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WiC 408 (May 11, 2018)

Will it be China’s Samsung?

Internet & Tech, Talking Point What is Xiaomi and is it worth $100 billion?

Before founding Xiaomi in 2010, Lei Jun is said to have been given the chance to invest in China’s biggest internet duo, Tencent and Alibaba (now ...

Roaring revenues

Internet & Tech Alibaba courts controversy, but delivers results

In many languages, one of the first words that babies utter is Baba, much to the delight of fathers the world over. But in investor parlance, the term ...

Insurance claim

M&A Will Buffett soon make another move in China?

Warren Buffett has always attracted admirers from the Middle Kingdom. There are always Chinese bidders participating eagerly in the charity auctions ...

China Consumer Famed food firm from Sichuan is in acquisition mode

According to China Daily, Chongqing Fuling Zhacai ranks as “one of the world’s three most famous pickled dishes”, with the other two being ...

China Consumer Suntory sues rival in Beijing over copycat packaging

Coca-Cola announced plans in March to release its first-ever alcoholic drink, doing so in Japan – a country where alcopops (known as chu-hi ...

Banking & Finance Gree skips dividend to make big chip investment

Will it be a case of third time lucky for Gree Electric’s Dong Mingzhu? China’s most famous businesswoman has not had much luck diversifying away ...

Lin’s linguistic lapse

Ask Mei Controversy over Peking University's speech

As one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China, Peking University has produced brilliant writers, thinkers, scientists, entrepreneurs ...

Shoe fight in Paris

World of Weibo Shoe fight in Paris

The elaborate, chunky Triple S sneaker is probably the most coveted item currently produced by French luxury house Balenciaga – so much so that it ...

Crossing the Yalu

Property Will Dandong become a northeastern Shenzhen?

Six weeks ago an armoured train carrying the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un rattled across an old iron bridge over the Yalu river and passed through ...

Screened for success

Entertainment Row over refunds after Taiwanese director scores surprise cinema hit

Back in 1999, Taiwanese actress-singer Rene Liu released a song in which she lamented young love. It went on to become a huge hit. So popular, in fact, ...

Society Rural schools to benefit from 55km trek on Great Wall

When Richard Nixon visited China in 1972 he remarked that “it takes a great people to build a Great Wall” in reference to the country’s most ...

The honest baker

Planet China In the world of stockbroking risk managers fear so-called ‘fat finger’…

In the world of stockbroking risk managers fear so-called ‘fat finger’ error, when traders put in a far larger orders than intended. This month ...

Bike-sharers apply the brakes

Cartoons Bike-sharers apply the brakes

When we profiled Mobike in September 2016 WiC was one of the first English-language media to focus on Chinese bike-sharing apps (see WiC339). We were ...

Full Marx to Xi

And Finally Huge coverage of German’s anniversary in China

Bottles of Karl Marx-themed champagne were unlikely mementos last weekend as Chinese tourists snapped up merchandise on an auspicious day for the ...