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WiC 373 (Jul 7, 2017)

Wheel of fortune

Property, Talking Point China Fortune: the biggest company you’ve probably never heard of

Many economists think that China is going to suffer from a real estate glut sooner or later (the owner of Shanghai Tower likely agrees, see this week's ...

Telecoms Beijing subway poses another e-payment blockage for Apple

It is just over 10 years since the iPhone was first released: the brand celebrated its anniversary last week. However, it wasn’t until the end of ...

Feeling rejuvenated

Rail & Infrastructure New Fuxing bullet train is lauded as symbol of China’s growing…

On July 9 1967, the last mainline steam train left Waterloo Station in London bound for Weymouth on the South Coast. One of its stops was at ...

Back to rare earth

Energy & Resources Why a California mine has put Trump’s China policy to the…

“The Middle East has oil, while China has rare earth.” We first cited that Deng Xiaoping quote in April 2009, and we suspect that for many readers ...

A debt to the planet

Banking & Finance, Belt and Road China has become a leader in the green bond market says…

Ten years ago this week the first ever green bond was issued by the European Investment Bank (EIB) – with a goal of growing a new financial market ...

China and the World Prominent former US SEAL’s Silk Road venture

When Islamic State announced that it had killed two Chinese nationals in Pakistan last month bellicose netizens called on Beijing to send in the ...

Troubled towers

Property Some high-profile skyscrapers in China are struggling commercially

If good things come to those who wait, then some homebuyers in Tianjin may finally be rewarded. Last week, property developer Sunac China announced ...

Property Tragic fire triggers questions over developer’s model

Last week, China was gripped by a horrific tragedy in Hangzhou that saw a mother and her three young children, aged six to 11, killed in an arson ...

Digital disruption

Entertainment A major setback for Sina Weibo and China’s online streaming industry

Last week, a 26 year-old woman surnamed Zhang decided to broadcast herself on the internet chewing a giant piece of aloe vera (she claimed the plant ...

Society China’s refugee debate rages

When the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR began working with the actress Yao Chen the idea was that she would raise awareness of displaced people in ...

The golden generation

Planet China A superstitious passenger caused chaos for one of China’s airlines last…

A superstitious passenger caused chaos for one of China’s airlines last week. The problems started, reports the South China Morning Post, prior to a ...

Beaten to the punch

Cartoons Beaten to the punch

One of the most anticipated clashes in China this year has ended in anti-climax. As regular readers will recall, the brash Mixed Martial Arts fighter ...

Birthday message

Sino-File “In today’s world, if any party, country and people should be…

President Xi Jinping celebrates the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 96th birthday. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) came into being in 1949.

And Finally New law tightens rules around singing of the Chinese national anthem

The March of the Volunteers, China’s national anthem, has had an erratic history. It started out as a song in a film and only picked up in ...