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WiC 498 (Jun 5, 2020)

Internet & Tech, Talking Point Meituan takes over from Baidu in China’s internet triumvirate

Wang Xing, the co-founder and chief executive of Meituan Dianping, was dubbed the “mad man” of China’s internet sector at the outset of his ...

The rush for digital gold

Internet & Tech Why Tencent is spending Rmb500 billion on a ‘new infrastructure’ push

In its early days Tencent’s reputation was more that of a fast-follower than a pioneer. While Alibaba was introducing e-commerce and taking its first ...

China and the World China’s media mauls Trump over human rights

The US is a hypocrite. That is the message coming out of China’s propaganda machine this week, after the Trump administration vowed to bring ...

Family fortunes

Corporate Q&A A wave of tycoon wealth is about to pass to the…

With the death of Macau casino mogul Stanley Ho last week, the subject of inheritance and estate planning once again became a topic of conversation in ...

Cooking up entertainment

Media & Gaming iQiyi, China’s Netflix, is looking for new ways of cashing in…

Every yuan counts. That was the message in a lawsuit that iQiyi lost in a Beijing court this week, brought by one of its subscribers. He was furious ...

China and the World Growing tensions on China’s border with India

High-altitude skirmishes on disputed sections of the Sino-Indian border can look a little low-tech. A bilateral code discourages the use of firearms. ...

Driven from home

Property Henan city turfs out its property brokers

Property agents have a long history in China. Back in the Zhou Dynasty almost 3,000 years ago brokers called zhi ren were responsible for ...

Sending a signal

Telecoms China Mobile and CBNC partner on 5G drive

Governments around the world are working out how to get children back to school safely and stop Covid-19 from spreading again. In China these efforts ...

One size fits all

China Consumer Brandy Melville woos young Chinese consumers

The Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was known for his unchanging dress style: black mock turtleneck, blue jeans and New Balance sneakers. For celebrity ...

Tourism Tourism deals point to post-pandemic recovery

The coronavirus pandemic has upended daily life in much of the world for so long that the idea of travelling again feels almost far-fetched. Lay-offs ...

Meet the mother-in-law

Entertainment Widely discussed new TV show deals in real life family tensions

Of all the relationships in family life, the one between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is often the most difficult. According to Cambridge ...

Clearing the field

Sino-File “The epidemic will force the weaker companies and farmers to completely…

Comment by Qin Yinglin, founder and owner of pig farming giant Muyuan Foods. A combination of last year’s swine flu and the coronavirus have seen ...

Change of heart

And Finally New cooling-off clauses introduced as divorce rate increases

How much of reality TV is genuinely real and how much is staged? WiC’s guess is that much of it is manufactured, especially when celebrities are ...