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WiC 571 (Jan 28, 2022)

Beijing versus Shanghai

Economy, Talking Point Which is the richest Chinese city? The top two just got…

If you want a means for understanding some of the flow of Europe’s social and economic history, one way of doing it is to map its wealthiest cities ...

A forensic look at feng shui

Economy As the Year of Tiger starts we look at 12 years…

Week in China has been covering zodiac predictions ahead of the Chinese New Year since our very first issue. At the time, it was supposed to be ...

Mine, or yours?

Energy & Resources BYD lithium deal rapidly undone by Chileans

In Chinese slang, over-indulging is described as “eyes wide, stomach narrow” – much like the English phrase “your eyes are bigger than your ...

Banking & Finance Why Bytedance shut its investment arm down

Turning 10 years-old in March and valued at around $400 billion, Bytedance is the world’s most valuable unicorn. And it has always made plain its ...

The TuanChe tiff

Auto Industry New EV entrant prompts derision from Li Auto

Is there room for yet another Chinese electric vehicle (EV) start-up? Wen Wei, the co-founder and chairman of TuanChe, thinks so. In mid-January, ...

The handbag index

China Consumer Celine handbags in focus as inflation hits the luxury goods sector

The world is grappling with soaring consumer prices. The US, for instance, is struggling with the highest inflation in 40 years. China’s consumer ...

M&A Activision buy sets up Tencent metaverse battle

If the way that the metaverse is being built is indicative, it is going to mirror many of the world’s geopolitical tensions rather than provide a ...

Telecoms A feud over standardising smartphone chargers

China produces some 25,000 tonnes of electronic waste from disused phone chargers every year. So it’s not surprising that it might seek to reduce ...

Petal to the metal

Internet & Tech Huawei hesitates over search engine launch

In 2019 US President Donald Trump placed Huawei on various American blacklists. The sanctions have stopped the Chinese telecom giant from using Google ...

Tobacco Investigation of billionaire tycoon hits vaping sector

That old saying that there’s no smoke without fire will have extra meaning at the moment for Zhu Linyao, the founder of Huabao, a fragrance and ...

A cinematic cage fight

Entertainment Movies pulled as Lunar New Year box office battle turns into…

According to the principles of the Chinese zodiac, the ‘tiger’ is a symbol of strength and bravery. So perhaps it’s appropriate that only film ...

Sino-File British Foreign Secretary Lynn Truss tells the Sydney Morning Herald that…

“I don’t think we can rule that out. Russia is working more closely with China than it ever has”

Love under lockdown

And Finally Two blind dates and two very different outcomes…

Twice this month the Chinese media has run wide-eyed reports on couples forced into lockdowns together despite barely knowing each other. In one ...