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WiC 336 (Aug 19, 2016)

Sport, Talking Point What has Rio told us about China’s changing approach to the…

For many Chinese citizens the Summer Olympics have long been a source of national pride. But at the ongoing Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro China’s ...

All friends now

M&A Uber China bows out to Didi Chuxing in M&A deal

Barbara Tuchman’s The Guns of August is one of the more famous histories of how the First World War started. But this month its title might also be ...

Meltdown expected?

China and the World How the stalled Hinkley Point deal will redefine Sino-British relations

The new British Prime Minister Theresa May currently has two Chinese nicknames: Aunty Plum Blossom and the Second Iron Lady (after Margaret ...

Media & Gaming China Film’s strong stock market debut

The trailer for the much-anticipated Zhang Yimou film The Great Wall uses 3D to exaggerate the height of China’s best known structure. That ...

Writing history

China Consumer China’s most popular fountain pen seeks to reinvent itself in digital…

For much of imperial Chinese history, the ‘Four Arts’ were the creative qualities that defined a scholar. Amongst these four artistic pursuits the ...

A handful of dust

Energy & Resources The rise and fall of a coal baron offers a cautionary…

Chairman Mao goes to Anyuan is one of the most famous paintings from the Cultural Revolution era. It shows a very young Mao returning to his ...

Society South Korean stars penalised after Seoul enrages Beijing in military spat

Since the South Korean hit TV series Descendants of the Sun concluded its run in April, actor Song Joong-ki hasn’t stopped working. Most ...

Planet China Thanks to the countless number of surveillance cameras around the country,…

Thanks to the countless number of surveillance cameras around the country, it’s tough to perform a hit and run in China and not be caught. Unless, ...

Betting on China

Sino-File “We’re a passenger on the People’s Republic of China train”

Casino mogul Steve Wynn talks to the Financial Times ahead of the opening of his $4.2 billion Wynn Palace resort on Monday. It will be Macau’s ...

Cartoons Missed bus

For years the State Council has been encouraging private-sector capital to invest more in technology and innovation. Investors might have thought they ...

And Finally Pokemon craze inspires slew of Chinese augmented reality app knockoffs

Even if someone has been living in a cave for the past few weeks, it would be hard to miss the Pokemon Go phenomenon. Developed by American ...