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WiC 355 (Feb 24, 2017)

Fall from grace

Society, Talking Point In a first for Hong Kong, a former leader of the…

When Her Majesty dished out her final round of Birthday Honours before the handover of Hong Kong in June 1997, Donald Tsang topped the local list. Then ...

Art of the bad deal?

China and the World What does a top expert on Sino-US relations think the Trump…

It seems odd that no one had thought to do it before, but in his latest book John Pomfret produces a comprehensive history of Sino-American ties, ...

Failing to deliver

Internet & Tech Is YTO Express keeping pace with China’s e-commerce boom?

On February 11, a netizen posted a photo to a Baidu discussion forum showing one of YTO Express’ Beijing sorting centres strewn with boxes, piled ...

Provincial rivals

Economy The wealthiest local government is...

“China can learn a lesson or two from US misjudgements and Trump’s shortsightedness,” reckons the China Daily. But one area where the ...

Heads in the clouds

Aviation Pressure increases for more of China’s drone fans to fly them…

Since the start of 2016 there have been at least eight major drone accidents – one saw an unmanned aerial vehicle crash into a Munich autobahn, ...

Not a lot of brotherly love

China and the World China bans North Korean coal as pressure builds on Kim Jong-un

“As close as lips and teeth” was one of Mao Zedong’s favoured descriptions for China’s friendship with North Korea. Indeed, Beijing has backed ...

China Consumer Chocolate sales are slipping in China

In Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory an Indian prince orders that a palace be built from Willy Wonka’s wondrous ...

Tobacco How cigarette sales illustrate economic and social shifts in Dongbei

In Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, the protagonist learns that members of an elite and enigmatic group of capitalists can be recognised by their ...

Belt and Road, Entertainment Was Jackie Chan’s Chinese-Indian co-production a hit in the subcontinent?

During a state visit to India in 2014, Chinese President Xi Jinping signed a movie deal, paving the way for three films to be co-produced and ...

Planet China A walking pinecone that looks like a snake with legs, the…

A walking pinecone that looks like a snake with legs, the pangolin’s appearance has some scholars describing it as the prototype of the mythical ...

Cartoons One at a time

Call for an Uber in London and you’ll likely get a driver turning up in a Prius – a car favoured for its fuel efficiency. Toyota’s hybrid vehicle ...

Intelligence quest

Sino-File “We will give full support and abundant resources to the lab…

Lu Qi, president of Baidu, comments on a decision by the National Development and Reform Commission to appoint Baidu to lead the national lab on ...

And Finally Why a soldier was trapped in India for 54 years

On the first day of January in 1963 Wang Qi, a Chinese soldier, went on a walk that would change his life. Stationed in a disputed border area ...