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WiC 425 (Sep 21, 2018)

Internet & Tech, Talking Point 2018 is proving a pivotal year for the TMD – as…

Throughout Chinese history, checks and balances have always been at play in the royal court. Just tune in to an episode of any imperial drama: the ...

Media NetEase closes down its financial news portal

In June last year China’s Cyberspace Administration introduced new rules governing online news portals. All content managers had to be accredited and ...

China and the World An insider account of Trump’s stance on China, trade and Xi…

Fans of the Netflix show Ozark will be familiar with the Missouri terrain in which the money- laundering drama is set. What they may not ...

Aviation To solve its liquidity woes HNA is selling assets

“It only takes 10 seconds to crush a man’s ambition” is one of the most famous quotes from House of Cards, the US television drama that ...

Energy & Resources PetroChina has turned to Qatar for LNG imports

Such is the oil boom in Texas that the state would count as the fourth largest member of OPEC if it were a member country, behind Saudi Arabia, Iran ...

China Consumer Is Chinese consumer confidence on the wane?

After the success in China of KFC and McDonald’s, US burger chain Shake Shack is hoping to emulate them by opening its first outlet in Shanghai in ...

Entertainment Subsidy ban on Tencent and Alibaba ticket sites ahead of public…

It was over a decade ago that Huawei’s founder Ren Zhengfei claimed that a ‘wolf spirit’ – that is, perseverance, teamwork and ruthlessness – ...

Planet China At airports, coffee shops and hotels it is normally among the…

At airports, coffee shops and hotels it is normally among the first things patrons ask: what’s the Wifi password? At Nanjing University of ...

Sino-File “A chip is small like the honey badger and we hope…

Jeff Zhang, Alibaba’s chief technology officer, discusses the animal that the internet conglomerate’s new semiconductor subsidiary is named after. ...

Cartoons The Taiwanese temptress

When we think of espionage inevitably images from James Bond spring to mind: fast cars, gadgets and seduction. But aside from the seduction part, there ...

And Finally Tourist row sours Sino-Swedish relations

Chinese travellers made 131 million trips overseas last year but what happens when something goes wrong and tourists or businesspeople get into ...