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WiC 417 (Jul 13, 2018)

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Doctor M’s orders

China and the World, Talking Point A misstep in Malaysia for China’s Belt and Road Initiative?

The inaugural Belt and Road Forum held in May last year was the coming-out party of Xi Jinping’s signature policy. With 29 foreign leaders attending ...

An untimely death

Economy HNA to get restructuring assistance despite co-chairman’s fatal fall?

President Xi Jinping’s crackdown against corruption has struck such fear among Party cadres that a popular saying has it that they would rather meet ...

Doubling down

China and the World The China-US trade war has worsened in recent days

Trade wars are good and easy to win” was the breezy claim from Donald Trump back in March. His dictum is soon to be tested, after he pushed the ...

Who’s watching

Internet & Tech How smartphone apps may infringe privacy

When Mark Zuckerberg posted a picture in 2016 to celebrate the growing user base of Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, internet users noticed that ...

A towering offer

Telecoms Is China Tower’s IPO a good buy amid tougher market conditions?

It is the stock market flotation which, to some, seems to come from another era. For if the 2000s were punctuated by the listing of one after another ...

Wanting a change

China Consumer Can Want Want overcome its ‘mid-life crisis’?

Want Want found its formula for marketing success early in China and didn’t vary it much after opening its first factory in Hunan in 1992. For ...

Shu Qi

Red Star Taiwanese a-lister buys a stellar home in Hong Kong

Who is she? Lin Li-hui, who goes by her stage name Shu Qi, started working when she was still ...

Worth the wok

Society Michelin launches Guangzhou restaurant guide

What’s the next best city for dining out in China after Shanghai? According to vaunted French dining guide, the Michelin Guide, it’s Guangzhou, ...

Drug movie

Entertainment Dark comedy about China’s healthcare industry proves to be summer hit

In Dallas Buyers Club, a 2013 film that is based on a true story, Matthew McConaughey plays Ron Woodroof, a Texan electrician and rodeo rider, ...

On the table

Planet China Posting group photos online is seldom viewed as dangerous. But in…

Posting group photos online is seldom viewed as dangerous. But in Hangzhou it has cost two people their jobs. According to Sohu.com, the trouble began ...

Tesla goes round the Bund

Sino-File “I would just like to express an order of appreciation to…

Elon Musk’s comment on the news that Tesla had signed a deal with Shanghai’s Lingang district to house a wholly-owned electric car factory capable ...

The (37 year-old) graduate

Cartoons The (37 year-old) graduate

Yao Ming stood out from the crowd last Sunday when he graduated from Shanghai Jiaotong University – and not only because he is 2.29 metres tall. The ...

French whine

And Finally Chinese firm scores own goal in World Cup bet

There were cheers across France when Les Bleus bested Belgium to progress to the World Cup Final. But for the team’s Chinese sponsor, le ...

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