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WiC 544 (Jun 11, 2021)

Taking a pig to market

Agriculture, Talking Point Thailand’s richest tycoon targets a Shanghai IPO for its pork business

Dhanin Chearavanont ran into some of the toughest times of his life in 1998. His firm Charoen Pokphand Group was on the verge of bankruptcy as ...

Partners in profit

Internet & Tech Apple is still reliant on Chinese suppliers

“Surely the apple is the noblest of fruits,” claimed the 19th century American essayist Henry David Thoreau. Can the same be said of its modern ...

Property Evergrande vows to cut debt amid new probe

He made his name in Guangdong province, but it’s Liaoning’s provincial capital Shenyang that’s shaking the foundations of Xu Jiayin’s sprawling ...

Every second counts

ESG Largest trading platform for used electronics goods files for New York…

Smartphones, laptops and other connected devices are the lifeblood of the digital economy. Yet they are also adding to the world’s rubbish dumps at ...

Elephants on parade

Society Roaming herd of pachyderms become a media phenomenon

When you’re a livestreamer trying to stand out in China, here’s one way to get noticed: confront a herd of wild elephants. That’s what several ...

China and the World Why hopes of an improvement in Sino-US ties may be wishful…

The first senior-level meeting between the US and China for more than six months in March turned into more of a dogfight than a diplomatic triumph, ...

Media & Gaming Xi calls on spin doctors to make China “lovable”

According to Cpcnews.cn, the official website of the Communist Party of China (CPC), there have been 73 group study sessions for its Politburo (which ...

Spicy investment

China Consumer Meet the unicorn company that makes big money from hotpot ingredients

It is no secret that Chinese people love hotpot. Featuring a simmering pot of broth in which a vast selection of ingredients are dipped, it might be ...

China Consumer Can Coca-Cola’s alcoholic drink be successful in China?

Coca-Cola has been selling sweet, dark soda since 1886. The beverage giant dabbled in wine in 1977, buying Sterling and Monterey Vineyards in ...

Friends forever

Entertainment Chinese audience gives thumbs up to iconic US sitcom’s reunion show

More than 25 years since it began its 10-year run in 1994, Friends is still a huge money-spinner for Warner Bros, generating $1 billion in ...

Sino-File “Personalised distribution of content is too powerful. If you like pig…

Tencent’s vice-president Song Zhonghuai trashes short-video content at the China Internet Radio & Video Convention last Thursday. The remark was ...

Supine subversion

And Finally Why Chinese leaders worry about ‘tangping’ types

A few weeks ago Chinese social media saw a marked uptick in the number of cat photos posted online. Only this time these cats weren’t playing with ...