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WiC 484 (Feb 28, 2020)

The show can’t go on

Economy, Talking Point The coronavirus outbreak wreaks havoc on China’s events circuit

When Klaus Schwab was planning the European Management Forum in 1971, Deng Xiaoping was ‘re-educating’ himself at a tractor factory in Jiangxi. But ...

Economy Coronavirus creates crisis for China’s SMEs

There are more than 30 million small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in China, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. ...

Life under lockdown

Economy A personal account of living in quarantine in Hubei

A week ago the New York Times calculated that roughly 150 million Chinese had been confined to their homes to help contain the coronavirus ...

Passage to India

Auto Industry Chinese carmakers eye Indian expansion

When India’s biennial Auto Show opened in New Delhi this month, it was emblazoned with a ‘3 Cs’ tagline: “co-create, co-exist, celebrate”. ...

Property Danke in damage control after letting debacle

At a time when apartment hunting is hardly a priority for millions of Chinese, property giants like Evergrande are trying to lure back homebuyers with ...

A tempting offer?

Rail & Infrastructure Talk of a CRCC bid to build UK’s high-speed rail –…

One unanticipated outcome of the Covid-19 crisis is that it has given the Chinese another chance to show the speed at which they can build (in this ...

Energy & Resources Sinopec starts selling fresh veggies as virus crimps energy demand

Joseph Stalin once attributed the Allies’ victory in the Second World War to the industrial might of the US. Supplying two-thirds of the military ...

From rags to riches

China and the World Bangladesh’s garment trade draws inspiration from the China model

Books have been predicting the collapse of China for decades but it’s the Chinese supply chain that is now supposed to be on the brink of disaster, ...

Media & Gaming A short history of the ‘sick man of Asia’ slur

In an article published in 2008, Reuters described the Beijing Olympics as “a cure for the sick man of Asia”. The news agency went on to explain ...

Three telling phrases

Ask Mei Ancient wisdom and the Chinese reaction to Covid-19

Since the lockdown of Hubei province, the epicentre of the Covid-19 crisis, I have been following the spread of the epidemic closely and exchanging ...

Sale of the century

Entertainment A new reality show uses celebrities to launch a clothing brand

In 2017, online video site iQiyi released The Rap of China, a ‘rap battle’ reality show. It was such a success that in addition to racking ...

Sino-File “It’s going to hit the toy business big time. There is…

Isaac Larian, founder and CEO of MGA Entertainment, tells the Financial Times that his industry has very limited options to source outside China: “No ...

And Finally Property developer takes beating online over donations to Hubei

Back in 2014, billionaire couple Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin made headlines when they gifted $15 million to Harvard and another $10 million to Yale as part ...