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WiC 454 (May 31, 2019)

The heart of the matter

China and the World, Internet & Tech, Talking Point SMIC’s delisting in New York is yet another milestone in the…

The Chinese name of SMIC is Zhongxin Guoji. The first two Chinese characters are a pun on ‘China’s heart’ while the latter two mean ...

Fruit for thought

Agriculture Why “fruit freedom” has become a buzzword in China

For a brief period in the mid-sixties the mango was an object of reverence in China. It was the start of the Cultural Revolution and groups of angry ...

Corporate Q&A Cheetah Mobile has about half a billion customers – mostly outside…

It wasn’t the first Chinese company to be interested in selling to overseas markets. But it was perhaps the first to focus on an outward-looking ...

Internet & Tech Why WeChat’s latest rival is Bytedance’s Flipchat

Meitu, known for its beauty-centric camera apps, has shut down its smartphone business. Handset makers Smartisan and Meizu have needed cash injections ...

Tomorrow’s gone

Banking & Finance China nationalises Xiao Jianhua’s bank

Yet another dramatic chapter in the rollercoaster life story of tycoon Xiao Jianhua was penned at the weekend as Chinese journalists focused on the ...

Policing the regulators

Economy Graft probe into former CSRC boss sends mixed signals

Another week, another high profile official gets swept up in Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption net. Last week’s scalp was Liu Shiyu, who ...

Welcome to ‘GBA University’

Economy Will China’s future answer to Stanford be based in Dongguan?

Such is the blizzard of announcements about new investment in the Greater Bay Area in southern China that some of the projects barely make it into ...

Losing its fizz

M&A A decade after Coke deal fell through, Huiyuan Juice finds another…

What do China’s “second most famous butcher” and Coca-Cola have in common? Not much, in truth. But butcher boss Chen Sheng (see WiC220) is about ...

Friends for life

Society A travel show about four celebrity friends is Tencent’s latest online…

Women going on road trips is a movie genre that made its greatest stir in the 1991 classic Thelma and Louise, when the protagonists – played ...

Fast Food A Fujian rendition of meat-filled fried bun

You might have heard of sheng jian bao, the most popular breakfast food in Shanghai. Shui jian bao (水煎包) is a similar type of fried bun that is ...

Why I argue with my mother

Ask Mei Two different views on being outspoken in China

As the youngest and sweetest of three siblings (my brother and sister may disagree on the latter adjective), I have always been my mother’s ...

Planet China A year ago one of Pablo Picasso’s self-portraits was withdrawn from…

A year ago one of Pablo Picasso’s self-portraits was withdrawn from an auction in New York after it was damaged in a preview viewing.There were fresh ...

Huawei’s US fan

Sino-File “We have found their equipment to be the most reliable. We…

Huawei offers prices that are 20%-30% less than its competitors, Joseph Franell, CEO of Eastern Oregon Telecom told the Wall Street Journal.

Tweeting in Beijing

Cartoons Tweeting in Beijing

Veteran event organisers would probably advise that holding a conference in Beijing for a banned American social media platform would not be ideally ...

Not exactly ‘the way’

And Finally Head of Taoist organisation faces barrage of criticism over his wealth

In the Tao Te Ching – an ancient text from which Taoism takes its name – there are teachings that warn “there is no greater misfortune than ...