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WiC 350 (Jan 6, 2017)

Environment, Talking Point China starts the new year again choking in heavy smog

When Chinese Premier Li Keqiang declared war on pollution two years ago, he described it as a deadly enemy, and promised “we must fight it with all ...

M&A Giant glassmaker claims China is losing its edge

Before it became the world’s biggest automotive glass maker, Fuyao Glass was a lossmaking factory in Fujian province. The turnaround began when it ...

Auto Industry Should foreign carmakers be worried about the outlook of 2017?

“Another tweet about Taiwan [by Donald Trump] and then General Motors (GM) will be in big trouble.” So confided an anonymous European car ...

Energy & Resources The powerful connections of China’s most mysterious oil baron

Regina Ip, a Hong Kong politician known locally as the “Iron Lady”, is campaigning to become the territory’s top official in March. But what does ...

Property What’s the outlook for China’s property market in 2017?

Looking back on last year, Chinese developers will be celebrating a dramatic change of fortune. Because of various homebuying curbs, many began the ...

Space Programme Xinwei hopes for satellite boost

China’s leaders had been hoping that exports of its bullet trains would win foreign allies both geopolitically and economically. But its ‘railway ...

Economy A review of China’s favourite phrases for 2016

The Oxford English Dictionary selected “post-truth” as its Word of the Year for 2016. The neologism describes a political era in which the ...

Entertainment LeEco’s latest problem: will its Matt Damon blockbuster pay?

Emperor Qin Shi Huang (259-210 BC) first ordered the construction of the Great Wall to protect against attackers from the Steppe. During the Ming ...

Society National push to get seniors to write wills

Like many of his generation, 71 year-old Zong Qinghou is careful with money. The chairman of the Wahaha Group was born in Jiangsu in 1945. His first ...

Entertainment Pop fans irked by diva’s high-priced performance

Last June news leaked that pop diva Faye Wong, 47, had agreed to perform at a concert – and only at one concert – scheduled for the end of the year ...

Planet China In the small hours of Christmas day, residents of a street…

In the small hours of Christmas day, residents of a street in Meizhou, Guangdong province, were rudely awoken by the sound of construction work. One ...

Sino-File “China has been taking out massive amounts of money and wealth…

A tweet from President-elect Trump this week. Note to readers: WiC will be running a count this year to see whether it mentions Trump or Jack Ma more ...

Cartoons Keeping it Real

Cristiano Ronaldo is said to have been the subject of a blockbuster bid from an undisclosed team from the Chinese Super League that offered Real Madrid ...

And Finally Marathons boom in China, hired guns too

Last year there were over 300 marathons held in China and that is expected to almost double this year. But some members of China’s growing middle ...