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WiC 424 (Sep 14, 2018)

Internet & Tech, Talking Point Two internet tycoons make headlines on leadership grounds

The three most prominent tycoons in their respective home markets of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan are CK Hutchison’s Li Ka-shing, casino magnate ...

A tale of two markets

Auto Industry Suzuki excels in selling cars to Indians, but heads for the…

Sales meetings at Suzuki’s headquarters in Japan deliver a contrasting tale. From India, the news is terrific: Suzuki is selling one in every two new ...

China and the World Is the China-US trade row set to escalate further?

Donald Trump got his facts wrong this week when he tweeted that the growth rate in the American economy was higher than its unemployment rate for the ...

Fight or flight

Internet & Tech Will a US lawsuit filed by Shenzhen drone rival clip DJI’s…

Chinese tech firms are now all too familiar with being blocked in the US on national security concerns. Articles on this topic – particularly those ...

Internet & Tech iQiyi ditches view counts

Last week The Story of Yanxi Palace, the biggest hit show this summer, finally concluded. The 70-episode costume drama – about scheming ...

Internet & Tech How AI backfires on Bytedance’s Q&A app

Turf wars among tech firms are nothing new. Apple was engaged in a seven year-long legal battle with Samsung over smartphone patents. More recently, ...

Other Industries Media and netizens angrily debate whether Chinese salt is safe

Tell It Like It Is was the name of the TV talk show that made Cui Yongyuan’s name back in the 1990s and its mantra has defined his life ever ...

Other Industries Tough time for Chinese furniture makers

Buddhism is deeply assimilated into Chinese culture. One lesser known area where it had an impact was the adoption of furniture. One theory posits ...

Media Is China Mobile set for more of a say in Hong…

Changes in media ownership in Hong Kong often stir up controversy, and especially so when local broadcasters are linked to buyers from mainland ...

A dangerous liaison?

Entertainment Studio associated with Fan Bingbing sees stock plunge as troubles mount

Legend has it that Yang Yuhuan’s visage would “embarrass any flower”. Such was her beauty, wrote Tang poet Bai Juyi, that she mesmerised men with ...

Society Media storm about a crisis of masculinity in China

When Mao Zedong ruled supreme in China, androgyny wasn’t considered such a bad thing, in fashion terms at least. Men and women wore similar ...

We chat, but you can’t

Planet China Some think the origin of the idiom ‘Sent to Coventry’ dates…

Some think the origin of the idiom ‘Sent to Coventry’ dates back to the English Civil War of the 1640s when prisoners were sent to that city but ...

Taipei reveals tariff tactics

Sino-File “If companies decide to come back to Taiwan to produce more…

John Deng, Taiwanese trade negotiator and minister without portfolio, tells the Financial Times that plans are being drawn up to encourage Taiwanese ...

Volvo delays IPO journey

Cartoons Volvo delays IPO journey

Volvo has a reputation for making some of the safest cars on the road. And it seems it wants to keep things as safe as possible for its shareholders ...

Ring a bling-bling

And Finally China’s next fad: ultra luxury smartphones

The marketing of Vertu’s mobile handsets has always been less about the technology than their sheer expense, plus the “English craftsmanship” ...