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WiC 523 (Jan 8, 2021)

Merkel makes it happen

Economy, Talking Point What is the significance of the newly signed China-EU investment deal?

Dealmakers from the European Union have a reputation for negotiating to the very last minute. And so it proved again on Christmas Eve last month, when ...

What next for China big tech

Internet & Tech Have the nation’s internet behemoths passed their peak?

At its peak the American Telephone and Telegraph Company was one of the world’s most valuable businesses, owning all the wires and telephones in the ...

A confusing call

Telecoms NYSE U-turns over delisting of Chinese telcos

In his book Dealing with China, Hank Paulson described the IPO of China Mobile (then known as China Telecom) in Hong Kong and New York in 1997 ...

China Consumer Detergent maker Blue Moon completes well-timed IPO in Hong Kong

Outgoing American President Donald Trump was lambasted last year after suggesting that Covid-19 could be treated by injections of disinfectant (he ...

Media & Gaming Yoozoo poisoning casts shadow on Netflix show

Murder by poisoning dates back many centuries. Deemed an unchivalrous method of assassination, the same technique is still used today – the poisoning ...

Capital offence

Internet & Tech Anger festers after employee’s death at a top internet firm

Political theorists in the Communist Party of China (CPC) have struggled to produce a satisfying answer to a simple question: “Does the market have a ...

Energy & Resources Why have Chinese cities faced power outages?

Readers who are wondering how they will cope with the new Covid-19 lockdowns being imposed in a number of countries at the beginning of 2021 might ...

Energy & Resources UHV project launches early

Power shortages have hurt Hunan province this winter, but policymakers hope they will become a problem of the past after the National Development ...

It’s Doctor Strange but true

Entertainment Director Guo Jingming’s blockbuster pulled from screens over plagiarism

Few people will shed tears on saying farewell to 2020. But with many parts of the world still struggling to contain the coronavirus pandemic, the ...

No place like home(s)

Society Family pressure prompts rise in “two-sided” marriages

Marriage is always a topic that inspires debate in China. It’s not hard to see why: it is a repository of values, a tool of social engineering and a ...

Sino-File “China-US relations have come to a new crossroads, and a new…

Foreign Minister Wang Yi gives his new year outlook to media on 2021. He said the US was now China’s third largest trading partner after ASEAN and ...

The kungfu college

And Finally Shaolin Monastery to roll out PhD programmes for overseas students

Twelve years after an application was made for UNESCO status, China’s taijiquan or tai chi – a type of martial art marked by slow, ...