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WiC 374 (Jul 14, 2017)

Economy, Talking Point Cainiao’s row with SF Express sets the scene for a longer…

Yuetan is a Chinese term that means to set a date and talk. It has a specific political context too. When a private sector firm is told that ...

China Consumer China’s fast-food industry tries to adapt to shifting consumer habits

Golden Jaguar, originally a Taiwanese KTV operator, first opened in mainland China in 2003 and quickly became a favourite spot for buffet lovers. The ...

Shipping Cosco in $6.3 billion takeover offer for Tung shipping firm

Bigger is better in the world of container shipping, where supersized ships, augmented alliances and titanic takeovers are key themes for ...

China and the World China and India border spat escalates

In 1890 Sheng Tai, China’s imperial representative in Tibet, travelled to Calcutta to meet the British viceroy in India, Lord Lansdowne. The two were ...

Auto Industry Internet tycoon resigns from LeEco’s listed unit

Commencement speeches are usually meant to give a few encouraging words for graduates heading off into an unknown future. But a US Supreme Court judge ...

Internet & Tech Chinese media reassess Amazon’s business activities in the country

Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt once said that a “Gang of Four” ruled global technology. He named them as Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook (naturally ...

Media VPN closure has netizens very worried

On February 1 next year China may move a step closer to having an intranet, rather than an internet. According to a report in Bloomberg this week, the ...

Environment Flood season remains chaotic in China

People don’t talk about China having a monsoon the way they speak of the summer downpours in India or Southeast Asia. But China’s rainy season is ...

Entertainment Game of Thrones meets the Three Kingdoms in latest hit drama

The turmoil of the Three Kingdoms period (between the years 220 and 280) has left a lasting mark on Chinese culture and literature including a rich ...

Sport Chinese clubs aren’t buying foreign football stars

The major revelation in the English football world last week was that striker Wayne Rooney kept a dark secret during his career at Manchester United ...

Planet China Student booze-ups aren’t normally newsworthy. A graduation party in Jinan province…

Student booze-ups aren’t normally newsworthy. A graduation party in Jinan province has grabbed headlines because the participants were so young (13 ...

Sino-File “I credit it to the wisdom of our president [Rodrigo Duterte]…

The Philippine Secretary of Trade and Industry Ramon Lopez lauds a 34% year-on-year increase in the country’s exports to China. He told the South ...

Cartoons Cash and carrier

The Chinese have a history of decommissioning aircraft carriers. The Kiev and the Minsk, two Soviet ships sold to China in the 1990s, have been ...

And Finally Tencent puts time curb on popular mobile game

It is 20 years since Nokia gave timewasters a new outlet by launching Snake, the first game on a mobile phone to be a worldwide ...