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WiC 364 (May 5, 2017)

Playing his cards right?

Property, Talking Point Investors ponder sustainability of China Evergrande’s $94 billion debt pile

The late Hong Kong multibillionaire Cheng Yu-tung was an enthusiastic fan of the card game Big Dee (dee in Cantonese means “two” or “brother”). ...

Reaching the summit

Belt and Road, Economy Xi Jinping to play host at Beijing’s inaugural Belt and Road…

Petrol stations are limiting fuel purchases by drivers. Municipal gardeners are working overtime to turn pot plants into huge displays. And ...

Internet & Tech How Tencent and Apple have squared off in mobile payments spat

When Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad in 2010, the device was initially ridiculed online. Catty observers suggested Jobs had run out of ideas and was just ...

Energy & Resources India counts on Chinese demand for Carmichael mine

What could stand in the way of a $20 billion Indian-owned coal mine in Australia? The answer is China’s domestic coal policies. In the third ...

Hunting in the Hunter Valley

Energy & Resources Yanzhou Coal seals landmark deal for Rio Tinto’s Australian coal assets

When Yanzhou Coal put together its bid for Rio Tinto’s Australian coal assets in 2016, it code-named the project “Monkey King” in honour of the ...

Banking & Finance Why an ex-regulator was fined Rmb499 million

China’s anti-corruption TV drama In the Name of the People is not only wildly popular (see WIC362) but has also become a watchword across ...

Stamp of approval

Ask Mei Are there tasteful and intelligent TV shows in China?

In the past decade or so China’s TV channels have struggled with the balancing act of showing the politically correct material ordered by the ...

Strategic retreat?

Entertainment A TV drama gets pulled – was it a commercial move…

The first Quentin Tarrantino film to be released in China – Django Unchained – was screened for just a a single day before disappearing. ...

China Consumer Legend exits baijiu business

I think if we drink enough Moutai we can solve anything,” Henry Kissinger remarked to Deng Xiaoping in 1974. Moutai is a version of baijiu, ...

If the shoe fits

China Consumer How the fortunes of China’s biggest ladies shoemaker have dipped

The way Wang Lin puts it, the investment philosophy of CDH goes beyond just giving the companies capital. In an interview with Chinese Venture, the ...

Planet China Chen Zhitong’s reputation as ‘the Clawmaster’ owes to an exceptional skill.…

Chen Zhitong’s reputation as ‘the Clawmaster’ owes to an exceptional skill. The computer programmer from Xiamen is one of the world’s best at ...

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark…

Cartoons Something is rotten in the state of Denmark…

First introduced to the area in the 1960s, Pacific Oysters have been laying siege to parts of Denmark’s coast. And last month the Danish embassy in ...

Chinese jet, many US parts

Sino-File “The first version might be a little behind in terms of…

Steve Lien, Asia-Pacific president for Honeywell Aerospace, discusses Comac’s C919 passenger jet ahead of a first test flight later this ...

And Finally Chinese cities try everything to curb jaywalking

Cars against bikes. Pedestrians against cars. And sometimes bikes against pedestrians. Chinese roads are the epitome of functional chaos with each ...