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WiC 566 (Dec 3, 2021)

Media & Gaming, Talking Point Macau’s casino sector stunned by the arrest of its top junket…

Different casino companies lay claim to the status of the largest gambling firm. Spanning at least 600,000 square feet in area, the WinStar World in ...

Seoul searching

Internet & Tech Korean chip giant faces a China quandary

Much has changed since 2006 when the former chief executive of SK Hynix said that the opening of the company’s first semiconductor foundry in Wuxi in ...

Fuel for the fire

Economy State regulators turn to sectors beyond the internet in antitrust drive

Founded in 1862, Towngas is Hong Kong’s first public utility. Despite serving a market of just under eight million people, it has been the most ...

A car rental model

Auto Industry Li Shufu’s heir makes debut at Lynk launch event

What started out as a couch-surfing experiment for three school friends in San Francisco, later morphed into the multi-billion dollar home-sharing ...

In the driving seat

Corporate Q&A WiC’s exclusive interview with the founder and CEO of Horizon Robotics

Last week Week in China published the third update of our Top 50 China Unicorns ranking. Appearing again – with a valuation of $5 billion – was ...

China Consumer Kardashian makes push into China while 9,000 store local firm goes…

Kim Kardashian’s ‘shapewear’ brand Skims, like its founder, is no stranger to controversy. The range was initially called Kimono, until ...

China paymasters

China and the World Paytm listing reveals Alibaba as key winner

On November 18 Indian fintech company Paytm completed India’s biggest ever IPO. But the main beneficiary wasn’t its founder Vijay Shekar Sharma ...

Behind the scenes

Entertainment Why background checks on celebrities have suddenly become big business

The year 2021 has been rough for those in Chinese show business. According to Southern Weekend, at least nine high-profile stars have seen their ...

Economic suicide

Sino-File “A Taiwan emergency is a Japan emergency. That is, it’s an…

Former Japanese leader Abe Shinzo issues a warning during a speech on Wednesday. He said a Chinese invasion of Taiwan could see Tokyo deploy its ...

Tabling a truce?

And Finally Ping pong diplomacy enjoys a brief revival

Ping-pong diplomacy was born in 1971 when American table tennis player Glen Cowen hitched a ride with the Chinese team after missing the US team bus at ...