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WiC 462 (Aug 2, 2019)

Property, Talking Point A top official predicts the bankruptcy of 64,000 Chinese property firms

Simon Yam is arguably Hong Kong’s most prolific actor. With credits in 234 movies, the 64 year-old has starred in a wide range of roles spanning ...

Meat at midnight

China Consumer KFC enjoys success with bold new menu for China’s late night…

Chowing down food between 11pm and 6am doesn’t earn your doctor’s approval. But a lot of Chinese are undeterred by the warnings against ...

Economy Chinese firms celebrate new Fortune 500 list

The American singer Dinah Washington once marvelled about the difference a day makes. But in the corporate arena, it can take a decade for the fortunes ...

Parking the cash

Property Hong Kong investors turn to GBA car parks

Many Hongkongers who ‘dream’ of owning their own home believe that it will remain a dream following a tripling of house prices over the past ...

Tech wars, round two

China and the World Spat between Seoul and Tokyo could help China’s chip goals

South Korea’s leader Moon Jae-in likes to be known as the Dark King because of his resemblance to the anime character of the same name. But that’s ...

Marriage of convenience

Auto Industry Why has Renault inked a fourth joint venture in China?

Renault often traces its links with China back to the 1920s, when it hired then student Deng Xiaoping as a fitter in a factory in a Parisian suburb. ...

Society Official vote held for public to decide China’s national flower

Most countries have an official national flower. Scotland has the thistle, India the lotus and Malaysia the hibiscus, to name but a few. But China ...

Ungentlemanly conduct?

Society Female news anchor sparks debate about Chinese men

In May CGTN anchor Liu Xin was hailed as a strong woman who defended China’s national dignity in a live debate with Fox Business TV anchor Trish ...

Podium politics

Society Sun Yang faces protest at the pool from Aussie and UK…

The most-remembered protest in Olympic history came in 1968 in Mexico, when African-American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised black-gloved ...

In thrall to history

China and the World New books seeks to explain Sino-Japanese rivalry

If the relationship between China and the United States is the most important relationship in the world, then arguably the second most important ...

Coming to the rescue

Entertainment Nezha unseats Monkey King as China’s top animation hero

The Chinese word nezha is an abbreviated translation of the name of an Indian god. Introduced into China through early Buddhist scriptures, Nezha ...

Auto Industry Following Geely, BAIC takes chunky stake in Daimler

“I’d like to think that the door has been barred,” said German government spokesman, Armin Gritnewald, after reporters asked him whether ...

Parental advice

Planet China China is a country with a long history of Confucian thinking,…

China is a country with a long history of Confucian thinking, so it is usually frowned upon for children to criticise their parents. So the activities ...

Open and shut case

Cartoons Open and shut case

The luggage of a diplomatic passport holder is generally not checked by law enforcement officers. However, for Taiwan’s leader Tsai Ing-wen a breach ...

Open universities?

Sino-File “US higher education is increasingly accessible to Chinese students”

Marie Royce, US assistant secretary of state for education, tells a Washington forum that Chinese students remain welcome in America. This runs counter ...

The name on everyone’s lips

And Finally Why a haemorrhoids brand wants to get into the lipstick business

There aren’t many A-share companies that can claim four centuries of commercial history. Mayinglong is one of these rareties. Popular thinking is ...