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WiC 406 (Apr 27, 2018)

Stakes raised in chip ban

China and the World, Talking Point Will sanctions on ZTE (and possibly Huawei) trigger a US-China tech…

Chen Jin made a name for himself 15 years ago with the invention of the Hanxin computer chip, which means “the heart of Han [Chinese]”. The ...

What’s your best bid?

Internet & Tech DJI plays private equity funds off against each other in latest…

Who wouldn’t want to be a private equity investor in the Chinese tech sector at the moment? The country’s firms are at the forefront of new trends ...

China Consumer New local cafe chain seeks to challenge Starbucks

Despite all the fanfare about the Chinese embracing lattes and skinny whites, most still don’t drink much coffee (if at all). A recent survey reveals ...

Far from generic

Healthcare Breakthroughs in China’s biotech sector are leading to IPOs

One of China’s major breakthroughs in mainstream medical cures happened in the early 1970s, when Ningbo-born scientist Tu Youyou came up with a drug ...

Betting on a comeback

Auto Industry Big names like Tencent and Evergrande prepared to take a punt…

If hard times reveal true friends, there is no better time to cement loyalties than when people run into financial trouble. It is well-documented ...

Calling on the reserves

Banking & Finance Why Hong Kong’s dollar drop could signal a slowdown in city’s…

During his 16-year tenure as head of thr Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Joseph Yam was the staunchest defender of Hong Kong’s currency peg to ...

A controversial drug arrest

Healthcare Hongmao set to become a landmark case for TCM marketing

You’d have to be pretty naïve about human biology to believe that drinking Red Bull really “gives you wings”. But the slogan still got the drink ...

Homophobia dot com dot cn

Society Sina Weibo lifts ban on gay content after public outcry

In the Dream of the Red Chamber – one of China’s four great classical novels – the main male character Jia Baoyu seems to enjoy a ...

Television doctors

Entertainment TV shows used to improve doctor-patient relations in Chinese hospitals

Doctors in China get attacked so often that some local governments have hired armed police to guard their hospitals. Now the central authorities are ...

Entertainment Hong Kong film industry enters second-tier

When Hong Kong actor Louis Koo, 47, accepted best actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards this month – his first time winning after multiple nominations ...

Planet China China is a place replete with traditions and to the outside…

China is a place replete with traditions and to the outside observer some of them can seem a little odd. One of these made the news this week involving ...

The road ahead?

Sino-File “China could play a pivotal role in transforming the existing automotive…

A comment by Didi Chuxing founder and CEO Cheng Wei at an event held in Beijing to announce an alliance with 31 partners for driverless cars, including ...

Let 6 billion cockroaches bloom

Cartoons Let 6 billion cockroaches bloom

One of the most quoted numbers about China is its population, still the world’s largest at 1.4 billion. But a less remarked upon Chinese statisitic ...

Not quite so super

And Finally Backlash over botched Disney event in Shanghai

Last October, Marvel Studios assembled 80 of its top stars and filmmakers in Atlanta, where the latest instalment of the Avengers franchise ...