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WiC 400 (Mar 9, 2018)

When duty calls

Chinese Character, Talking Point Tariffs shock makes Liu He’s debut trip to Washington a difficult…

Senior politicians in China rarely make public comments about their colleagues, although this etiquette was breached when Xi Jinping met Tom Donilon, ...

Going into fashion

China Consumer Can Fosun turn around French couture house?

In an interview with the Financial Times last weekend, London entrepreneur Robin Birley said that his main concern has little to do with the opening of ...

Differing values

Internet & Tech A tech giant’s worth surges as it returns home

Read any Western media article about history’s greatest stock market investors and a roll call of Americans will ensue. Warren Buffett or his mentor, ...

The loan ranger

Banking & Finance New entity Baihang to rate personal credit

It’s easy to get a loan in China. Just not from a bricks-and-mortar bank. In the last few years online credit companies have proliferated. Often ...

Empire building

Media Xiaomi backs China’s Bloomberg-in-the-making

US media mogul Rupert Murdoch was once rumoured to be an investor in Beijing-based electric appliances maker Xiaomi. The speculation was fuelled by a ...

Atomic ambitions

Energy & Resources Latest merger signals Chinese aim for global leadership in nuclear power

The Americans have Los Alamos in New Mexico and China has Plant 221 in Qinghai province. The two locations were the birthplaces of atomic bomb ...

Healthcare To grow in China’s health supplement market Citic buys into foreign…

Whether ejiao, or donkey-hide gelatin, has real health benefits became a hotly discussed topic recently. The debate was sparked by a weibo ...

Conscious coupling

Society Two dating apps merge

When a survey in 2015 revealed that more than half of Guangzhou’s female commuters had experienced some form of sexual harassment (“inappropriate ...

World of Weibo Money talk

Imagine Uber’s Garrett Camp, Instagram’s Kevin Systrom, angel investor Ron Conway, talk show host Stephen Colbert and a long list of marquee ...

Open to negotiation

Entertainment One of China’s most commercially savvy stars hits a speedbump

For fashion houses looking to leverage the star power of celebrity, events like this week’s Academy Awards are heaven-sent. All the major brands ...

Ambulance chaser

Planet China As Chinese roads get more congested, frustrated commuters are getting more…

As Chinese roads get more congested, frustrated commuters are getting more creative in reducing their travel times. And according to NetEase, one ...

Sino-File “I was completely unaware of what was going on. We were…

Roy Jones speaks to the Wall Street Journal about Marriott’s decision to fire him. The American employee helped manage the hotel giant’s Twitter ...

Flush with knowledge

Cartoons Flush with knowledge

What value can be placed on a good education? In many countries, a debate is growing about whether college graduates recoup the costs of their ...

And Finally China’s most senior ‘fake’ official emerges

In the hit AMC show Mad Men, Don Draper lies about his identity and rises through the ranks of a Manhattan advertising agency to become its ...