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WiC 531 (Mar 12, 2021)

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The Blinken doctrine

China and the World, Talking Point Why Sino-US relations could be defined by their growing rivalry in…

After years of bitter exchanges between Washington and Beijing – sparked by a trade and tech war during the Trump administration – Joe Biden’s ...

Driving ahead

Internet & Tech Baidu readies its secondary listing in Hong Kong

Apart from students of the Classics, mentions of the Greek god Apollo are more likely to prompt recollections of the American space programme. But in ...

Not so golden anymore?

Corporate Q&A Former UK minister discusses the deterioration in Sino-British relations

Aside from conceiving the investment acronym BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China), Jim O’Neill is closely associated with another term: ‘the Golden ...

Machine learning

Internet & Tech Investors overreact to SMIC’s lithography deal

Extreme ultraviolet lithography machines (EUVs) didn’t get much of a mention in the Chinese media until Donald Trump brought telecoms equipment giant ...

A confident move

M&A Jardines is unwinding its cross-shareholding

Tessa Keswick – wife of former Jardine Matheson taipan Henry Keswick – published a lively memoir last year about her four decades of contact with ...

Symbolic gesture

China and the World Japanese anime returns to CCTV after 14 years

The Japanese anime series Cells at Work is, quite literally, about a battle in the human body. In it, anthropomorphised immune cells – the heroes – ...

Question time

Internet & Tech China’s Quora goes public in New York

It is said that knowledge is worth more than gold. That maxim will be put to the test as China’s question-and-answer app Zhihu readies to go public ...

Building a behemoth

M&A Tianshan Cement set to be new national giant upon $15 billion…

Is it a bowler hat or a snake swallowing an elephant? The question – asked about a drawing in Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s novella Le Petit ...

A total write-off

Banking & Finance Top Chinese auditor is wound up over scandal

In China’s auditing industry, Ruihua Certified Public Accountants was a would-be national champion. In its heyday in 2018, it was the auditor of 213 ...

Skin in the game

China Consumer More deals from the thriving cosmetics sector

Washing your face is the most basic step of any skincare routine. But UK beauty brand Eve Lom has created a cult product that its devotees describe as ...

Pride before the fall

Entertainment Chloe Zhao’s Golden Globe win sparks joy in China – and…

The first woman to win a Golden Globe for directing was Barbra Streisand, who took the award for Yentl in 1984. Only four other women (Sofia Coppola, ...

Irish eyes not smiling

Sino-File “China is a big trading partner for us, particularly in respect…

Barry Ward, a senator from Dún Laoghaire, a coastal town south of Dublin, talks to the South China Morning Post about legislation he is supporting ...

Content rich

And Finally Douyin users told not to flaunt their wealth

When former paramount leader Deng Xiaoping ushered in a new round of economic reforms, he said it was okay if some of the population got rich before ...

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