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WiC 450 (May 3, 2019)

A humiliation remembered

China and the World, Talking Point Message of the May 4th centenary: China won’t give an inch…

Most people outside China will be unaware of it, but the hundredth anniversary of the May Fourth Movement is a significant moment for the Chinese. It ...

In very poor taste indeed

China Consumer Durex blasted for racy online ads run with HeyTea

In 2009 Burger King landed itself in hot water because of a raunchy advertisement in Singapore. It featured a blonde woman agape at one of the ...

Getting back on track

Belt and Road Xi Jinping presses reboot button at the Belt and Road Forum

Tone down the rhetoric, improve the oversight and show more of the results. For months that’s been the advice on offer to Belt and Road policymakers ...

Energy & Resources China’s only private sector oil baron goes under

For WiC readers of a certain vintage, there really are only two oilmen worthy of note: JR Ewing and Cliff Barnes. The two Texans spent much of the ...

A market that’s hard to milk

China Consumer Fonterra resets agenda in China after Beingmate fallout

The term ‘sour milk’ is pertinent to the attempts of many international dairy firms to enter the huge China market. Many have set up joint ventures ...

Heroic figures at box office

Entertainment Huge opening weekend for Marvel blockbuster indicates record haul

Die-hard Marvel fan Xiaoli had waited anxiously for the release of Avengers: Endgame, the final film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s ...

A bruised Apple?

World of Weibo A bruised Apple?

While most companies scramble to curate content to increase their social media presence, tech giant Apple has a very different strategy. It uses ...

Smart buys for smart people

Property Half price homes in Hohhot for those with the requisite ‘talent’

To attract the best employees, tech companies have showered their staff with perks like concierge services, massages and gourmet canteens. Companies ...

A dash for cash

Property Graft scandal embroils Tahoe

Property developers in China have at least one strategy in common: they all want to forge good relationships with the local governments where they ...

Society Are tiger parents and elite education killing dialects?

If you were trying to come up with a Chinese term that is known around the world, what would be a prime candidate? ‘Kung fu’, perhaps, which is so ...

Internet & Tech Qualcomm shutters JV in Guizhou

In mid-April, Apple and Qualcomm called a halt on their lengthy wrangle over patent royalties. The knock-on effects have been felt in China, where the ...

When men mess up, blame the women

Ask Mei Chauvinism in China

As an ancient civilisation with a strong Confucian influence, China has not been very fair to women through its history. Hong Yan Huo Shui ...

The crane position

Planet China Plenty of towns and cities in China are known for producing…

Plenty of towns and cities in China are known for producing something well known (most famously Moutai, a prestigious baijiu alcohol of the same ...

Say it with flowers

Cartoons Say it with flowers

Horticultural exhibitions aren’t normally hotspots for international diplomacy but the International Horticultural Exhibition that began in Beijing ...

Spicy relationships

And Finally Why a hotpot restaurant has become a popular dating place

Pinduoduo has grown into China’s third biggest e-commerce firm by allowing shoppers who often don’t know each other to combine their orders for ...