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WiC 578 (Mar 25, 2022)

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The politics of lockdown

Economy, Talking Point Debates over Covid policies resurface as Hong Kong modifies its approach

In April 2003, the Chinese health minister and the mayor of Beijing were both dismissed for their mishandling of the deadly SARS outbreak. The ...

Qu shares his world view

HSBC Partner Content Top China economist assesses GDP outlook and debunks ‘decoupling myth’

China’s 'Two Sessions' annual parliamentary gathering took place this month and did so during a period of heightened economic uncertainty. WiC spoke ...

Evergrande funds seized

Property China’s biggest property firm fails to publish its annual report on…

In October last year China Evergrande was close to securing a lifeline in the wake  of a worsening liquidity crunch. The Guangzhou-based developer ...

Rocky relationship

China and the World US claims China is militarising artificial islands

Joe Biden warned Xi Jinping not to provide “material support” to Moscow during a phone call last week, as Sino-US ties continue to be strained by ...

A crash in Wuzhou

Aviation Deadly disaster mires China Eastern and Boeing

China suffered its worst air disaster in 12 years on Monday when a passenger jet crashed into a mountain in the south of the country. All 132 people on ...

Go with the flow

Rise of the RMB Will China soon start to pay for its Saudi oil with…

Could a currency deal between the world’s biggest exporter of crude and its biggest buyer trigger a new challenge to the US dollar’s global ...

Just don’t do it

China Consumer Li Ning faces US sanctions on North Korea allegations

A year ago almost to the day – amid a public backlash in China against foreign companies that had spoken out against using cotton from Xinjiang in ...

Sour taste

China Consumer Cup noodle giants floored by pickle scandal

Huarong, a small county in Hunan province, has been growing leaf mustard for well over a century. The fields yielded so much of the greens over time, ...

Zhou Guanyu

Red Star The Weifang F1 wonder

Born in Shanghai in 1999, Zhou Guanyu began karting when he was seven and quickly developed a love for speed. To nurture his talent, his father, a ...

Uncharted waters

Entertainment Controversy over map of South China Sea used in new Sony blockbuster

Uncharted began life as a popular PlayStation video game in 2007. The premise of the game: a group of treasure hunters travel across the world ...

Too reliant on China?

Sino-File “I think it’s still an asset, China will be by far…

Hubert Diess, CEO of Volkswagen, admitted to political challenges for the German carmaker in China following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. VW ...

China’s favourite Frenchman

And Finally Alain Delon’s euthanasia plan becomes hot news among Chinese netizens

In 1978, two years after the end of the Cultural Revolution, a French-Italian co-production of Zorro secured cinematic release in ...

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