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WiC 394 (Jan 19, 2018)

China and the World, Talking Point Huawei’s ambitions face fresh setback as US politics unravels AT&T deal

On January 9, 2007, more than 140,000 techies swarmed to Vegas for the annual CES show. They were lining up for what was billed as the world’s ...

China Ink French President Emmanuel Macron has shown a keen interest in symbolism…

Did his ‘horse diplomacy’ work? Foreign press: It is the first time France has offered as gift one of the elite cavalry horses ...

Banking & Finance Hong Kong stock market hits an all-time high

For a number of millennia, alchemists attempted the impossible feat of turning lead into gold. Likewise, in the past week Chinese newspapers have been ...

Entertainment Why the latest Star Wars sequel has struggled at the Chinese…

“The Force” did not seem to be with Star Wars when it returned to the Middle Kingdom for the third time at the beginning of 2018 – so ...

Society Why medical students are unwilling to pick paediatrics

“Our overworked doctors have fallen sick. We have suspended our service. We are not sure when we will reopen.” That was the sign on the door of ...

Internet & Tech Online world proves tough nut for Wanda to crack

Wang Jianlin became China’s richest man by riding the country’s property boom. But his decision to try and replicate that success across any number ...

Cross Strait Why Ruby Lin’s TV series was axed by Tencent

Foreign travellers to Beijing might have come across the Gongzhufen underground station. Its name literally means “Tomb of the Princess” – and ...

Internet & Tech Who are China’s new internet trio and can they best BAT?…

When Amazon started life as an online bookseller in 1994 few envisaged it would become the world’s biggest retailer and its founder Jeff Bezos the ...

Internet & Tech China flexes muscles at world’s premier product innovation show

The 1937 International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life held in Paris was a highly-charged event. Dazzling pavilions devoted to the ...

China Consumer Local sport brands struggle to keep pace with Nike and Adidas

Is it okay to wear trainers on a blind date? The answer appears to be a resolute no if you are a Chinese millennial male looking for love. A weibo ...

Economy Xi Jinping’s latest rallying cry calls for an end to poverty…

When Wang Fuman set off for school on the morning of January 8 in rural Yunnan, he had no idea he was about to become an internet sensation: a symbol ...

China Consumer And the world’s most valuable luxury goods company is...

We first mentioned China’s prestigious white liquor Moutai in March 2009 (in issue WiC7) and according to our web archive we have featured the baijiu ...

Ask Mei What do JW Marriott, Delta Air Lines and Zara have in…

Well, they all issued public apologies in China this month for making the “grave mistake” of listing Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau (and in Delta and ...

Planet China In China the term pengci literally means “bumping porcelain”. It refers…

In China the term pengci literally means “bumping porcelain”. It refers to a scam in the antique industry where a cheap vase is ...

Cartoons Xi’s books of the year

One strength of WiC is the way our curation of content points to trends. A couple of years ago we barely ever mentioned AI (artificial intelligence). ...

Sino-File “What we are looking for now with Tencent is just to…

Jacob Kragh, head of Lego in China, tells Reuters about a new partnership between the Danish toymaker and the Chinese internet giant. China’s toys ...

And Finally How to provoke social media ridicule for $10,000

Ziguangge long enjoyed a sacred status within the Forbidden City as the place that displayed the portraits of Emperor Qianlong’s worthiest 280 ...