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WiC 475 (Nov 22, 2019)

The great debate

Economy, Talking Point Does the government still have the tools to keep growth at…

Back in March 2009 we here at Week in China wondered if the impact of the global financial crisis would see the Chinese economy grow at less than ...

A mini-Lehman moment?

Banking & Finance Bank runs expose strains on China’s $41 trillion banking system

The wads of red Rmb100 bills stacked at the counters at a branch of the Yichuan Rural Bank last month were not meant to be part of the decor. As ...

Watching the watcher

Economy How the handling of staff bonuses has landed Hikvision in trouble

Financial incentives have been a tricky topic for China’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs). In an earlier era when everyone was getting a similar ...

Coming full circle

China and the World Will the Rajapaksa family’s return to power see a rise in…

Visitors to Sri Lanka often come to the country in the hope of spotting a leopard at Yala National Park, which boasts the world’s highest density of ...

Environment Two high-profile incidents point to China’s environmental challenges

In 2017 Chinese President Xi Jinping cited “environmental clean-up” as one of the “three critical battles” his country had to fight. Teams ...

Planning their trip

China Tourist TripAdvisor gets big China ally for sales push

In Chinese folklore, owls aren’t the most auspicious of birds in part because their hoot is said to sound like the word for digging a grave. That ...

Healthcare Wuhan hospital grabs headlines over egg-freeze

According to a recent survey, the percentage of women heading up companies in China was 12% (not very high, but still better than the Fortune 500, ...

Agriculture Another setback for seafood firm Zhangzidao

Zhangzidao county comprises 13 islands in the Yellow Sea near Dalian. In the 1970s a people’s commune there made the front page of the People’s ...

Tasty investments

Investor Q&A WiC talks with China’s first food-tech venture capital firm

Shenzhen-listed MYS Group was formerly a packaging company. But since its announcement that it was venturing into hemp-based artificial meat production ...

Not ‘crazy’ enough

Entertainment Comedy king Ning Hao’s latest production takes a new direction

It has been a busy month for livestreamers like Viya, who have been selling thousands of brands over the Singles’ Day season (see last week’s ...

Planet China On December 1 the city of Nanyang in Henan will be…

On December 1 the city of Nanyang in Henan will be connected to China’s high-speed train network. The local government got so excited by this ...

Sino-File “It’s certainly the case that the terminal is the most beautiful…

British Airways pilot Mark Vanhoenacker shares with the Financial Times his views on Beijing’s new Daxing Airport (see WiC469) after flying to it for ...

Back after 160 years

Cartoons Back after 160 years

According to the Chinese zodiac this isn’t the year of the horse; but if you are a Chinese patriot or antique enthusiast you might take a different ...

The right address

And Finally Why a coffin-sized Beijing residence is pricier than Manhattan real estate

A “studio nestling in the historic alleyways of central Beijing”, might be how a Western estate agent would describe a recent listing at 121 Lanman ...