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WiC 345 (Nov 11, 2016)

Shock, but little awe

China and the World, Talking Point Chinese see pros and cons to Trump's White House victory

Donald Trump’s electoral triumph this week has embarrassed the political pundits, very few of whom expected the property mogul to win. A small group ...

The Dong diatribe

Banking & Finance Gree boss furious, as shareholders block deal

When Gree Electric’s Dong Mingzhu slammed her shareholders for being too concerned with short term returns, they stayed silent, TMT Post reported ...

Great expectations

China Consumer Shoppers set for another Singles’ Day sprint

It took Alibaba six minutes to reach Rmb1 billion in sales on Singles’ Day in 2013. The following year, it was three minutes. Last year only 72 ...

China Ink China’s top legislature passed a ruling that barred two pro-independence politicians…

What happened? Chinese press: The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress voted unanimously to interpret an article ...

Aviation New stealth fighter makes appearance at Zhuhai show

Blink and you missed it. That was the story from the Zhuhai air show on November 1, when China’s first stealth fighter – the Chengdu J-20 – made ...

Berlin blockage

M&A Why Germany is criticising China over M&A deals

Last week the AKP conference saw almost a thousand German business executives gathered in Hong Kong. The event – organised by a host of German ...

Caught between superpowers

China and the World Seoul’s President Park had big problems – even before Trump got…

Visitors from Korea were one of many Asian delegations that – for many centuries – prostrated themselves at the Chinese imperial court. And South ...

China and the World KL gets chummier with Beijing

Like many before him, Najib Razak arrived in Beijing last week looking for investment for his country’s economy. But much of the media focus was ...

The plot thickens

Agriculture Changes in land ownership rules are designed to boost crop yields

Land rights in China differ between town and country. The state owns all urban plots, while local collectives – first enshrined under Mao’s Great ...

Entertainment Chinese fans flock to see Cumberbatch in new superhero flick

China’s box office revenues fell in October, sliding 19% on last year, according to data from Ent Group. It was the fifth month this year that sales ...

Where is China’s Downton Abbey?

Ask Mei The finest congregation of dynastic homes

A British friend once asked me: “The UK has many beautiful stately homes, where are the Chinese stately homes? Where is China’s Downton ...

Who’s Hu A fortune from fast-fashion

Is the clothing industry the most fashionable way to wealth? Zara founder Amancio Ortega is the richest man in Europe, while Yanai Tadashi owes his ...

Padding the data

Planet China During the Great Leap Forward 60-odd years ago, targets for crop…

During the Great Leap Forward 60-odd years ago, targets for crop production were set to levels that were nigh impossible to achieve. As a result, a ...

Sorghum in space

Sino-File “It is my first time to taste the vinegar from my…

Taikonaut Jing Haipeng has been enjoying small bags of vinegar from Shanxi on his mission aboard Tiangong II. He told Xinhua that the food was more ...

Cartoons App dancing

Last year, mid- to late-aged women (known as dama) became the scourge of Chinese society. Congregating in public squares and dancing in unison ...

And Finally China’s new dog lovers are told to behave

Much has been written about some of the more bucaneering instincts among China’s new drivers. When some 280 million people learn to drive in the ...