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WiC 50 (Feb 19, 2010)

The great migration

Economy, Talking Point China’s manufacturing base is facing a massive people shortage

On January 24, 1984 a train pulled into Guangzhou Railway Station. From it exited China’s paramount leader, Deng Xiaoping. Without exchanging ...

Spot the difference

Internet & Tech A homegrown iPad clone, and a search engine that may look…

While the world is going gaga over Apple’s yet-to-be-released iPad, a Chinese counterfeiter is claiming that it came out with its own version of the ...

For what it’s worth

Economy For what it’s worth

It’s the whipping boy that refuses to go away. It is, of course, China’s currency. The renminbi’s peg was effectively fixed at 6.8 to the ...

Chinese Character Yang Rong is offering investors a 6% return and a US…

Forced from one’s homeland, unable to return, it is impossible to give up hope. As Greek tragedian Aeschylus put it more than two thousand years ago: ...

Reds under the bed

China Tourist State firms to offload their hotel empires

Wang Yong, director of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) has never had to reserve a hotel room when going on domestic business trips. ...

Sweet times at an end

Agriculture A bitter period as China faces a sugar shortage

China may not have got into the habit of eating doughnuts or cupcakes yet, but the country’s dentists are on red alert. The growing affluence of ...

Who’s Hu Legend-in-the-making?

Born in Shandong province in 1951, Lu graduated from Fudan University. His first job was as a technician with the Shandong Weifang Diesel Engine ...

Economy Taiwan’s new investment law

In spite of the latest hue and cry over US arms sales to Taiwan, economic links between the island and the mainland are only getting deeper. Taipei may ...

A tale of 26 cities

Banking & Finance In China, every major city wants to become a financial centre

The City of London, also known as “the Square Mile”, is one of the world’s great financial hubs. This small area – densely populated with ...

Short but sweet

Entertainment Short messages, big audiences

Meet Yao Chen, China’s microblogging queen. Yao – who publishes her microblog on t.sina.com, Sina’s new microblogging service – is the most ...

Sport China wins soccer tournament

Unbelievable... China wins soccer tournament Amid the many dark days in China’s football history, May 19 1986 has long held a special place in ...

Red Star Yu Nan

Born in Dalian in 1978, Yu Nan started acting at the age of 4. As a teenager she later ignored her family’s advice to study foreign languages and get ...

Entertainment Chinese movie-goers are tiring of costume dramas

Last year, John Woo’s Red Cliff 2 grossed Rmb260 million ($38 million) in the box office over Lunar New Year. This year kung fu star Jackie ...

Planet China While much recent controversy has surrounded the US sale of fighter…

While much recent controversy has surrounded the US sale of fighter planes to Taiwan, the Henan Business Daily has focused on another contentious jet. ...

The new orient express

Cartoons The new orient express

Something new for America’s China-bashers to rail about? On January 28, President Obama signed off on a plan to build 13 high-speed rail routes. ...

Year of the Yak?

And Finally Tibet’s first fashion brand is born

The 1993 movie, Cool Runnings featured the true – if unlikely – story of a Jamaican bobsleigh team that participated in the 1988 Winter ...