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WiC 460 (Jul 19, 2019)

Running out of gas?

Auto Industry, Talking Point Why surge of sales in June did not boost confidence in…

The Chinese name for Pangda Automobile means “very large” and Pangda was once the world’s most valuable car dealership, with a market value that ...

Let the (online) games begin

Internet & Tech DouYu goes public in the US – but Tencent is the…

To those Westerners who grew up watching the Omen movies the three digits ‘666’ denote the mark of the Antichrist. But to Chinese gamers ...

Corporate Q&A Co-founder of drone firm explains where her industry is heading

Her father was a senior aide to four US presidents and Pippa Malmgren was herself a special assistant to President George W Bush on his National ...

The munch bunch

China Consumer Why Chinese snack companies are rushing to IPO

Three Squirrels set an unusual precedent when it went public on the Shenzhen stock exchange last Friday. Instead of having the chief executive or ...

Economy China’s GDP growth rate slows again – and Trump claims the…

I used to say he was a good friend of mine. We're probably not quite as close now,” Donald Trump said of the relationship with his Chinese ...

The ‘divine’ dock

Shipping Another huge Chinese shipping industry merger

Neither side knew it at the time, but China’s ‘treasure’ ships dwarfed their European counterparts in the fifteenth century. The second Ming ...

Russian roulette

Auto Industry Great Wall chases payment from Moscow partner

Russians are obsessed with cars. They are a status symbol, a hobby and the subject of many a joke. But China’s Great Wall Motors is far from ...

Too big to fail

Environment Operator of Three Gorges Dam rebuffs online rumours about safety

Apoor quality image or evidence that the world largest hydroelectric dam is structurally unsound? That’s what Chinese netizens were asking earlier ...

Round the clock

Entertainment Tang Dynasty take on Kiefer Sutherland TV thriller proves massive hit

In the TV series 24, Kiefer Sutherland plays agent Jack Bauer who, season after season, races against the clock to protect the American people ...

A little less Mac?

World of Weibo A little less Mac?

The Big Mac Index, compiled by The Economist since 1986, is used to measure purchasing power parity across the globe. The index is named after ...

No country for old folk?

Society New report predicts pension scheme deficit by 2035

China introduced its first pension payments in the early 1950s as part of the Work Unit model – the Soviet idea that your employer or danwei ...

Pulling their ads

Media & Gaming Firms taking sides in Hong Kong protests pay the price across…

For six consecutive weeks, Hong Kong protesters have taken to the streets to demand the “full withdrawal” of the controversial extradition bill ...

Director of deceit

Planet China Over the past decade we have occasionally reported on the phenomenon…

Over the past decade we have occasionally reported on the phenomenon of fake officials in China. These bluffers take on a formal title and exploit it ...

GE’s still bullish on China

Sino-File “Global multinational companies are very willing to intensify cooperation with Chinese…

GE’s boss Larry Culp tells Hao Peng, the head of the State Asset Supervision and Administration Commission (Sasac), that he is open to working with ...

Monte Carlo or bust

Cartoons Monte Carlo or bust

With its famous casino, the principality of Monaco is no stranger to a game of roulette. And in the eyes of the leaders of the European Union it has ...

And Finally Egg price inflation drives up price of festive cake

Green tea and seafood are among a few of the many mooncake flavour variations you might be served across during the Mid-Autumn Festival, one of ...