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WiC 375 (Jul 21, 2017)

Wanda checks out of hotels

M&A, Talking Point Wang Jianlin offloads property assets to Sunac and R&F. Why the…

Two summers ago one of the hottest topics in the Chinese financial markets was the political allegiances of Hong Kong’s richest man. The debate ...

Big Data’s new home

Internet & Tech Apple picks Guizhou for its first data centre on Chinese soil

When Argentina faced an economic crisis in 2010 its government decreed that manufactured products sold in the country had to be made locally. ...

Chinese Models How a Hangzhou surveillance firm saw its value soar to $55 billion

There are 58 subsidiaries under the state giant China Electronic Technology Group Corp (CETC). Most of them are named unimaginatively by number but ...

China and the World China is testing its military mettle in Djibouti

On July 11 two ships from the People’s Liberation Army headed out of the southern port of Zhanjiang and set sail for the Horn of Africa. On the ...

Property Vanke spends $8 billion on Guangzhou land bank

China’s ghost towns are back in the headlines. But this time around they are not in more remote locations like Ordos but nearer to bustling ...

Entertainment Hunan Satellite TV faces scheduling crisis as regulator bans its top…

Aphoto of Xi Jinping taking a stroll with Barack Obama caused an unexpected stir on the Chinese internet. The snap was taken at the Sunnylands estate ...

Delivering returns?

Auto Industry Why Renault’s new van venture only cost Rmb1

An offer to buy half a company for the price of just one yuan (about 15 US cents) would normally get the alarm bells ringing. But in Renault’s ...

China Consumer Why fresh food and e-commerce may not mix in China

When the self-service checkout was invented in the early 1990s, one of the biggest problems was theft. Obviously, this was a similar problem for ...

A little off the top

Internet & Tech A victory for Apple over Sina

Tipping is not customary in China, nor do restaurants commonly add a service charge to the bill in lieu of a gratuity. One of the few places where ...

Steely approach

Energy & Resources Sha Steel to take over debt-ridden state rival

The timing could hardly have been worse. Just days before it was due to begin trade and investment talks with the US as part of the two countries’ ...

Downgrades ahead

Banking & Finance Foreign rating agencies get full China access

The Chinese bond market may finally have to get to grips with its ABCs after the government announced that foreign credit rating agencies have been ...

One quarter of the sky?

Ask Mei The changing lives of Chinese women

As mentioned in one of my previous columns (see WiC325), I believe one of the few positive legacies of Mao Zedong’s rule was lifting women’s status ...

Planet China No one wants to take delivery of a ransom note and…

No one wants to take delivery of a ransom note and it was no different for a Mrs Li in Sichuan last week. This being modern China, it was sent via ...

Raising the steaks

Sino-File “If we could achieve the same sort of market share in…

The governor of Nebraska, Pete Ricketts, tells China Daily that the first of his state’s beef was recently flown to Shanghai, after the 14-year ban ...

Superpower, at last

Cartoons Superpower, at last

Ask someone what superhero they would like to be and their answer will reveal something of their character. Those wishing for strength are proactive, ...

Ice king cometh

And Finally Can flammable ice quench China’s energy thirst?

Flammable ice sounds like a material that Game of Thrones author George RR Martin might dream up. Indeed it seems to have other-worldly ...