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WiC 36 (Oct 30, 2009)

Spend more, make more

Economy Is China coming round to the need to save less money?

Amid the welter of numbers to emerge from China in recent days, two are particularly striking. Between September 26 and October 8 (the holiday ...

Trouble in store

Chinese Character The rise and fall of China’s richest man

Naming is a true art. The Chinese believe the name of a child will set his or her fate, and commonly opt to change their names later in life, hoping to ...

Auto Industry In China the ‘clone war’ has less to do with Star…

"Nothing better reflects the wealth and vitality of a country than automobiles.” That was the considered editorial opinion of the Global Times ...

The wrong kind of splash

Sport Diving allegations hit the headlines

Divers who cheat – who would believe it? Not Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo (or Chelsea’s Didier Drogba), that’s for sure. But in the Chinese ...

Many bad apples

Telecoms Understanding China’s ‘grey’ handset market

Do good things really come to those who wait? Well, China Unicom is about to find out. After two years of negotiations with Apple, Unicom announced ...

A serious headache

Banking & Finance Regulator attacks corporate governance violations at top Chinese firm

Wuliangye markets itself as the “quintessence of the heaven, the earth and the human”. Post-quintessence, it can also produce the mother of all ...

A new place to punt?

Banking & Finance, Talking Point Some believe new bourse is China’s answer to Nasdaq. Perhaps not

They played the Superman theme tune at their launch ceremony last week, so regulators at China’s newest stock exchange must be thinking that ...

Welcome to Chindonesia…

China and the World The latest deal between China and resource-rich Indonesia emerges

For years, associations with anything Chinese have carried a political risk in Indonesia. During the Suharto era, China was often stigmatised ...

Who’s Hu Chairman of Hisense

Zhou Houjian was born in Shandong province in 1957 and graduated with a degree in radio engineering. In 1982 he joined the Qingdao TV Factory where ...

No longer black and white

Media Newspaper closure shocks the domestic media industry

In the history of men’s fashion, a very small chapter should be devoted to Don Johnson’s contribution to the sock. Johnson’s Miami Vice ...

Good girl goes bad

Entertainment Actress uses new role to break typecast image

For most women, good looks are thought to be advantageous. But for some Chinese movie stars, excessive beauty can be a curse as well as a ...

Society Property managers urge more civic responsibility

When used condoms appeared on his balcony for two mornings in a row, the first-floor resident of an apartment complex in Shanghai decided that it was ...

History Lessons The ideal official

Originally from Hefei, Bao Zheng (999-1062) served in the government of Duanzhou (today’s Zhaoqing in Guangdong) during the reign of Emperor Renzong ...

Planet China With so much that’s seemingly ‘made in China’ these days, you…

With so much that’s seemingly ‘made in China’ these days, you won’t be surprised to hear that it is now claimed China ‘made’ the dog too. ...

Why North Korea no longer exists

Cartoons Why North Korea no longer exists

North Korea no longer exists – at least insofar as Chinese trade statistics are concerned. Reuters reports that China has stopped publishing data ...

And Finally Mystery man wins $52.6 million in lottery record

A man called An – from the city of Anyang in Henan province – recently woke up Rmb360 million ($52.6 million) richer, after winning the jackpot in ...