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WiC 361 (Apr 7, 2017)

The seat of power

Economy, Talking Point In a gargantuan project, Xi Jinping orders that Xiongan becomes the…

France is nothing but Paris and a few distant provinces which Paris has not yet had time to swallow up,” the philosopher Montesquieu wrote to a ...

Peter pays Paul

Rail & Infrastructure Are public-private partnerships the way to drive the Chinese economy?

Spring is in the air, but countries herald its arrival in very different ways. The British are still listening out for the first sound of the cuckoo, ...

Next on the list

Healthcare As BGI pushes for Shenzhen IPO, a former boss chases unicorn…

“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” If the question comes from Wang Jun, the former CEO of genome sequencing firm ...

China and the World Trump’s son-in-law at centre stage as Xi arrives

Who is going to win the battle on China policy at the White House? On one side are men like Gary Cohn, Donald Trump’s chief economic advisor, and ...

China and the World Canberra shelves Chinese extradition treaty

Australians are well aware that much of their economy is export-dependent, and that China is an increasingly vital importer of things like Aussie wine ...

Property Authorities move (again) to close loopholes in China’s hot property markets

Pre-nuptial agreements seem like a cynical way to start a marriage: determining in advance who will be entitled to what in the event of divorce. But if ...

China Consumer Shanghai Bairun regroups on ready-to-drink cocktails

Fancy a guess at the booze generating most buzz in China at the moment? Anyone answering ‘liquid cake’ gets a drink on WiC, after reports that ...

Yield or merge?

Auto Industry Geely deepens integration with Volvo amid IPO spin-off talks

In June 2010 Tesla became the first American car company to go public since Ford Motor’s listing in 1956. Less than seven years later, Tesla’s ...

Internet & Tech Meitu still looking to turn a profit as its share price…

Dorian Gray’s portrait became aged and decrepit as his own appearance remained young and beautiful. Technology has developed quite the opposite ...

Roasts on the menu

Society A new show that mocks stars proves a big hit online…

As part of an apology-strewn comeback in 2015, Canadian singer Justin Bieber went on the TV show Comedy Central Roast to be the subject of, ...

Religious right

Ask Mei Is there religious freedom for Christians in China?

Most of the international press coverage on religious freedom in China focuses on government crackdowns on the “underground churches” but it ...

Blush, then flush

Planet China Chinese public toilets have been undergoing a major revamp since 2015…

Chinese public toilets have been undergoing a major revamp since 2015 as part of a three-year action plan. Last week, the China National Tourism ...

Sino-File “Now we cannot produce enough bananas to supply China”

Philippines Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzo tells the Financial Times that the rapprochement of his country’s president late last year with his ...

Upwardly mobile?

Cartoons Upwardly mobile?

Huawei’s pursuit of its global rivals is hotting up and the Shenzhen firm is forecast by most analysts to take top spot in smartphone sales within ...

Double disaster

And Finally A punishing week for footballer Jiang Zhipeng

Weeks can’t get much worse than the one Jiang Zhipeng has just experienced. First the defender was lambasted by the public for a defensive error that ...