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WiC 532 (Mar 19, 2021)

Banking & Finance, ESG, Talking Point China’s ‘Sun King’ plots a stock market comeback with Asia Silicon…

Once seen as a sultan of China’s solar industry, Shi Zhengrong enjoyed his moment in the sun. In 2006 Forbes magazine titled him as China’s richest ...

Automation nation

Corporate Q&A Industry expert discusses China’s growing prowess in making robots

For many types of goods the Chinese were manufacturers well before they became consumers. But the situation is a little different in robotics, where ...

Bulking up fast

Healthcare Pharmaron in M&A push to grow cell and gene therapy business…

The coupling of AbbVie and Allergan last year was an expensive one. Costing $63 billion, the combination was one of the 10 largest pharmaceutical ...

China Consumer Kohler and Max Mara ‘shamed’ in CCTV show

It’s called a gala – but for the companies cited in the annual ‘315’ consumer rights show – broadcast by state television channel CCTV on ...

Unhealthy orange

Environment Gigantic sandstorm engulfs China’s capital city

On Monday morning Beijingers awoke to dark orange skies and appalling air quality as a huge sandstorm rolled into China’s capital. Skyscrapers ...

At the coalface

Belt and Road China blocks funding to coal power in Bangladesh but not at…

Bangladesh’s bet on coal-fired power is a contentious choice for a low-lying country prone to flooding. Perhaps that was why it said it was ...

Blank cheque billions

Banking & Finance From Li Ning to Faraday Future, Chinese tycoons embrace SPACs

What do the following four-letter words have in common: spiv and scam, spar and spat? The answer is a fifth term, called a SPAC (special purpose ...

Banking & Finance Chinese credit agencies named and shamed by market body

When things go wrong in the bond market, it’s normally the rating agencies that end up in the firing line. Investors always blame them for failing to ...

Flagging franchises?

Entertainment Top shows on Hunan’s streaming site Mango TV sag in their…

When the first season of Sisters Who Make Waves appeared on Mango TV last summer, it grabbed national attention (see WiC500). Unlike other ...

A good week for Xiaomi

Sino-File “Xiaomi is a publicly traded company that produces commercial products for…

Opinion of Rudolph Contreras, a US federal judge, ruling on Xiaomi’s blacklisting by the former Trump administration in January. He described that ...

And Finally Why is Avatar back on Chinese screens?

In early March one of Hong Kong’s biggest cinema chains, UA Cinemas, abruptly shut down operations. Its closing marked yet another casualty of the ...