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WiC 576 (Mar 11, 2022)

Prime minister’s questions

Economy, Talking Point Li Keqiang tackles old problems as his 10-year premiership draws to…

When Li Keqiang met the press as the Chinese premier for the first time in March 2013, he vowed to keep the economy growing by continuing with market ...

Auto Industry More foreign carmakers are taking control of their Chinese JVs

“Who’ll be the first to eat crabs?” rhetorically asks one of China’s many treasured ancient idioms. That particular saying harks back to the ...

An uncomfortable position

China and the World What does the European media think of China’s Ukraine stance?

One of the most closely watched press conferences this week was not in Moscow or Kyiv but in Beijing on Monday when Foreign Minister Wang Yi outlined ...

Internet & Tech Video firms under pressure to deliver profit

Video platform iQiyi unveiled last week that in 2021, its revenue had only gone up 2.8% from a year ago. Worse, average paying subscriptions dropped ...

Supporting cast

Internet & Tech Livestream firms search for new teams of talent

Two months after she was shunned by e-commerce platforms and given a record Rmb1.3 billion ($205.6 million) fine for tax evasion, one of China’s most ...

Auto Industry Why are Chinese carmakers moving to make phones?

Porsche Design celebrated its 50th anniversary in January. Starting with watches and car-related accessories, the German studio now offers all sorts of ...

Playing roulette

China and the World Chinese firms mull the risks of dealing with Russia

On February 21, three days before Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine, the Chinese ride-hailing app Didi announced its departure from ...

Triple digit oil is back

Energy & Resources Energy importer China walks a tightrope as commodity prices go berserk

The crisis in Ukraine is spilling over into stratospheric prices in the world’s commodity markets. Oil has climbed more than 40% over two weeks to ...

Society Women’s rights take centre stage on TV and at the Two Sessions

In her book Forget Having It All, writer Amy Westervelt summed up the dilemma facing working mothers: “We expect women to work like they ...

Standing by his forecast

Sino-File “I’m pretty confident in my estimate that China will surpass the…

Justin Lin, former vice-president of the World Bank and now a professor at Peking University, reiterated his estimate this week that the Chinese ...