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WiC 354 (Feb 17, 2017)

The day after Tomorrow

Banking & Finance, Talking Point Who is the mysterious billionaire allegedly abducted from Hong Kong?

A corrupt Chinese businessman is hiding out in the International Finance Centre (IFC), the tallest tower in Hong Kong’s financial district. He is the ...

The $3 trillion question

Rise of the RMB How big a foreign exchange reserve does China need?

News that international payments made with the yuan fell by almost a third last year have added to the sense that the Chinese currency has slowed its ...

In a whole Lotte of trouble

China and the World South Korean giant’s $2.6 billion project torpedoed by THAAD tension

On Monday North Korea blipped red once more on the diplomatic radar after it tested another ballistic missile, which officials from South Korea said ...

Banking & Finance Why systemic risks are cropping up in the Chinese bond market

The Chinese government could not have issued a clearer wake-up call to the domestic bond market on the first trading day of the Year of the Rooster. ...

Internet & Tech Customers frustrated by Didi Chuxing’s festive price hikes

The coming of the Lunar New Year in China is always heralded by images of millions of travellers cramming into train stations as they begin their long ...

Boomerang buyers

Property Are Chinese homebuyers pivotal for Australia?

Panicky headlines that vast areas of Australian farmland were going under the hammer to Chinese buyers turned out to be wide of the mark last year when ...

Same old journey

Entertainment As latest flick underperforms, fans ask is Stephen Chow out of…

For Hong Kong comedian Stephen Chow the 500 year-old Chinese novel Journey to the West is an inspiration that keeps on giving. As a movie ...

Not the Year of the Tiger

Society Danger lurks in China’s zoos and amusement parks

Are Chinese zoos and theme parks well run? That’s the question many were asking during the Chinese New Year after a series of worrying ...

Sport Yao’s NBA jersey ‘retired’ but his influence remains huge

Yao Ming, the former basketball star, is one of the celebrities set to feature in the latest adventure series with British survival expert Bear Grylls, ...

Planet China As commonly noted, travelling home for the Chinese New Year can…

As commonly noted, travelling home for the Chinese New Year can be a stressful time. Train tickets are hard to buy, and the stations are dangerously ...

Stronger than iron

Sino-File “At a time of economic transition and uncertainty around the world,…

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop tells her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi that ties between the two countries “couldn’t be stronger”. The ...

Trump toes the line

Cartoons Trump toes the line

“At your request, I will do that,” promised President Trump – meekly, and out of character – in a call last Friday with his Chinese ...

And Finally Poems plus patriotism wins over viewers

Barely two weeks into the Year of the Rooster, China’s media is abuzz at the success of a TV programme that has aggregated a viewership of close to ...