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WiC 516 (Oct 30, 2020)

Strength in numbers

Banking & Finance, Internet & Tech, Talking Point Ant Group delivers the world’s biggest ever IPO – why the…

“I have heard many banks saying they will lend more to small and medium-sized enterprises. I have been hearing this for five years but how many banks ...

Moving the dial

Telecoms Apple’s new iPhone 12 proves a big hit in China

On October 23 customers lined up outside Apple Stores in China, keen to purchase the iPhone 12. That’s in spite of the fact that Apple had instructed ...

Food for thought

Corporate Q&A How Green Monday Group is promoting a plant-based diet in China

Sustainable businesses can be financially rewarding. Look no further than the American plant-based meat brand Beyond Meat, whose shares on Nasdaq have ...

Flying into the storm

Aviation, GBA New Hong Kong airline launch looks contrarian

Is it madness or a masterstroke? Aviation insiders hold different views on the plan for Greater Bay Airlines to become Hong Kong’s newest carrier ...

The next big thing

Internet & Tech Party study session sparks quantum craze

“He who excels in study can follow a career as an official,” said the sage Confucius. For thousands of years, government officials in the Middle ...

Opening the sluice gates

Banking & Finance Chinese hydropower firm latest to opt for a dual listing in…

When the London Stock Exchange wanted to get in touch with far-flung members in Hong Kong in the late nineteenth century it would send them a telegram. ...

Royal delicacies

China Consumer Another restaurant chain hits back at poor review

The Beijing-based one-star Michelin restaurant Family Li Imperial Cuisine has a sign inscribed by Pu Jie, the younger brother of China’s last emperor ...

Entertainment A late Seventies love story fails to connect with Chinese moviegoers

Most people turn to fiction for escapism, but what sets Yi Shu apart is that all her romance novels are loaded with a strong dose of pragmatism. For ...

Society Chinese art breaks auction record, second time round

Perspective is a fascinating subsection of art history. Greek artists used the Euclidian perspective – the same system that most realists employ ...

Destined for dominance

Sino-File “China is going about things very cleverly, very quietly, but all…

Gerhard Schindler, former head of the German intelligence service, tells the UK’s Times newspaper that the Chinese are intent on “world ...

And Finally The PLA calls time on its basketball teams

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has a long history in basketball. Its predecessor – the Red Army – boasted a “combat basketball team” that ...