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WiC 495 (May 15, 2020)

Pandemic politics

China and the World, Talking Point Is Covid-19 pushing China and the US into a new Cold…

The term ‘Cold War’ was actually coined by a Wall Street financier. Bernard Baruch – then an advisor to President Harry Truman – came up with ...

The silent treatment

Cross Strait Taipei presses its case for a voice at the WHO, irking…

Two visits by US politicians to the Far East in 1971 were influential in reshaping the world order. The often-told tale of Henry Kissinger’s ...

Meeting Mickey, in a mask

China Tourist WiC takes a tour of the newly reopened Disneyland in Shanghai

The House of Mouse is back. Shanghai Disneyland reopened this week after shutting up shop for 107 days (owing to the coronavirus). But is the fantasy ...

Space Programme Did Long March rocket launch go to plan?

What counts as a successful rocket launch? Simply getting into space? Presumably any astronauts on board are interested in getting home safely too. But ...

New skin in the game

China Consumer Coca-Cola launches beauty supplement beverage for Chinese market

Soft drinks giant Coca-Cola is on a mission to become a ‘total beverage company’. Cynics read that as a necessary push to reduce its reliance on ...

Virologist goes viral

Chinese Character Six months ago few would have predicted Zhang Wenhong’s stardom

Hu Yaobang, a former general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, was one of the first of China’s leaders to switch to Western-style suits in ...

Charged dispute

Auto Industry XPENG accuses Tesla of bullying behaviour

Can rappers drive sales? In an unlikely collaboration, British family shoe brand Clarks has partnered with the Wu-Tang Clan, a hip-hop collective from ...

Internet & Tech SMIC to go public in Shanghai as China ups stakes in…

For many years, a rule insisted that companies needed to show three consecutive years of profit before they were allowed to apply for a listing on Hong ...

Property Top soccer club to get 100,000 capacity stadium

With the world’s favourite game in unprecedented deep-freeze, it almost seems perverse to announce the building of the world’s biggest stadium ...

Entertainment Online concert receives over 350 million views, bringing relief to artists

One World: Together at Home was billed as the largest gathering of pop stars since the Live Aid concert in 1985. The prime-time special was ...

Going up a gear

Sino-File “China has always been the engine of Volkswagen’s success, especially now,…

Comments made via a Sina Weibo post last weekend by Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess. A rebound in VW’s sales in China in April pushed its local market ...

Watch what you write…

And Finally Posts and messages on social media can now be used in…

Be extra careful what you say on WeChat. That’s the joke many were making last week when new rules allowing the admission of digital evidence in ...