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WiC 452 (May 17, 2019)

China and the World, Talking Point The China-US trade row got a lot messier over the past…

The toughest ‘trade talks’ Beijing had previously held with Washington involved China’s accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The ...

Agriculture Even as pig flu crisis worsens, Rusagro bets big

It’s hard to figure out whether Moscow-based Rusagro Group’s latest hog venture in China is more bizarrely or astutely timed – given all the ...

Internet & Tech Oracle shuts R&D unit in China, shedding 900 staff as the tech…

What do you get if you tip some dried fish into a pot of gently boiling frogs? In China, the answer is an unappetising dish of late 30-something ...

Healthcare Scandals spotlight HPV vaccine shortage

It was in Wenzhou that the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine – arguably the most reliable shield against cervical cancer – was first made ...

Telecoms Zhuhai government invests in embattled Meizu

Over the years, Huang Xiuzhang’s disdain for Lei Jun, founder and chairman of Xiaomi, has been well documented. When Xiaomi unveiled its most ...

Economy Is this the Enron moment for China’s accounting profession?

Among all the things that sit on a company’s balance sheet, “cash” should be the most straightforward item for auditors to deal with. A written ...

Red Star Controversy over Taiwanese star Fan Wei-chi's credentials

Who is she? Born in Ohio, Fan Wei-chi, 43, moved to Taiwan when she was six. She got her start ...

Society Ever heard of ‘yuezi’? It’s China’s fastest-growing mothercare industry

Last Wednesday the world got its first glimpse of Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor – Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s first child. Swaddled in a ...

Economy Founder of UC Express and his wife found dead at their…

When it comes to shocking corporate statements, few will be worse than the one published by UC Express last week: its 47 year-old chairman Yu Lianbing, ...

Agriculture Avocado imports hit 43,000 tonnes last year

The “alligator pear” or “butter fruit” – as it is nicknamed in China – is also referred to as a “grenade-like fruit” by netizens ...

Banking & Finance Hong Kong hands out more digital bank licences

How much of the future of fintech is Chinese? That’s the question being asked in Hong Kong after the city’s monetary authority granted another ...

Planet China A marriage proposal is often accompanied by roses, but an extravagant…

A marriage proposal is often accompanied by roses, but an extravagant new record looks to have been set in Shanghai this week when 99,999 of them were ...

Cartoons Boxing heavyweight

On April 26, 1956 something revolutionary happened for global trade. A ship named the Ideal-X was loaded – via crane – with 58 aluminium truck ...

Sino-File “China is not there yet at all… They will say they…

New World Development boss Adrian Cheng dismisses the notion that sustainable cosmetics will be popular in China. In an unusually candid interview with ...

And Finally, Internet & Tech Chinese censors extend their reach to Tencent’s video games

PUBG – or PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – was one of China’s most popular online video games. In the 15 months since it was released ...