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WiC 455 (Jun 7, 2019)

Rare opportunity

China and the World, Talking Point Is a ban on rare earth exports really a bargaining chip…

The Sino-US trade conflict was predicted in 2011 by a somewhat unlikely source: Michael Scott of Dunder Mifflin. The protagonist of the American ...

Plotting for profit

Internet & Tech ‘Free’ versus ‘paid’ battle it out as models for China’s…

JK Rowling tries not to talk about her wealth but its immensity made headlines in 2003 when the Edinburgh-based writer was described as richer than the ...

The spirit of China

Corporate Q&A A Hong Kong auction will test valuations for rare Kweichow Moutai

On June 15 Hong Kong-based Madison Fine Wine Auction hopes to take on a leadership role in a fast-growing niche: sales to collectors and wealthy ...

Media & Gaming Fox’s Regan and CCTV’s Liu go head-to-head

Many journalists will admit that covering the Sino-US trade war can be dull. Progress is slow and information is scarce. Which is why a recent ...

Return to sender

China and the World China plans blacklist as US trade tension escalates – will FedEx be…

Two weeks after the Trump administration put Huawei on an export blacklist, the Chinese have struck back by announcing a hit-list is being compiled of ...

Exit stage left

China Consumer ‘Tao labels’ is a threat to bigger fashion retailers

There were some unexpected findings in Taobao’s fashion trend report published earlier this year. First, there were more women looking for blazers ...

Well above budget

China Consumer OYO is a rare Indian success story in China

In 1925 Arthur Heineman spotted a market niche: a new type of hotel with garage parking. In the town of San Luis Obispo he opened what he termed as the ...

A box-office monster?

Society A Hollywood comeback for Chinese star Zhang Ziyi

When Godzilla was rebooted in 2014, it was the first entry in Legendary Entertainment’s newly minted ‘MonsterVerse’ – that is to say ...

Buying second-hand

Entertainment Alibaba’s Idle Fish platform is proving popular with celebrity sellers

Most celebrities do not want to be photographed in the same outfits twice and so they regularly sell their cast-off clothes. In fact, before Kim ...

Society Public anger over revelation a gangster dodged punishment

In 2018 Chinese President Xi Jinping launched a dahei or ‘strike black’ campaign against gangs and organised crime. It was the natural ...

Planet China A handful of China’s first-time flyers continues to cause problems for…

A handful of China’s first-time flyers continues to cause problems for the country’s aviation bosses. As WiC has previously reported, these ...

Sino-File “If the US wants to talk we will keep the door…

China’s Defence Minister Wei Fenghe hits out at Washington during the Shangri La Forum in Singapore. He also attacked the 1979 US Taiwan Relations ...

Come fly with me

Cartoons Come fly with me

In a case of leading by example, an 82 year-old woman took to the skies over Beijing last Sunday to encourage more young women to train for careers as ...

Blast from the past

And Finally In Xi’s New Era, rural China returns to the loudspeaker for…

When Ji Shuanzhong was younger, every house in his village was fitted with a small loudspeaker so his ‘production brigade’ could blast propaganda ...