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WiC 381 (Sep 22, 2017)

Hoping for the X factor

China Consumer, Talking Point Apple bets new iPhone models are the answer to its faltering…

Feng Xiaogang’s Cell Phone was China’s most talked about movie of 2005, starring Fan Bingbing as the archetypal mistress. Her lover ...

High noon in Hong Kong

Property Colonial stalwart mulls $3.8 billion hotel sale

In the 1970s Jardine Matheson’s then-taipan Henry Keswick was asked for his advice on Hong Kong property. His pithy reply was “never sell”. Over ...

Friends in high places

Energy & Resources China’s most mysterious oil baron is striking some stunning deals

The prices of commodities tend to be more volatile than those of other major asset classes. Moreover, institutional investors have to put up with a ...

No stars out of five

China Tourist Premium hotels in damage control after cleanliness survey spooks guests

In 2016, American news magazine Inside Edition released a report suggesting that three out of nine New York hotels in its study weren’t changing ...

Not for sharing

Property Co-workspace giant WeWork clashes with Chinese challenger

Even if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, WeWork isn’t impressed. Last week, the US co-working space company filed a civil lawsuit in New ...

Rail & Infrastructure Fosun-led consortium inks deal for China’s first private railway line

The first railways in China were financed, engineered and operated by foreigners (see WiC23). They were built during the Qing Dynasty and faced major ...

Rock ‘n’ roll blues

Society Former star’s photo prompts middle-age lament

For many of its more avid fans, rock ’n’ roll is more than music: it is a philosophy and a lifestyle, representing independence and a lust for ...

Changed environment

Economy Why graftbusters have joined China’s war on fighting pollution

Twenty-six years ago when Swedish packaging giant Tetra Pak wanted to set up shop in southern China, the government of Foshan offered a plot on a new ...

Media A longrunning talk show is the latest victim in Party Congress…

China’s television regulator SAPPRFT isn’t known for its sense of humour. So it was no surprise that as early as July it was already talking about ...

“The female Jack Ma”

Entertainment New drama about Shaanxi’s most famous businesswoman tops TV ratings

At last weekend’s Emmy Awards many of the shows that took home the biggest prizes were female-centric series like The Handmaid’s Tale, ...

Planet China This week Europe’s biggest airline Ryanair wrote to 400,000 passengers telling…

This week Europe’s biggest airline Ryanair wrote to 400,000 passengers telling them their flights had been cancelled after it admitted to a massive ...

Business is in his DNA

Sino-File “A lot of rich people in China cannot sleep well because…

JD.com founder Liu Qiangdong describes to the Financial Times the origins of his business. He started an electronics stall in Beijing and said he was ...

Welcome to Wanda stadium

Cartoons Welcome to Wanda stadium

Wanda is set to feature more in Europe’s newspapers. That is not because of the Chinese conglomerate’s overseas acquisition drive (which ground to ...

And Finally Shenzhen’s plan to protect its ‘heritage’ landmarks

In Chinese financial jargon plots of real estate sold for record prices are called diwang, or ‘kings of land’. The first ...