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WiC 339 (Sep 9, 2016)

Talking Point What were the takeaways from the G20 summit in Hangzhou?

Airport arrivals sometimes go wrong, even for special guests. Gerald Ford, the former American president, tumbled down the stairs of Air Force One ...

M&A Three Chinese white goods giants buy abroad – which got the…

In 1859 a French physicist by the name of Gaston Plante invented the world’s first rechargeable battery by separating two sheets of lead with linen ...

Internet & Tech Amazon’s cloud computing service faces heavy competition in China

Traditionally, the Chinese authorities have taken pride in ridding themselves of clouds. Missiles are fired into the heavens, “seeding” them with ...

Property Divorces skyrocket in Shanghai property panic

Forget the ‘till-death-do-us-part’ bit. Once the word was out on the possibility of new restrictions on home purchases in Shanghai, married couples ...

China and the World Canadian leader tries a softer approach

The category of “old friend to the Chinese people” is a wide one, that has been bestowed on teachers, doctors, royalty and more than a few ...

Economy The Shanghai app that people are calling the “Uber for bicycles”

Talk about China to an outsider in the 1970s or 1980s, and the typical image it conjured up was a billion people riding bicycles. That image is ...

Auto Industry LeEco inks Eco-Park deal to boost its electric car ambitions

Back in January Wang Jianlin impressed onlookers by singing at a staff event held by his company, Dalian Wanda. Belting out rocker Cui Jian’s tune ...

Society The hottest topic in China last weekend was Shu Qi’s sudden wedding

In May the notoriously private Taiwan actress Ruby Lin announced that she had started a relationship with fellow Taiwanese Wallace Huo. A few months ...

World of Weibo A small target

Earlier this year Wang Jianlin, the founder of Dalian Wanda (and China’s richest man depending on the survey you look at) released a book on his ...

Planet China Almost every company tries to encourage enthusiasm among their employees but…

Almost every company tries to encourage enthusiasm among their employees but none seem to have gone to the lengths of Shandong Jiahua Culture ...

Sino-File “Twenty-year plan. Five-year plan. You work for the common welfare rather…

Piano maestro Wang Yuja discusses her view of the Communist system. The 29 year-old told the New Yorker magazine that she hasn’t lived in China since ...

Cartoons Jack of all trades

Away from the politics of the G20 Summit last week there was news in Hangzhou that Ant Financial – affiliated to Alibaba, and the owner of the Alipay ...

And Finally Women weightlifters under pressure in China

Underwater swimming, motorboat racing and the tug-of-war – all events that have been cut from the Olympics over the decades. Plenty of Chinese ...