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WiC 556 (Sep 17, 2021)

GBA, Talking Point What do the big policy announcements on Qianhai and Hengqin mean?

Sometimes it’s easier to breathe new life into a city by rebuilding it from scratch or moving it to an entirely new area. These scenarios can give ...

China and the World Biden phones Xi but bilateral ties stay tense

The Biden administration is said to have lobbied its counterparts in Beijing this year to agree to a “red phone” hotline between the two ...

Hanging out at Helen’s

China Consumer China’s first listed pub chain is a mix of Starbucks and…

With relaxing jazz music in the background, comfy chairs and free WiFi, Starbucks has created what it calls the “third space”: that is, a place ...

Failure to close

Property Blackstone’s deal for SOHO China collapses

Anyone for tennis? At the women’s final of the US Open last weekend the cameras zoomed in on well-heeled spectators in the premium seats. Sitting ...

Banking & Finance Liaoning Fangda emerges as an unlikely white knight for HNA’s airline

The Chinese bond market has been restive lately. Names that were deemed too big or too important to fail such as Founder (a chipmaker backed by Peking ...

Geely takes on Porsche

Auto Industry Chinese carmaker to revive Lotus brand with a Wuhan-made EV range…

Ask older Brits what the Lotus brand means to them and they’ll probably think of a racing car that won a series of Formula 1 titles in the 1960s and ...

New item in XPENG’s stable

Auto Industry Chinese electric car firms are making animal robots

What would you do if you came face-to-face with a bionic animal: head straight for the exit or move in closer and give it a pat? That kind of ...

Who’s Hu The Tianjin native who tops Singapore’s latest rich list

In the 2018 romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians, the creme de la creme of wealthy Singaporeans are portrayed as those of Chinese descent who can ...

Reach for the stars

Space Programme China plays catch-up with Lenghu observatory

Chinese astronomy has a long history with the earliest known solar observatory – in Taosi, Shanxi province – dating back around 4,100 ...

Mooncake movies

Entertainment Mid-Autumn Festival set for a busy box office

The Mid-Autumn Festival, celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar, is traditionally a holiday of mooncakes (see ...

Raducanu’s Shenyang ties

China Tourist Your need-to-know about the new US Open champ’s Chinese ‘hometown’

One of Emma Raducanu’s first media initiatives after winning the US Open on Saturday was to record a short video on Sina Weibo in fluent Mandarin for ...

Not welcome in Westminster

Sino-File “I do not feel it’s appropriate for the ambassador for China…

Speaker of Britain’s House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle on his decision to ban Zhang Zeguan, the Chinese ambassador to the UK, from parliament. It ...

What does your future hold?

And Finally A game that predicts ‘life outcomes’ makes waves in China

When readers are first introduced to Nora Seed in Matt Haig’s bestselling novel The Midnight Library, she is a 35-year-old with regrets. She ...