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WiC 429 (Oct 26, 2018)

Rail & Infrastructure, Talking Point Xi Jinping visits Guangdong in the latest ‘Southern Tour’

The year 1992 was a difficult one in China. Economic growth had slowed for three consecutive years and Deng Xiaoping’s reforms were being stymied by ...

Taking on Taobao

China Consumer Bytedance, the $75 billion ‘upstart’, now wants to challenge Alibaba as…

For every successful business venture, there are often several dozen failures. That’s especially true in China’s e-commerce industry. While ...

Internet & Tech Tencent delays music IPO; Baidu eyes comeback

When China’s answer to Justin Bieber launched his debut album in 2015, he was doing a lot more than forging a solo career. Perhaps more significantly ...

Trying to be fair

Economy Two expos in China tell a new story on trade

Canton and commerce have been inextricably linked for centuries. However, for the Chinese some of the city’s trading history still rankles. Canton ...

Welcome, my frenemy

China and the World The Editor of Asian Affairs assesses improvements in Sino-Japanese ties

Five years ago it would have been almost inconceivable that the Prime Minister of Japan, Abe Shinzo, would be so warmly welcomed in China. At that ...

Survival of the unfittest?

Internet & Tech Is troubled giant Ofo about to be taken over by smaller…

A survey by Innosight, a US consultancy, found that the average lifespan of companies on the S&P 500 Index in 1964 was around 33 years. Their ...

Moving the deckchairs

Banking & Finance Is China’s ‘Titanic’ debt problem getting even bigger?

What do the following places have in common: Zhenjiang in Jiangsu province, Xiangtan in Hunan and Shaoxing in Zhejiang? The answer: they hold the ...

Banking & Finance Pandas set to make a comeback as foreigners tap renminbi bonds

The world’s three biggest domestic bond markets all have special categories for foreign issuers: Yankees in the US, Samurais in Japan and Pandas in ...

The ‘rice’ character flag

Brush Strokes Why do so many products feature Union Jacks in China?

I have lived in Hong Kong all my life and travelled to mainland China many times (in fact I’m spending this school year boarding in Hangzhou). I ...

Finding Mr Right

Entertainment Why a celebrity marriage caused a social media meltdown

The doorway of a traditional courtyard house in Beijing always comes with a pair of mendang, i.e. the stone bearings on both sides, and ...

A life sentence

Planet China It’s safe to say that a marriage isn’t working when the…

It’s safe to say that a marriage isn’t working when the husband tries to get himself jailed so he can spend a few days away from his wife. Such was ...

Stunned by Shenzhen

Sino-File “Shenzhen is a city with a futuristic vibe, lots of young…

Matt Philips, destination editor at Lonely Planet, explains why the southern city has been included as one of the travel guide’s must-visit places in ...

Into flight mode

Cartoons Into flight mode

Pigs might fly, but can cars do it too? China’s Geely hopes to convince customers in the US that they can. Its wholly-owned American subsidiary ...

The captain’s table

And Finally Gorging guests blamed for cruise liner’s retreat

The Chinese dama first made their name internationally in 2013, with some frenetic buying in the gold market. Since then the dama – ...