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WiC 436 (Jan 11, 2019)
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A genuine first
Space Programme, Talking Point China boldly goes where none have gone before – the dark…

It was a stunning step for the Chinese when they became the first nation to land a spacecraft on the far side of the Moon on January 3. But was it the ...

Reading the tea leaves
Economy Is 2019 shaping up to be a bad year for China?

“Those with knowledge don't predict. Those who make predictions don't have knowledge.” Thus intoned Lao Tzu, the ancient Chinese philosopher who ...

A new year non-resolution
Cross Strait Why Cross Strait relations got off to a turbulent start in…

China’s opening up and economic reform era began in earnest in 1979 but the ideological shift would not have been possible had the United States ...

Arrested development
Healthcare Healthcare firm Tianjin Quanjian mired in pyramid scheme scandal

Senmiao Street, Shijixi Street, and Quanjian Street in Tianjin’s Wuqing District used to be lined with coaches that brought visitors to the coastal ...

Peddling uphill
China Consumer Ofo struggles to stay afloat as China’s sharing economy hits brakes

The Chinese for shared bicycles is gong xiang dan che or “publicly enjoyed vehicles”. But users of Ofo, one of China’s largest ...

Chips with everything
Internet & Tech TCL sells consumer electronics arm as it pushes into semiconductors

TCL Corp started out in the early 1980s as a small state-owned factory. Back then it was known as TTK Corp and it focused on making knock-off TDK ...

Han Kuo-yu
Red Star The Han wave washes over Taiwan

In recent years when the Chinese have spoken about hanliu, they are normally referring to the “Korean wave”, or the remarkable success of South ...

Looking for cover
Banking & Finance New World buys FTLife as ‘China’s Berkshire Hathaway’ unloads assets

Underpinned by Chinese investors wanting to park some of their spare cash offshore in life insurance coverage, many of the recent takeovers of the Hong ...

Sense and sensibility
Society Dangdang’s Li defends JD’s Liu and offers some infidelity tips

You might think that enmity runs deep between e-commerce rivals Dangdang and JD.com. But when it comes to relationship issues, the male bosses of the ...

False marketing?
Entertainment Why Bi Gan’s art-house film surged at the box office for…

It wasn’t exactly a case of ‘happy new year’ for filmmaker Lu Chuan. On New Year’s Eve he was told that production of his latest movie 749 ...

A win for whoppers
Sino-File “It’s a milestone, but also a starting point”

Ekrem Ozer, CEO of Burger King, on the fast food giant’s opening of its 1,000th restaurant in mainland China last month in Shanghai’s Qingpu ...

Give me a B
Cartoons Give me a B

Bytedance was unquestionably the rising star of China’s internet sector in 2018. The rapidly growing popularity of its main services – an ...

Letting off steam
And Finally Hotpot in focus after gourmand’s TV critique

Some historians say hotpot originated as early as the Three Kingdoms (220-280) when people used bronze cauldrons to cook. Others claim that hotpot was ...

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