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WiC 509 (Sep 4, 2020)

Energy & Resources Polysilicon manufacturers shares back in focus after industrial accidents

When four explosions ripped through a GCL-Poly Energy plant in mid-July, it wasn’t just the polysilicon firm’s distillation system that erupted. ...

Every second counts

China and the World, Talking Point TikTok struggles to strike a deal as deadline looms for sale…

Bytedance CEO Zhang Yiming has had three separate chances to sell the social media firm that he founded in 2012. He decided to stay put each time, ...

Shenzhen joins listings race

Internet & Tech ChiNext loosens IPO rules as rivalry hots up with Shanghai’s STAR…

Deng Xiaoping’s Southern Tour in 1992 is widely seen as the catalyst for reinvigorating China’s ‘reform and opening up’ policies, after they ...

Shooting the messenger

China and the World American firms worry about the impact of a proposed ban on…

Nearly 14,000 executive orders have been issued since George Washington became the first president of the United States. Some of the more controversial ...

The need for nuance

Education Cambridge student discusses difficulties Chinese face at UK universities

In a recent article in The Times, Heidi He talked about the status of Chinese students at British universities in the Covid-19 era. She told the UK ...

The new Moutai?

China Consumer Massive oversubscription for bottled water IPO

Evian has long claimed that its water, sourced from a small town in the French Alps, is a geological miracle: rainfall and snow is sluiced through ...

Who’s Hu MediaTek founder drawn into Sino-US chip clash

The Taiwanese press has in the past dubbed him the “bandit phone king”, because Tsai Ming-kai’s company MediaTek traditionally manufactured the ...

Checking in, again

China Tourist Hyatt launches joint venture hotel chain in China

Since 2012 China has been the world’s largest source of outbound travellers. It also became the world’s largest market for business travel four ...

Entertainment Hunan Satellite TV’s hit drama thrives because it is so unconventional

“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,” is the opening line of Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. Over ...

Fast Food A forerunner of Sichuan-style hotpot

What is it? Malatang is sometimes described as a forerunner of hotpot (see WiC47). The popular ...

Back in the fast lane

Sino-File “Of course, China’s rapid economic recovery is one important reason behind…

Porsche CEO Oliver Blum sounds an optimistic note on sales during the launch of the new Panamera last week. Blum said revenues in China were “playing ...

It doesn’t add up

And Finally Textbook furore shows maths is still a male domain in China

Over the years, various studies have shown that there is no difference between boys’ and girls’ capabilities when it comes to maths. Yes, by the ...