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WiC 504 (Jul 17, 2020)

A difficult call

China and the World Trouble ahead as Britain bans Huawei from its 5G network

Boris Johnson took an ear-bashing over the phone from Donald Trump earlier this year, following the UK’s decision to grant Huawei a limited role in ...

Bigger is better

Banking & Finance, Talking Point The recent rally in China’s A-shares anticipates a landmark regulatory shift

In 1933 Franklin Roosevelt signed an emergency act – commonly known as Glass-Steagall – to restore confidence in an American financial system that ...

Sprinting ahead

China Consumer Sales in China are a bright spot for sportswear brand Nike

Phil Knight, co-founder of Nike, first travelled to China in 1980. The country was starting to recover from the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution and ...

Servers suspended

Internet & Tech Inspur at risk of Huawei-style supply shock

The Sino-US tech war could soon be fought on a new front: over Intel’s all-conquering X86 architecture, which provides the building blocks for design ...

Healthcare How China reacted to US exit from WHO

On July 6 the United States formally notified the World Health Organisation of its plans to withdraw from the United Nations body in a three-line ...

Recruitment drive

Economy Policymakers hunt for ways to get more graduates into employment

Who would want to be in the Class of Covid-19 in China? Most of these students have barely been on campus during their final year at university and now ...

Heading for the exit

Banking & Finance Sina to leave Nasdaq in another sign of Chinese firms departing…

In August 1999 China.com was the first ‘Chinese internet stock’ to go public in the US. It had almost everything going for it in order to be ...

Auto Industry Daimler joins VW in battery maker investment

The world’s car firms face a common challenge as they try to transition from diesel and petrol engines to electric ones. But how will they ‘fuel’ ...

China Consumer Cosmetics star to IPO as it rolls out a new brand

Founded in 2017, Perfect Diary has proven to be a shining star in the Chinese beauty market. Last Singles’ Day, China’s gargantuan annual shopping ...

Losing their cool

Other Industries Gree and Midea tussle over China Mobile deal

China’s largest air conditioner maker Gree Electric rarely backs down from a battle. Against Xiaomi, its boss made a Rmb1 billion wager about whether ...

Thinking out of the box

Entertainment Star actress Yang Mi turns her hand to a new TV…

Originating in Japan, the first real-life ‘escape room’ was created by a company called Scrap in Kyoto in 2007. The adventure game puts people in ...

Cambridge Diary

Education The job hunt

In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, some of my friends are anxious about their prospects in the job market. The depiction of Generation Z (those born ...

Grim, but growing again

Sino-File “The situation at home and abroad is still grim, and we…

Premier Li Keqiang tells state radio that the economy had returned to growth and was recovering gradually. Li pledged to cut taxes and ramp up credit ...

Maternal instinct

And Finally Elon Musk’s mother wins over fans in China

Tesla boss Elon Musk already has a substantial fan club in China. And now his mother does as well, following a livestreaming session with media mogul ...