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WiC 418 (Jul 20, 2018)

Friends, not foes

China and the World, Talking Point Beijing in charm offensive as China looks for allies in Europe

Winston Churchill once likened American diplomacy to “a bull who carries his own china shop around with him” and the description had never sounded ...

Healthcare China banks on drug reform for affordable healthcare

In the first decades after it gained independence in 1947, India had little influence over the global pharmaceutical market. Imports made up nearly 90% ...

Banking & Finance Alipay and WeChat Pay to lose lucrative revenue stream in fintech…

How do you tell someone you care? In the West, one way is a gift of flowers, an act said to have been encouraged by the American Florists Telegraph ...

Entertainment One of China’s most troubled movie projects is finally set to…

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of China’s victory in the Second World War, two films were planned to re-enact the horrors of the Japanese ...

Internet & Tech Tencent Music joins IPO rush by Chinese tech unicorns

At first glance, Chinese consumers appear to love music – an estimated 72% of the population listens to it, and they do so for an average of 16 hours ...

Charting old territory

Internet & Tech Alibaba’s mapping service joins long list of Didi challengers

When Didi Chuxing bought out Uber’s China operations in 2016 many observers thought it was the end of competition in the country’s ride-sharing ...

Entertainment Has Netflix backed a loser in Meteor Garden remake?

Wang Ju earned national attention as one of the most popular singers on Tencent’s reality show Produce 101. With her heavier frame and ...

Better than Boris?

World of Weibo Better than Boris?

Boris Johnson, who resigned as British Foreign Secretary in protest at his government’s Brexit policy last week, was best known in China for his ...

Legend goes to Luxembourg

Banking & Finance Chinese conglomerate completes European bank deal

Legend Holdings has a reputation for leading the pack in market-leading acquisitions and the group has been at it again with the acquisition of ...

China Consumer Less than a year old, coffee chain Luckin is challenging Starbucks

When Chinese coffee start-up Luckin Coffee said it was filing a lawsuit against Starbucks in May, the American chain dismissed the move as a publicity ...

Housekeeping hell

Planet China China has a new candidate for the world’s messiest woman. According…

China has a new candidate for the world’s messiest woman. According to Sohu she hails from Hunan province but her claim to the title is based on her ...

Sino-File “We have the confidence and ability to keep a firm hold…

President Xi Jinping uses conciliatory language during a meeting with Lien Chan, former chairman of Taiwan’s main opposition party, the KMT. The ...

Cartoons Puff piece

“In the event that pilots begin smoking, oxygen masks will fall down…” That should have been the announcement last week when an Air China flight ...

Fantasy football

And Finally Nike says Chinese football to rule the world

Sportswear giant Nike couldn’t lose when Croatia met France in last Sunday’s World Cup final – it makes the shirts for both teams. It also ...