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WiC 466 (Sep 13, 2019)

Battle of the Bund begins

Economy, Talking Point Why business bosses in Shanghai have been losing sleep

Chinese leaders have regularly relied on anti-corruption campaigns to eliminate adversaries and consolidate power. In 1951 Mao Zedong launched the ...

A sustainable advantage?

Conferences, Environment Groundbreaking event looks at where China stands in the green economy

Some researchers believe the fires raging in the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest, may have their root cause in the fraying trade relations ...

Jack’s closing act

M&A Alibaba acquires NetEase’s Kaola for $2 billion

In Finland, ‘Happy Hour’ isn’t just a marketing ploy for bars to sell more booze. Around nine o’clock every evening, S-market, a supermarket ...

A new Iran plan

Energy & Resources China to invest $280 billion in Iranian oil

When China introduced a 5% tariff on imports of US crude this month, it seemed a self-defeating move. Although it might hurt the world’s largest oil ...

Balancing trick

Banking & Finance Ratio cut unlocks $126 billion in loan liquidity

China is entering a new era where the number ‘five’ will feature very prominently. When it comes to communications all the talk is of a world of 5G ...

Economy Macau’s new boss coy about casino licencing plan

Gambling on election results has become big business in recent years. Colourful candidates help juice up the betting. For instance, when Donald Trump ...

Looking after the old man

Entertainment Hunan TV’s latest hit reality show gives an old format a…

Caring for an aging parent can be stressful. But for some adult children travelling with parents can be even worse, with help required for everything ...

Raising Arizona

Education, Society University aghast after Chinese students denied entry

America was once the top choice for Chinese parents wanting to send their children to study overseas. Now, a combination of visa refusals, unexpected ...

Profits set to flow

Energy & Resources, GBA What is driving GDI’s HK$100 billion market valuation?

Bank of East Asia’s chairman David Li isn’t viewed as an active investor in stocks. Yet the veteran banker has been taking a keen interest in ...

Planet China For the rats of Zhanggong district in Ganzhou, September is proving…

For the rats of Zhanggong district in Ganzhou, September is proving a genocidal month. In a bid to eradicate the rat population as part of a nationwide ...

Cartoons Proud as punch

It took just 42 seconds for Zhang Weili - nicknamed Magnum – to become China’s first UFC women’s champion. She did so at the Shenzhen ...

Running for cover

Sino-File “We did so out of recognition that we faced significant exposure…

Jeffrey Brown, dean of the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, tells the Financial Times that the school has ...

A breath of fresh air

And Finally CCTV’s news anchors allowed to get witty in social media push

In one form or another, China’s nightly TV news simulcast has been around since 1958 – the year its state-run broadcaster CCTV began beaming its ...