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WiC 575 (Mar 4, 2022)

Beijing’s Kyiv conundrum

China and the World, Talking Point Assessing China’s reaction to Russia’s Ukraine invasion

The Chinese word for Ukraine is Wukelan (乌克兰). The word itself is a broadly phonetic representation of the country’s name but each of the three ...

Internet & Tech China to move computing power to western provinces

China’s economic planners have plotted ways of shifting resources from energy-rich areas to energy-consuming ones for years. Thus the massive ...

Retail therapy required?

Internet & Tech Poor quarterly results lead analysts to reassess Alibaba’s prospects

Founded in 2004, Facebook has already shown strains of a ‘middle-age crisis’. Feeling the pressure of slowing growth in its ‘traditional’ ...

The future of money is now

Banking & Finance Federal Reserve looks to play catch up with China’s digital currency

Almost 100 countries are evaluating central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), the IMF reported last month, with a pioneering group starting to roll them ...

China Consumer China’s Peloton looks to push through its IPO

Peloton was one of the big winners from the pandemic. When all gyms were closed in 2020, fitness fans didn’t have a way of feeding their habit. Many ...

Taking its toll

Rail & Infrastructure Government orders expressways to stop charging

When the Guangzhou-Foshan (GF) Expressway opened for business in 1989, it was hyped as the Pearl River Delta’s answer to Route 101, the highway that ...

The birth of a good business

Healthcare Why fertility services are now in demand in China

Four years ago, Li Xueke decided to become a mother on her own. The Shandong businesswoman travelled to Thailand for a course of IVF. In July 2019 she ...

Cleared for take-off

Aviation Greater Bay Airlines gets green light to take flight from Covid-hit…

The launch plan for Greater Bay Airlines has often seemed counter-intuitive at a time when Hong Kong’s flag carrier Cathay Pacific has been battling ...

The dating game

Entertainment Reality television shows are having trouble retaining sponsors’ interest

Ever since the controversial debut of If You’re The One in 2010, there have been no shortage of reality dating shows in China. The format of ...

Abe’s big declaration

Sino-File “The people of Taiwan share our universal values, so I think…

Former Japanese leader Abe Shinzo told a Japanese television show that Washington should promise to defend Taiwan against any invasion and abandon its ...

More than mere words

And Finally Why the Chinese language versions of Wordle aren’t proving as popular

In December 2021 clusters of grey, yellow and green squares started to appear on social media feeds and smartphone screens. These images were often ...