing Productions, ...

China Consumer IKEA extends US furniture recalls to China

It used to be that if you saw the words “product recall” and “China” in a headline, the story was almost certainly about dodgy Chinese goods ...

The next ‘overcapacity’ sector

Auto Industry, Energy & Resources Investor Francois Perrin warns China’s electric car battery boom could bust

Shenzhen, on a Friday morning, a couple of weeks ago. We are visiting BYD’s new electric vehicle battery production plant, the largest EV battery ...

Auto Industry Can solar cars recharge Hanergy?

He famously took on the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) when it tried to block his purchase of a hydropower station and won. Last ...

The Hague verdict

China Ink A victory for Manila is greeted with anger in Beijing, which…

How did the court rule in the South China Sea arbitration case and why does it matter? Chinese press: Beijing refused to ...

Paradise for sale

Property A luxury home listing has got China’s property market buzzing

After Jack Ma splurged $23 million in 2015 on a 28,100-acre property that was once owned by the Rockefellers in New York’s Adirondacks (the private ...

Society China’s archaeologists head for foreign soil

This autumn two teams of archaeologists from China will start work on two large digs in India, probably the most significant excavations that the ...

Independents day?

China and the World Turnbull holds on but minor parties may complicate his China policy

At last the Australians have an outcome from their national elections, after days of vote counting and political uncertainty. But what happens next ...

Healthcare Top biotech firm ditches New York for Shenzhen

In 1979, the author Douglas Adams penned a novel in which a super computer called Deep Thought took 7.5 million years to answer the “ultimate ...

Planet China When purchasing insurance, few people would think of taking out a…

When purchasing insurance, few people would think of taking out a policy offering financial protection should the status of Taylor Swift and Tom ...

Sino-File “South Korea has gotten itself involved in a situation that damages…

Lu Kang, Chinese foreign-ministry spokesman, berated South Korea after its agreement with Washington to deploy THAAD, an advanced missile-defence ...

In a league of their own

Cartoons In a league of their own

Italy’s commercial capital may soon want to change its name to Milan-zhou, following the sale of two of its crown jewels to Chinese buyers. First ...

And Finally Baidu sacks executive after sexist presentation

The former chairman of Lululemon went on Bloomberg in 2013 to share his thoughts on why some of his female customers had complained that its ...