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WiC 387 (Nov 10, 2017)
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He came, he dealt, he tweeted
China and the World, Talking Point Lavish welcome for US president – as $253 billion of deals get…

Li Zhaoxing, China’s foreign minister from 2003 to 2007, has personally encountered six presidents of the US. According to the veteran diplomat, the ...

Tencent’s very good book
Internet & Tech China Literature’s IPO sizzles in Hong Kong – attracting $66.7 billion

Little did Thomas Hardy know he’d invented the nomenclature for a new genre when he left Henry Knight dangling from a cliff edge at that end of a ...

Li’s biggest property sale yet
Property Mainland Chinese buying up of Hong Kong’s CBD continues apace

Like most of Hong Kong’s billionaires, Li Ka-shing is a believer in feng shui. He reportedly rescheduled his mother’s funeral after a feng shui ...

A package deal
Environment Delivery firms try to cut down on waste boxes from online…

In July JD.com celebrated its birthday in the usual way: running a sales campaign on its website to rival Alibaba’s Singles’ Day. According to ...

Master Ma
Internet & Tech Alibaba boss stars in Tai Chi film as Singles’ Day looms

Jack Ma once said that he wished he hadn’t left his life as an English teacher, as he was happier without the stress of managing a ...

Serving the emperor
Chinese Character Wang Huning takes over as the Communist Party’s ideological chief

Until last month Chen Boda was the only propaganda guru to make it into China’s leadership elite without experience of governing a municipality. One ...

Kapon on the A-to-Z of DRC
Corporate Q&A Acker Merrall boss discusses records set at latest Hong Kong wine…

Few people know more about which wines China’s collectors are buying than John Kapon. The owner of Acker Merrall and Condit hosts record-breaking ...

Gender wars
Entertainment Popular new TV show features strong women and weak men

In late 2015 a low budget TV series that cost just Rmb20 million ($3 million) to make went on to become a hit show on China’s internet. Go ...

University challenged
Society Why Nottingham Ningbo is angry about a new TV drama

It costs more than Rmb100,000 ($15,057) a year to attend the University of Nottingham in Ningbo. So when a popular drama on Hunan TV suggested that ...

Police drama
Planet China We’ve written some extraordinary stories in this column about drink-driving, but…

We’ve written some extraordinary stories in this column about drink-driving, but media reports from Sichuan province indicate the most incredible ...

Coveting Cathay
Sino-File “It is one of the strongest airlines in the world, respected…

Akbar Al Baker, chief executive of Qatar Airways, on the acquisition of a 9.6% stake in the Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific. The stake was purchased ...

Bye bye Big Phil
Cartoons Bye bye Big Phil

No football manager likes to go out with a loss, but Luiz Felipe Scolari was probably less vexed that his team was beaten 2-1 by Tianjin Quanjian. ...

Golden wonder
And Finally Netizens question McDonald’s name change

Can you still unlock your phone if your fingers are coated in grease? For the answer, please ask KFC and Huawei, which teamed up to launch a smartphone ...

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