430 Archives | Week In China

Sorry, you have not enabled Javascript for your internet browser, so some of our website's pages may not render as fully as intended.
Please Click here for easy instructions on how to enable Javascript on your browser or consult your IT support staff for help.

Back Issue

WiC 430 (Nov 2, 2018)

Master and the market

Banking & Finance, Talking Point Beijing bolsters its stock bourses in a bid to bluster through…

It is said that the stock market never lies. And as American voters gear up to pick their congressmen and state governors next week, Donald Trump has ...

Singapore surprise

Auto Industry Dyson chooses the Lion City for its car plant; China is…

Southeast Asian business groups run by the Chinese diaspora have always been influential in their ancestral home. Known as ‘the Bamboo Network’, ...

Economy Party puts out list of ‘Top 100’ entrepreneurs – but who…

The All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC) was founded in 1953 with 640 representatives. It was extremely difficult for private sector ...

Healthcare Ant’s mutual insurance scheme an online hit

Big data, big gains. That is the mantra of China’s tech giants Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent. One area where that seems to be undeniably true for the ...

School stabbing

Society Kindergarten knife attack sparks anger and debate

In 2010 there were a series of violent knife attacks against Chinese school children. In total 27 kids were killed and over 100 were injured. The ...

Logistics JD.com opens its logistic network to rival SF

To solve the shortage of warehouse space as consumer shopping habits move increasingly online, Amazon’s engineers have figured out a solution: put ...

The ugly reality

Entertainment Chinese starlet Yang Mi tries her hand at ‘method acting’ in…

Attractive actresses often take on ugly roles in search of a breakout performance. In Monster, Charlize Theron wore mottled makeup and crooked ...

Battle of the benefactors

Belt and Road Washington is planning a counter-offensive to Belt and Road lending

Earlier this autumn, senior officials from the Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC) went elephant hunting in Sri Lanka. But the executives from the ...

Skin in the game

Planet China This summer the Chinese media launched a fierce debate on what…

This summer the Chinese media launched a fierce debate on what it terms the niangpao or ‘sissy boy’ culture. The popularity of a series of ...

A trillion at a time

Cartoons A trillion at a time

There was plenty of fanfare when Apple and then Amazon announced they had surpassed market capitalisations of $1 trillion. Over in China another ...

Banking by blinking

Sino-File “We’ve reduced credit losses by 60% using this technology. It is…

Ping An’s deputy chief executive Lee Yuansiong praises facial recognition technology it uses to screen loan applications. The technology can identify ...

Getting a bear hug

And Finally China promises new pandas after Abe visit

In the summer of 2010, a giant panda called Xing Xing, on loan from China to a zoo in Kobe, died on the operating table during an artificial ...