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WiC 397 (Feb 9, 2018)

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Healthcare, Talking Point Ping An’s healthcare IPO points to growth of ‘Big Health’ theme…

Long before the term ‘unicorn’ was popularised in the investment world, Jim Clark was founding billion-dollar companies. In fact, Clark was the ...

Chinese Character Meet China’s 90 year-old orange king (and formerly its tobacco tsar)

In the late nineteenth century a handful of men in America amassed immense fortunes. Everyone knew their names – then as they still do now – John D ...

Auto Industry Among Tesla’s latest competitors in China is little known start-up XPENG

Which company produced the world’s best-selling electric vehicle in 2017? Take a cursory glimpse at the headlines in Western newspapers and Tesla ...

Internet & Tech Meituan’s new Chinese restaurant rating service takes on Michelin Guide

Tired of following recommendations about Chinese food made by a French car tyre firm? Meituan-Dianping’s Black Pearl Restaurant Guide could ...

Economy Who is in and out at China’s ‘Two Meetings’?

Once a year, usually in March, China holds its Two Meetings, where thousands of representatives from around the country descend on Beijing to consult ...

Aviation Airbus names a former Party official to head its China unit

China is home to plenty of maverick manufacturers, including WiC’s favourite robotmaker Wu Yulu (see WiC59). Wu’s backyard efforts are hard to beat ...

Media & Gaming The boss of LeEco’s struggling sports-streaming unit is latest to quit

After its acquisition by Google, YouTube has continued to grow – roughly 1.5 billion people used it in December, for instance. According to ...

China Consumer Wanglaoji is brewing a cola-like herbal version

“A valuable Brain Tonic, and a cure for all nervous affections – sick headache, neuralgia, hysteria, melancholy” – that’s how the Atlanta ...

China and the World A friendly reception for the British leader, despite a Belt and…

Back in August 2016 WiC reported that British Prime Minister Theresa May had been bestowed with two nicknames by the Chinese: Auntie Plum Blossom and ...

Entertainment Traditional tale set to feature once again over festive period

Asked to name the key monetary element of China’s Lunar New Year period most would cite the red envelopes known as hongbao (or lai ...

Planet China During this time of a year, millions of Chinese make long…

During this time of a year, millions of Chinese make long journeys home to celebrate the advent of the Lunar New Year with their families. Social media ...

Cartoons Xu Zhimo: king of King’s?

Were you asked to name the most famous 20th century alumnus of King’s College, Cambridge you might choose the economist John Maynard Keynes, the ...

Sino-File “UK talent and education is first class”

JD.com boss Richard Liu on his decision to open his company’s first European research centre in Cambridge. He told the Financial Times that the costs ...

And Finally China’s unruly travellers play nationalism card

China Cosco was established on April 27, 1961 and the shipping start-up made its first journey the following day, sending a vessel to Jakarta. The ...

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