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WiC 539 (May 7, 2021)

The house always wins

Property, Talking Point Why property management is now in vogue for stock market investors

In 1980 there was only one property developer in Shenzhen – a city that’s now bigger than neighbouring Hong Kong economically. That firm would ...

China and the World China reacts to Indian Covid-19 surge

Sun Weidong, China’s ambassador to India, has been busy on Twitter. As a brutal second wave of Covid-19 ravaged Indian cities, Sun posted a series of ...

Under a Tuscan sun

Section Italian winemaker discusses impact of Covid-19 on his China sales

Primo and Anna Maria Banelli have been making wines at their estate Il Palazzo outside Arezzo since the 1970s. Lorenzo Pitirra, who heads up exports ...

‘Yin and yang’ – the sequel

Entertainment Scandal prone actress dominates online discussion after contract revelation

Forbes recently reported that the former wrestler Dwayne Johnson was the world’s highest-paid actor for the second consecutive year in 2020, raking ...

Economy Hubei leads GDP league table

China is no stranger to dizzying GDP growth. But even by its standards, the 18.3% economic expansion logged during the first quarter was a record. The ...

A return to Wall Street

Banking & Finance Cautious Chinese regulators are driving listing candidates to New York

Ask someone if they’d like a pleasant surprise and the answer is generally going to be ‘yes’. This is one of the main reasons why ‘blind box’ ...

Raising the bar

Energy & Resources Chinese investors help rebound in gold prices

Global investors have been selling their gold but consumers in China are buying more of it again. That was the story of the precious metal in the first ...

Economy After TV exposé, Meituan and Ele.me to improve gig workers’ rights…

Auto Industry Electric carmaker hit by a public relations debacle

If a female journalist tries to extract confidential information from a company employee source, should the staff member be fired if he replies: ...

Keeping it in the family

Society How a Fujian tea seller has perfected corporate marriages

The headline news this week from the Gates family was that two of the world’s wealthiest people are getting divorced. But it’s no secret that ...

Live and let live

Sino-File “The big issue to look upon is not just to prevent…

Henry Kissinger discusses Sino-US tensions with German newspaper Die Welt. He said the two countries must find a way of peacefully co-existing and step ...

Loyal Labradors

And Finally China needs to train more guide dogs

April 28 was International Guide Dog Day – an event whose origins are lost in the mists of time, with no organisation claiming it as their ...