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WiC 451 (May 10, 2019)

China Consumer, Talking Point Is Luckin Coffee a serious challenger to Starbucks in China?

Starbucks’ business in China was lossmaking for the first nine years after it opened its first cafe in Beijing in January 1999. Investors weren’t ...

Trump’s tariff tweet

Economy Why are US and China playing brinksmanship ahead of crucial talks?

“Deals are my art form,” Donald Trump explains at one point in his book on the topic. “Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write ...

So what’s his goal?

Property Wang Jianlin makes a comeback in football – and in property…

Before Jia Yueting boarded a flight to the US in July 2017 the founder of troubled tech firm LeEco wrote on his weibo that he was off for a short ...

Iron Lady invoked

Telecoms Pompeo chides Theresa May over Huawei 5G risks

What would Margaret Thatcher have made of the UK’s decision to allow Huawei to bid to build parts of the country’s 5G network? US Secretary of ...

Man in the middle

Cross Strait Terry Gou visits the White House ahead of Taiwan’s election

When it comes to the tricky task of working out how to conduct oneself in public, it seems that little has changed since the time of the Crusades ...

The varsity blues

China and the World, Healthcare Chinese pharma tycoon spends $6.5 million to get daughter into top…

The achievements of Mencius, the second most revered of China’s sages after Confucius, are often traced back to his solicitous mother. Legend has it ...

Who’s Hu Profiles of China’s business leaders

After an M&A spree overseas in recent years, Wang Jianlin has become better known to the world’s bankers and dealmakers. But for those who are ...

The silver screen

Internet & Tech How a dance app is targeting China’s ‘damas’

Salsa, Hip hop and Revolutionary: these are just three of the genres available on Tangdou – a mobile app for middle-aged Chinese women who like to ...

Wooed by Westeros

Entertainment Final season of Game of Thrones gets massive audience on Tencent…

Game of Thrones has won many accolades, including more Emmys than any other drama (it has received 47) and the title of most-watched show in ...

Planet China A Porsche driver in China has lost his licence, but not…

A Porsche driver in China has lost his licence, but not for one of the more expected reasons like speeding. Rather it was because he was so ...

A victory for Lego in China

Cartoons A victory for Lego in China

It was widely known as FEGO – or fake Lego – and for years parents in China bought Lepin’s products to supplement their children’s Lego ...

Not so cooperative?

Sino-File “How do you go to canola farmers and relatives of the…

David McNaughton, Canada’s US ambassador, tells the South China Morning Post that unless the Canadians gets more cooperation from Washington over the ...

Great leap forward

And Finally Second-hand sneaker shop grabs unicorn status

While reselling sneakers (or trainers) is hardly a new phenomenon, the advent of online sales has massively expanded the market for second-hand ...