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WiC 549 (Jul 16, 2021)

Last exit for Brooklyn?

Economy, Talking Point Post-Didi, are Hong Kong IPOs now the priority for our Top…

Policy risk has always been a concern for Wall Street investors in Chinese firms – dating back to when minivan maker Brilliance China was the first ...

KONE’s ascent to the top

Corporate Q&A Meet the boss of one of the most successful foreign firms…

Finnish elevator giant KONE has emerged as the market leader in China, which makes up more than 60% of the world’s market demand for new lifts and ...

Will it or won’t it?

Banking & Finance Home service platform’s US IPO hangs in balance

According to China’s maternity custom of zuo yuezi, or literally “sitting the month”, new mothers must stay indoors to restore their ...

Small but significant

Internet & Tech Newport deal a litmus test for Britain’s new stance on Chinese…

If you ask British people what kind of wafers are produced in the UK, then they’ll almost certainly think about the biscuit variety – such as ...

It’s this or nine million trees

Environment, ESG Sinopec launches China’s first large-scale carbon capture facility

As a scorching heat wave sweeps across the Northern Hemisphere, China is asking its people to brace for another year of extreme weather ...

A powerful statement

Energy & Resources New mega dam project is second to Three Gorges in energy generation

With turbines that are the hardest, the deepest and the world’s most powerful, China’s new Baihetan Dam on the Yunnan-Sichuan border does a fine ...

Society Why Hollywood’s blockbusters won’t benefit from China’s box office in July…

Marvel’s highly-anticipated Black Widow has prospered at the box office in the United States, where it has become the highest grossing ...

Red Star The Chinese YouTuber that breaks Guinness World Record

Who is she? Born in 1990 in Mianyang in Sichuan province, Li Ziqi has charmed audiences around the world with her cinematic and ...

Cartier embraces e-commerce

Sino-File “We have opened a couple of new stores in China already.…

Cyrille Vigneron, CEO of Cartier International, tells China Daily that Covid-19 changed “market dynamics” for the ultra-luxury jeweller but ...

‘Defective’ dogs

And Finally Why Shenyang police auctioned off its canines

‘Too cute’: that was the reason why three police dogs were eliminated from the Ministry of Public Security’s training programme and auctioned off ...