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WiC 38 (Nov 30, 2009)

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Banking & Finance Proceeds from Hong Kong listing could benefit Chinese SME

Dong Wenbiao may be hoping it’s a case of third time lucky. Minsheng Bank’s chairman has tried to list the financial firm in Hong Kong on two prior ...

China and the World, Talking Point What to expect from Obama’s first presidential visit to China

Barack Obama becomes the third of three iconic American figures to appear on Chinese soil this month, as part of his nine day Asian tour. Of course, ...

Aviation, Corporate Q&A Airline boss talks of big opportunities in China

From peering through the barbed wire on the border thirty years ago through to his now regular trips to meetings in Beijing, Cathay Pacific chief ...

Entertainment The channel that revolutionised Chinese TV

If you concede, reluctantly, that the cornerstones of Western pop culture these days are shows like The X-Factor in Britain or American ...

Telecoms Networking firm wins plaudits from Western rivals

At this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona – the telecom industry’s biggest annual trade show – Huawei was causing a lot of ...

Others Wuxi has big ambitions to beat Bangalore

In the third century BC, a monk sent by India’s most renowned king, Ashoka, reputedly brought Buddhism to China. His journey over the Himalayas has ...

Internet & Tech Government ministries clash over online game rules

A man in Wuhan took his pregnant wife to see a doctor. He was worried that she had some sort of disease as she got up in the middle of the night “too ...

Who’s Hu Founder of Fosun

Guo Guangchang’s parents wanted him to become a village school teacher. He had different ideas, leaving home to study at provincial high school. His ...

Others, Space Programme New light on the “stupidest thing” America ever did

Confrontations in space have tended to be spectacular, although mostly they’ve been of the fictional variety. You know the type of thing – the ...

Auto Industry Industry wants to grow auto loans

It was time for a second car, and Mrs Ma made her choice after a quick tour of the salesroom. If the sticker price of the BMW 525Li (currently ...

Environment Minmetals embarrassed by environmental breach

"The whole of the river was an opaque, pale brown fluid,” wrote the scientist. He concluded it was a “fermenting sewer”. The river in question ...

Society Not just wealthy, they’re role models for marital bliss

A marriage, says Chinese construction tycoon Yan Yuejie, is like flying a kite. Yan, head of China Pacific Construction Group compares himself to ...

Sport Top golfers hit Shanghai

Phil Mickelson evidently feels at home in China. It must be the historical fondness for “Leftists’. The left-handed American golfer – ...

History Lessons Using beauty to seduce the enemy

Xi Shi was a legendary beauty from the ancient state of Yue (today’s Zhejiang province) during China’s Spring and Autumn Period (770 to 476 ...

Property Disney announcement sees adjacent properties soar in value

Who’s been more over-excited this week: Shanghai’s seven-year olds or the city’s property developers? In Talking Point we mentioned that ...

Planet China A recent controversy in the city of Xiamen, Fujian province, offers…

A recent controversy in the city of Xiamen, Fujian province, offers a curious barometer for the state of the Chinese job market. Confident that lots ...

Cartoons Sofa, so good: Geely still chasing Volvo

When Li Shufu began making cars in 1997, he wasn’t daunted by the idea of taking on the industry’s big boys (see WiC22). Cars were simple to make: ...

And Finally New Mao statue causes a stir

His countrymen are used to seeing him in statuesque pose, in a long overcoat and with his right arm outstretched and aloft. But in his latest ...