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WiC 49 (Feb 12, 2010)

More than enough

Economy, Talking Point Why ‘overcapacity’ is the new buzzword in government circles

Chery Automobile has grand visions. In order to fulfill them, last month it began construction of a new factory in Wuhu. The plant in Anhui province ...

Playing chicken

Economy China strikes back at US trade tariffs with bizarre reprisal

The US is one of the world’s largest consumers of chickens, with the average American eating around 50kg per annum. Leg and breast meat are on the ...

Go on, be a tiger

Society What does the Year of the Tiger hold for Obama and…

Perhaps it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the Year of the Tiger is likely to be a bumpy year. After all, the tiger symbolises power, but also ...

Upward mobility

Telecoms Lenovo’s turnaround continues, and like Apple it’s innovating in phones

At the end of January, Apple founder Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad, a tablet computer that was perhaps the worst kept secret in gadget history. Although ...

Internet & Tech How school dropouts become online thieves

In China, hacking is the new national sport. There are hacker conferences, hacker training schools and magazines with names like Hacker X-Files and ...

Energy & Resources State Grid’s solution to recharging electric cars

The car industry is full of missed opportunities. Ten years ago General Motors abandoned their pioneering electric car, the EV1. Three hundred years ...

Who’s Hu One of China's Warren Buffetts

Getting started Born in Jiangxi province in 1961, Duan Yongping graduated from the Department of Radio Engineering at Zhejiang ...

Chinese Character Chen Tianqiao and the rise of Shanda Interactive

"Money itself doesn’t mean much to me,” says Chen Tianqiao. “I just think by making more money, I’ll be able to prove that I’m more capable ...

China and the World Australia’s ties with China continue to tighten

Not so very long ago if you’d asked an Aussie if he liked Chinese, he’d probably have replied he enjoyed sweet and sour pork. That’s less likely ...

Emperor Qinzong

History Lessons The last emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty

Emperor Qinzong (1100 – 1161) ascended to power at a time when the Song Dynasty was faced with invasion by the Jurchen of the Jin Dynasty. To fend ...

Give the girl a break…

Entertainment Zhang Ziyi offends China's internet users (again)

What’s not to love about Zhang Ziyi? Quite a lot if you are a Chinese internet user. Many seem to jump on any opportunity to have a go at the ...

Society Who needs doors: use windows

Why do bad things sometimes happen to good people? This is a question weighing on the minds of two Chinese railway officers. Liu Xiaoping and Liao ...

Valentine’s day massacred

Entertainment Day of love loses potence

Valentine’s Day is meant to be spent with the person you love. But this year, young couples in China are faced with a rare dilemma of having to ...

Planet China “We took the bullet train because we believed it could save…

“We took the bullet train because we believed it could save time. But now we don’t even know when we will arrive,” a passenger told the Nanfang ...

Glued to the set

Cartoons Glued to the set

There was much excitement this Sunday when the Super Bowl broke records to become the most watched TV show ever in the US. At its peak, it pulled in ...

And Finally, Section Judge rules against feng shui master

Feng shui is something you cannot refuse to believe in,” said Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s former leader. “Only after the feng shui expert nods his ...