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WiC 480 (Jan 24, 2020)

Lunar new year lockdown

Healthcare, Talking Point Wuhan quarantined in a bid to slow the spread of a…

Epidemics are a feature of Chinese history. Because of the symbolic threat they posed to an emperor’s ‘heavenly mandate’, they always had a ...

Rat race: winners and losers

Society The last Year of the Rat in 2008 was disastrous; will…

Why does the Rat come first in the Chinese zodiac, a cycle of 12 years, each represented by a different animal? Indeed, why is it part of the zodiac at ...

Escape to the country

China Consumer One of China’s most successful influencers is selling the rural dream

In one video, she hand-dyes a dress with fresh grape juice. In another, she spins yarn from wool from her own sheep and builds her own bed from ...

Moving the dial

Telecoms Lenovo smartphone head jumps ship for Xiaomi amid market reshuffle

It would be a stretch to call Chang Cheng a titan in his sector. But the designer of a number of Lenovo’s products has enjoyed a sprinkling of ...

First come, first served

Economy Chinese netizens angry as Muji loses trademark battle to local imitator

For seven years UK confectionery maker Cadbury had a doppelganger in China called Yikoulian. With the same distinctive shade of purple on the packaging ...

Internet & Tech Dutch firm pressured not to sell crucial chipmaking equipment to China

Moore’s Law isn’t dead. It’s not slowing down and it’s not even sick. Such is the description from Philip Wong, vice president of corporate ...

Internet & Tech Environmental worries over bluetooth earphones

Even though they were once mocked by consumers for looking like damaged Q-tips, at least 60 million pairs of Apple’s wireless earbuds – called ...

Entertainment Seven films pulled over fears cinemas will empty due to the…

As Wuhan’s coronavirus outbreak plunged the country into crisis, news emerged on Thursday that Leap, along with six other blockbusters ...

No more limits?

Society China is set to perform a big U-turn in population policy

The year 2021 will see China’s ruling Communist Party celebrate its hundredth birthday. It is also the year that the Party might have to finally undo ...

Raised eyebrows

Planet China Humayun’s tomb in Delhi is famous not only for its beautiful…

Humayun’s tomb in Delhi is famous not only for its beautiful architecture, but also for the fact that one of the key structures is dedicated to the ...

Royals for rent

Cartoons Royals for rent

In the week that Harry, Duke of Sussex, gave up his royal title for the chance to make money independently, Queen Elizabeth’s oldest grandchild has ...

Lisbon challenges China ‘myth’

Sino-File “A myth has been created that Portugal is some kind of…

Augusto Santos Silva, Portugal’s foreign minister, talked to the Financial Times about Chinese investment in his country, but denied that China is ...

The next chapter

And Finally Bookstores booming in China, despite e-books

Portugal’s Livraria Lello is celebrated as one of the world’s most charming bookstores. Opened in 1906, it operates from a neo-Gothic building with ...