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WiC 348 (Dec 2, 2016)

Sound the retreat

Economy, Talking Point Multinationals are rethinking how they do business in China

When it comes to divesting assets in China, few investors have grabbed more attention than Li Ka-shing. As we have pointed out before (see WiC297), the ...

Negocio da China

M&A Why is Fosun so keen on investing in Portugal?

When the Portuguese want to describe a money-spinning business deal they call it a “negocio da China”. It is a term which harks back to the ...

Democracy in the dock

China and the World Kerry Brown talks about how Trump’s win might shape Sino-US ties…

Kerry Brown has authored 12 books about China. The latest – CEO, China: The Rise of Xi Jinping – traces the ascent of China’s president ...

Go with the flow

M&A New plan to restrict the deluge of overseas acquisitions by Chinese…

The struggle to stem the flood of cash leaving China is unrelenting. Last week WiC reported how the authorities have made it harder for tourists from ...

Commandante commemorated

China and the World Castro remembered as a friend but relations weren’t always rosy

The death of Fidel Castro prompted an outpouring of affection in the Chinese media last weekend, after Xi Jinping lamented the loss of a “dear ...

Agriculture WH Group sees synergies with Farmer John

When the US imposed tariffs on Chinese tyres in September 2009, Beijing swiftly responded by targeting American imports of chicken feet. China has ...

Unsafe, unsound

Economy What is China’s deadliest industry?

Is 2016 going to be the year China’s construction sites prove more deadly than the country’s notoriously lethal coal mines? In the wake of a ...

Bricks plus clicks

China Consumer Why foreign retailers are fighting a two-front war

After years of being blamed for killing independent bookshops, e-commerce giant Amazon opened its first physical bookstore in Seattle last year. Taking ...

Internet & Tech Facebook in ethical dilemma over its latest attempt to crack China

When Mark Zuckerberg makes a ‘friend’ request, he doesn’t take no for an answer. The Facebook founder seems determined to partner his social ...

A Flaubert flop

Entertainment Why is Feng Xiaogang’s latest film underperforming at the box office?

Feng Xiaogang has been lauded for his Midas touch. Virtually every film he has directed has been a box office success. Even when he took time away from ...

Society Why a province hates how it is stereotyped

“China has 5,000 years of history,” is a popular refrain in Chinese culture. It is a peculiar claim, because it doesn’t trace back to any ...

Planet China Black Swan events come as shock but they are often rationalised…

Black Swan events come as shock but they are often rationalised with the benefit of hindsight – but a shopping mall in Beijing has just experienced a ...

Patently ahead?

Cartoons Patently ahead?

Last week the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) released statistics on last year’s global patent applications. For the fifth year ...

Going to Cambridge

Sino-File “Kymab always saw that China was a big opportunity, but we…

Six year-old Kymab has just received $100 million in investment from Shenzhen Hepalink and the Hong Kong-based ORI Healthcare Fund. Kymab’s boss Dave ...

And Finally China plans more restrooms for women

It’s called “Potty Parity” – the idea that men and women have equal access to public toilets. Few countries have achieved it. Nevertheless ...