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WiC 564 (Nov 19, 2021)

Establishing the guard rails

China and the World, Talking Point What did the debut Sino-US presidential summit of the Biden era…

Ronald Reagan first met Deng Xiaoping in Beijing in April 1984 – almost exactly 39 months after the former Hollywood star first became US president. ...

Internet & Tech How is Tencent faring in the new regulatory era?

A ‘Sweeping Black Storm’ has gripped China’s entertainment world in recent weeks. It might sound like another chapter of climate crisis but ...

The capital’s market

Banking & Finance Beijing’s new bourse got off to a flying start on Monday…

‘Shenzhen speed’ is often used to describe how the southern Chinese city gets things done at a rapid rate. Rival cities don’t think Shenzhen is ...

Unlucky thirteen?

China Consumer Alibaba’s 13th Singles’ Day deliberately muted but livestreamers still shine

A ny analysis of the rise of e-commerce in China can’t ignore the contribution of Singles’ Day, the annual shopping bonanza. Much of the action ...

Education New Oriental pivots to agricultural e-commerce

During a public event in 2016, two of China’s most outspoken businessmen challenged each other on a stage. “I am sure Alibaba will still be around ...

Ocular IPO blinks

Healthcare Investors buy into debut AI healthtech listing

China has a shortage of doctors and, as a natural consequence, a lack of medical specialists too. This means patients are often misdiagnosed or ...

China Consumer A Chinese fast-food chain serves up first onshore IPO

Chicken is a such a staple of the provincial cuisine in Anhui that it has inspired sayings such as “From Feidong to Feixi, delicious is the old ...

The Yang Mi effect

Entertainment China’s biggest actress returns to her comfort zone in new costume…

Actresses Yang Mi, Liu Shishi and Tang Yan first met on the set of Chinese Paladin 3, a costume drama released in 2009. The three starlets – ...

Society Netizens appalled as dog death captured on camera

Chaofen was a five year-old corgi with an owner who doted on him so much that she installed surveillance cameras at home so she could keep an eye on ...

Society A much loved cartoon is remastered for the big screen

Children in mainland China in the early 1980s were often fans of the feature-length cartoon Legend of the Sealed Book. Based on a ...

The nuclear option

Sino-File “China is not developing hypersonic forces for some bolt out of…

Caitlin Talmadge, a nuclear expert at Georgetown University, talks to the Financial Times about China’s nuclear weapons buildup. In July the Chinese ...

Football’s failures

And Finally Chinese national soccer team disappoint – again

It was 20 years ago when China made its first appearance at football’s World Cup finals. That’s still the only time the world’s most populous ...