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WiC 376 (Aug 18, 2017)
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Another August crisis
China and the World, Talking Point How is China dealing with missile tensions between US and North…

The Chinese proverb “If the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold” is an old one, coined to describe an interdependent relationship. In more modern ...

A Messi situation
Rail & Infrastructure Kidnapping claim stirs fears on co-location plan

A 1980s slogan for Britain’s railways urged passengers to shun road journeys and “let the train take the strain”. In contemporary Hong Kong an ...

Guaranteed woe
Banking & Finance Shandong firms tangled in a web of debt

Xi Jinping has warned that financial stability is essential to China’s national security, so bank runs aren’t good news for the promotion prospects ...

Promising profits
Banking & Finance Douban seeks to list its shares

Unlike most entrepreneurs, Yang Bo was not a commercially driven individual. In 2005, the former IBM consultant, often known as Ah Bei, founded Douban ...

Buttons pushed
China Consumer Public pressure sees an end to halal deliveries

In a recent advertisement a takeaway food courier was shown carrying two bags: one was marked ‘halal’, the other was labelled dazhong ...

Summer slimmer
M&A Wanda sells more assets after cash crunch

One of Winston Churchill’s many sayings was that “success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm”. Many of the world’s ...

Stony relations
China and the World No sign of resolution in Sino-Indian border row

The threat of a major confrontation in the Korean Peninsula this summer has led to one of the most serious nuclear stand-offs since the Cuban Missile ...

Wolf movie packs cinemas
Entertainment Wu Jing’s patriotic action movie breaks nation’s box office record

It took Wu Jing seven years to produce and direct Wolf Warrior. The film was perceived as a gamble: the action star, albeit a familiar name in ...

Changes at the top
Economy What lies behind the removal of Chongqing’s Party boss?

After news emerged in June that Chongqing’s police chief He Ting had been hauled in by anti-graft investigators, a dark joke began to do the rounds ...

The ultimate say
Economy The Party reiterates its dominant role in China’s state-owned enterprises

‘Management by committee’ is a pet hate for corporate gurus. But for some of China’s largest companies it seems to be a core directive from their ...

Deadly scheme
Society How pyramid selling gangs prey on graduate job seekers

On July 14 the bodies of two young men were found in the eastern port city of Tianjin. At first it appeared their deaths were unconnected. One had ...

School dance
Planet China The latest innovation from China’s traffic police? Dancing children. The local…

The latest innovation from China’s traffic police? Dancing children. The local cops in Hebei’s Handan reckoned drivers would better comply with ...

Dissenting on debt levels
Sino-File “The scenario of an abrupt slowdown of the Chinese economy is…

Jin Zhongxia, China’s representative at the IMF, rejects that body’s latest warning that the Chinese economy will face increasing risks due to ...

Rumour mill
Cartoons Rumour mill

Could Old Trafford be the latest footballing icon to fall into the lap of a Chinese buyer? That was the frenzied speculation after the Sunday Times ...

Help wanted
And Finally Chinese cities to open doors to Filipino nannies?

Many Hong Kong families rely on Filipino helpers to cook, clean and look after their children. But could that ready supply of domestic support be about ...

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