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WiC 457 (Jun 21, 2019)

Unintended consequences?

Economy, Talking Point Lam’s bungled bill could derail her broader vision for the property…

The transferring of fugitives holed up in Hong Kong back to mainland China wasn’t uncommon in the mid 19th century. There was even a clause inserted ...

The Suns, rising

Healthcare Hansoh’s IPO boosts top pharma pairing

Gleevec, a drug for treating leukemia, wasn’t well known until the hit movie Dying to Survive featured it last year. The social satire, ...

Time to cool off

Other Industries Gree alleges that rival Aux Group makes subpar air conditioners

One of the fiercest rivalries in business history was between two inventors, Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. It wasn’t a dispute for the ...

New in the neighbourhood

China Consumer German giant Aldi arrives in Shanghai with two new stores

Trader Joe's has a reputation for bargain-priced booze, especially Charles Shaw wine, or “Two-Buck Chuck” (a reference to its original price of $2 ...

China and the World Chinese trade delegation arrives in the UK to celebrate new stock…

“The UK attitude is one of increasing weakness,” the US Secretary of State wrote to the President. “Britain seems to feel that we’re disposed ...

On course for the bourse

Banking & Finance Can going public refresh Wahaha’s aging brand?

It is one of the best known Chinese brands of the modern era and it is contemplating a stock market listing. So why is no one apparently welcoming the ...

Translating Taobao

China Consumer A service for expats that makes e-commerce easier

Turn the air purifier on throughout the day; don’t give clocks as gifts; and try not to get annoyed when people take so many pictures of their food ...

Missing in action

Entertainment Why Huayi Brothers’ hugely anticipated war movie got pulled

The Shanghai International Film Festival is the most prominent event of its kind in China. A-list celebrities tread the red carpet to celebrate the ...

A long delayed reprisal

Society Why a teacher was beaten up by his student 20 years…

Could you forgive a teacher who bullied you as a student? That is the question many Chinese are asking themselves after a 33 year-old man from ...

The great implosion

Banking & Finance Around 85% of China’s peer-to-peer lending platforms have perished

Ping An Insurance’s Hong Kong-listed shares began their upward revaluation in 2017, when investors started to view the Shenzhen-based conglomerate ...

China Consumer Luckin Coffee plans tea spin-off – switching to a franchising model

In early September, nine coffee drinkers came together for a blind tasting – hosted by a consumer group in Hangzhou – to judge six different coffee ...

The Zongzi break-up

Planet China Earlier this month billions of zongzi were consumed across China to…

Earlier this month billions of zongzi were consumed across China to commemorate the Dragon Boat Festival. A wrapping of glutinous rice (and ...

Nation’s darlings

Cartoons Nation’s darlings

When the sweet firm Big White Rabbit was launched in Shanghai in 1943 its packaging featured a Mickey Mouse-like image. It later dropped the Disney ...

Service interrupted

Sino-File “We’re doing a lot of tests”

Huawei’s senior vice president Vincent Peng tells the Wall Street Journal’s D.Live tech conference that the launch of its $2,600 Mate X phone will ...

Moving the needle

And Finally Iceland’s knitters cry foul at Chinese copies

In the first episode of Trapped, Netflix’s 2015 Icelandic TV drama, a group of Chinese investors is trying to buy up land to expand a port. ...