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WiC 435 (Dec 14, 2018)

Following the script

Entertainment, Talking Point What were the big themes of 2018? China’s movie industry has…

Four of the most famous huabiao in China can be found in Tiananmen Square. The giant marble columns were built in the Ming Dynasty as imperial ...

A day in the life of a toddler

Education Olivia Halsall on the education regimes of two Shanghai four year-olds

With a strong black coffee in one hand and an oversized teddy bear in the other, I’m standing in front of 30 Chinese toddlers gazing up at me in ...

A captive market

China and the World Huawei CFO released on bail in case that casts shadow over…

The two defining themes in Sino-US relations over the last 12 months – trade war and tech rivalry – have combined in a furious finish to the ...

Patent paralysis

Telecoms Court in Fuzhou stops sales of iPhones

In October 2010, Motorola Mobility went after Apple, claiming that it had infringed 18 of the company’s patents. Apple quickly returned the favour, ...

Jobs on the line

Economy State Council takes steps to shore up employment rates in 2019

“Stability must take precedence over everything.” So said former paramount leader Deng Xiaoping in one of his more famous quotes and it has been a ...

Chemical weapons

Healthcare How the opioid fentanyl could be a bargaining chip in the…

The British were the dominant force in the opium trade during imperial times, but the Americans were pretty decent drug pushers too. By the early 1800s ...

China Consumer Why Laoganma says “no” to an IPO

One of the greatest surprises during New York Fashion Week in September was the debut of a hoodie – sold at a pop-up store on Broadway – that ...

Who’s Hu The real estate mogul linked to JD.com’s founder

A self-made man, Li Hua (Li Wa in Cantonese) has moved into the public eye because of rape allegations against one of his close friends. JD.com’s ...

Rocketing ratings

Entertainment Youku’s latest hit reality TV show sees celebrities train to be…

According to folklore, Chang'e and her husband Houyi were immortals living in Heaven until a row with the Jade Emperor saw them banished to Earth. The ...

Under the microscope

Society Maverick scientist disappears after gene-editing claim

“I understand my work will be controversial but I believe families need this technology and I am willing to take the criticism for them.” Thus ...

Planet China In our last issue we detailed how China’s tobacco monopoly had…

In our last issue we detailed how China’s tobacco monopoly had announced it was set to hit its target of selling 2.34 trillion cigarettes this year. ...

China charges ahead

Sino-File “If I remember correctly, every second electric car being sold in…

Michal Kurtyka, president of the ongoing Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, says that China is taking “a ...

No trouble brewing this time

Cartoons No trouble brewing this time

There are 9,999 rooms in Beijing’s Forbidden City but a plan to turn one of them into a Starbucks in 2007 ran into intense opposition. Much of the ...

And Finally What featured in the latest listings of China’s top terms for…

It’s that time in the calendar when language fans announce the most influential words of the year. For the UK’s Oxford English Dictionary the ...