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WiC 505 (Jul 24, 2020)

Talking Point How a round of new investment is reshaping China’s car market

Every December there are forests of forecasts on what might happen in the year ahead. How much do they get right? At the end of last year no one was ...

The livestreaming age is here

Corporate Q&A How brands should do business in China’s $1.5 trillion e-commerce market

China’s e-commerce market is the world’s largest. Feeding from more than 900 million online users (according to the Ministry of Commerce), online ...

Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock

Media & Gaming Bytedance’s TikTok faces a growing risk of shutdown in the US…

In 2017 Fujian native Zhang Yiming became obsessed with learning English. Aside from reading more English language materials himself, the 37 year-old ...

Tomorrow: yesterday’s firm?

Banking & Finance Troubled financial group fires back at ‘nationalisation’ push

Anbang Insurance and Tomorrow Group were two of China’s fastest growing financial powerhouses – that is, until they fell foul of the regulators in ...

Billions and billions

Internet & Tech Jack Ma sells some of his Alibaba shares as Ant Group…

After spending the last few months selling down some of his stake in Alibaba, China’s e-commerce king is now set to be crowned as the new prince of ...

China and the World US defence giant may face China rare earths ban

It says something about the strained mood in Sino-US relations that discussion of how to deploy the US military in defence of Taiwan is no longer ...

Internet & Tech Foxconn expands in India

Foxconn’s new staff in India may be eating less white rice and more chapatis but the story of their employment is essentially the same as in ...

Healthcare Covid-19 not under control, says Hong Kong’s boss

In May and June Hong Kong had seemed a relative safe haven insofar as the coronavirus was concerned. There were few locally transmitted cases and long ...

The big screen is back

Entertainment On Monday most cinemas in China reopened, to industry relief

After 178 days of shutdown, China’s film industry has finally reopened. On Monday cinemas deemed to be in “low-risk” zones for Covid-19 infection ...

Too easy to find

Society Maps app faces controversy

Has Granny made it to her square-dancing class? Is my boyfriend really working late at the office? These are two of the queries that the Amap app can ...

Change of heart

Sino-File “I would now advise any Mittelstand company to stay away from…

Frank Klix, who used to represent the Panjin Economic Development Zone near Shengyang, tells The Economist he has grown frustrated at the lack of a ...

Some like it hot

And Finally Why is boiled water the go-to beverage for Chinese?

On a hot summer day with the scorching sun beating down on necks and backs, an ice-cold drink sounds perfect. But for many Chinese warm water is always ...