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WiC 468 (Sep 27, 2019)

Entertainment, Internet & Tech, Talking Point Tencent sets record with Jay Chou’s single but threat from Alibaba…

In the 1990s, the folk song My Old Classmate was so popular in China that it was often compared with the Beatles classic ...

The man who changed Apple

Environment Meet the environmental expert who digs into data to make China…

Long before the Chinese government made sustainability a key plank in its policies, Ma Jun, from Qingdao, was forging a unique path that prompted some ...

China Consumer What is breathing new life into China’s instant noodle market?

Forget the Walkman, the electric rice cooker or the QR code. It was instant ramen that the Japanese considered their greatest invention over the last ...

China Consumer Moutai reaches new heights

One week, and two very different experiences for Shanghai shoppers eager to get hold of a bottle of Moutai for China’s National Day celebrations on ...

A gamble on gas

China and the World Filipino leader focuses on profits rather than politics in China policy…

Three and a half years ago, when he was campaigning to become president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte said he would confront the Chinese navy ...

Shipping On the horizon: a new generation of Chinese-built cruise ships

Much has changed since 1844 when the author William Makepeace Thackeray was the first cruise ship passenger to write about his trip. Having travelled ...

Family planning

Healthcare End of the One-Child Policy stirs IVF demand

Search for the name “Wei Zexi” on Baidu and most of the results are negative headlines about the search engine itself. This became the case after ...

Society Collectors chase the latest lines in miniature dolls

Popmart’s Molly Dolls – pouting, blue-eyed mini-mannequins – have become “a pastime and means of decompression” for thousands of young ...

Masking its origins?

Entertainment South Korean studio sues Chinese partner over non-payment of royalties

There were plenty of surprises at this week’s Emmy Awards. For a start, Amazon’s Fleabag toppled long-running favourite Veep as ...

Completely nuts

Planet China Consumers in China are defending their rights with ever-increasing relish. A…

Consumers in China are defending their rights with ever-increasing relish. A recent claim against Disney in Shanghai was a case in point – ...

Mysteries of the deep

Cartoons Mysteries of the deep

The first sighting of the Loch Ness Monster might have come as early as the year 565. The legendary Scottish beast is said to have emerged from the ...

Home sweet home

Sino-File “China’s home furniture market is growing very fast, at double digit…

Anna Pawlak-Kuliga, IKEA’s top executive in China, tells the Financial Times it is investing $1.4 billion in the next year to open new Chinese stores ...

Too much of a bear market

And Finally Panda fatigue as Beijing introduces its latest Olympic mascot

He’s an ice-encrusted astronaut panda, and his sidekick is a small child, made of traditional Chinese lanterns. Together they are Bing DwenDwen and ...