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WiC 492 (Apr 24, 2020)

Once sweet, now souring

China and the World Is the ‘golden era’ of Sino-UK relations over as a consequence…

Two of the most mentioned moments on Xi Jinping’s state visit to Britain five years ago were a trip to the pub for a pint with (then prime minister) ...

Healthcare Chinese firms are frontrunners in the race to develop Covid-19 vaccines

When a needle was plunged into his arm in mid-April, 18 year-old Zang Weiye became the youngest man in China to be given a trial vaccination against ...

A flexible factory

Auto Industry Batteries, cars and face masks – and BYD is moving into…

Warren Buffett is considered to be one of the world’s most successful investors. The Berkshire Hathaway chairman is also a very savvy marketer. Since ...

Economy Local officials use vouchers to stimulate demand

Teachers and civil servants in the city of Huaihua in central Hunan province got a shock when they received their April salaries. About a quarter of ...

Healthcare Gree starts new line making medical equipment

American firms have ramped up their share buybacks over the past 10 years. Riding on the low interest rate environment, many borrowed to do so. The ...

China Consumer Hotpot chain Haidilao apologises for putting up prices post-pandemic

Haidilao, China’s largest hotpot chain, is best known for its focus on customer service (see WiC411). But since outlets reopened in March, it has ...

Growth generation

Internet & Tech Why Sony has bought a stake in video site Bilibili

When Bilibili hosted its New Year’s Eve show, the video streaming platform chose not to hire superstar actors. Instead, it featured virtual idol Luo ...

Banking & Finance Jumei founder finally delists his firm in the US

Venture capitalists sometimes deploy personality tests to distinguish between those entrepreneurs that are acceptably optimistic and those that are ...

Not enough dough

China Consumer Troubled times for China’s first ‘listed’ bakery

“Making food requires conscience. We must pour our entire heart and soul into it because the food industry is very high-risk. It requires everyone in ...

Untying the knot

M&A Renault calls it quits on combustion vehicle joint venture in China

The so-called seven-year itch gets the blame for plenty of divorces. But the dalliance between French automaker Renault and China’s Dongfeng Motors, ...

Attention to detail

Entertainment A lavish costume drama about Song Dynasty wins over the critics

It wasn’t the longest-reigning dynasty in Chinese history and it wasn’t the most powerful either. However, historians generally believe the Song ...

Olivia’s Cambridge Diary

Education Chinese students mull UK virus response

In the past five weeks I’ve seen only two Chinese people in person. Cambridge is eerily empty, and that is more starkly obvious given its tiny ...

Sino-File “The scale and breadth of China’s economic contraction are staggering. There…

Eswar Prasad, an economics professor at Cornell University and the former head of the International Monetary Fund’s China division, tells the Wall ...

Topping the table

And Finally Microsoft team makes Mahjong breakthrough

First it was Chess, next it was Poker and then it was Go (see WiC368). And now computers can beat the world’s best Mahjong players too. That ...