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WiC 461 (Jul 26, 2019)

Shanghai’s shooting STAR

Talking Point How China’s new tech bourse made an explosive debut

Who remembers Bunker Ramo? Probably not many of us. The maker of military electronic devices was hired in 1971 by the National Association of ...

Scandalous acts

Banking & Finance CSRC tightens net over financial fraud

When it comes to lame excuses, it is hard to top that the dog ate your homework. Unless, that is, you are an executive from seafood company Zhangzidao ...

Going pro at 15

Internet & Tech Meet the kid who dropped out of school to become an…

What would you say if your 15 year-old son told you he wanted to drop out of school and become a professional video gamer? This was the dilemma that ...

Foreign affairs

Belt and Road Study buddy programme proves controversial

In the Practical Chinese Reader – a textbook commonly used to teach Chinese – there are three main characters: Gubo, Palanka and Ding Yun. ...

Charged atmosphere

Auto Industry Why XPENG’s product upgrade and price cut irked the EV brand’s…

The price cut that Tesla pushed through in China four months ago created a big stir. Its mass-market Model 3 saw a 17% markdown, while the rest of its ...

Cross Strait China threatens to sanction US defence firms

Even though he claimed that Mazu, Taiwan’s sea goddess, had come to him in a dream to tell him to run for office, Terry Gou’s bid to become ...

Top of the class

M&A Why an offshoot of Country Garden has been buying British private…

In Decline and Fall the novelist Evelyn Waugh paints a satirical portrait of a minor public school in the UK where the annual sports day is a ...

The plot really thickens

Entertainment New interactive dramas let viewers choose plot endings

An ordinary girl called Qiannao graduates from university, struggles to find a job, but then lands on her feet by securing a role at the entertainment ...

Who is the ‘mane’ man?

Entertainment Disney remake sparks a battle between a young icon and an…

In 1994 The Lion King made history as the first animated film to be imported into China. So for many watching Disney’s remake last week, the ...

Last of the big spenders

Planet China Spending online is commonplace in China but a new consumer shocked…

Spending online is commonplace in China but a new consumer shocked netizens this month with his buying power: a six year-old child from Anyang in Henan ...

Chips with everything

Cartoons Chips with everything

Everyone now wants to make semiconductor chips in China, it seems. But in Wuhan a laundry firm called Kunteng Washing is taking a different approach by ...

Sino-File “This is the worst ever made up news about Cambodia”

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen tells local media that a report in the Wall Street Journal that China will operate a naval port in his country is ...

Not to be sniffed at

And Finally How Megvii’s snout scanner is helping to track runaway dogs

Just as humans can be identified by their fingerprints, every dog has a unique nose print as well. For years kennel clubs have been staining snouts ...