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WiC 579 (Apr 1, 2022)

When the shoe fits

China Consumer, Talking Point Hillhouse’s Belle looks to make IPO return as Anta plays to…

There was a time that passengers couldn’t walk through a major airport without passing a Tie Rack. At its peak the British retailer had 450 branches ...

Betting on Big Tech

Internet & Tech After the market storm, is it a good time to invest…

Once upon a time, the acronym BAT signified sure-fire stock market bets, which bar the occasional blip was a winning, one-directional investment ...

Lavrov goes to China

China and the World ZTE exits five year ‘probation’, but Chinese firms wary as new…

News last week that ZTE, the world’s fourth-largest maker of telecommunications equipment, is coming out of a longstanding legal straitjacket imposed ...

Bridging the gulf

Logistics Former Alibaba staffer thrives in the Middle East

What happens if you identify an operating issue that has cut deeply into your company’s profit? The best staff, of course, try to help their ...

Still keen to float

Shipping Amid oligarch superyacht seizures Ferretti persists with Hong Kong IPO

Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it,” David Lee Roth, lead singer of the rock band ...

Shock in Shanghai

Healthcare China’s financial capital is locked down

Is it possible to catch a rat in a crockery shop without breaking the porcelain? This is what Shanghai has been trying to do in containing the ...

Energy & Resources Hydrogen fuel cell firm looks to list in Hong Kong

There were many firsts at the two Olympic gatherings in Tokyo and Beijing over the past 12 months, but one of the less remarked upon was the transport ...

Charging into action

Auto Industry State-backed CALB joins EV battery rush and takes on Chinese leader…

For years, Gree chairwoman Dong Mingzhu made headlines as China’s most prominent female business boss, backed by her much-heralded career in ...

Education Exhausted parents offered ‘studycation’ packages

As Shanghai grapples with its worst outbreak of Covid-19 yet, reporting 3,500 newly transmitted cases on Monday, the government is splitting the city ...

Showing fatigue

Entertainment Leading online salesman may part ways with Taobao Live

After Viya was fined more than $200 million for tax evasion in December, her livestreaming career, too, went up in flames. She has seemingly been wiped ...

The Oath of Love

Entertainment New Tencent drama set to get 10 billion views

Since its debut on March 15, China’s latest hit show The Oath of Love has already accumulated over two billion views on Tencent Video, with ...

Australia’s eye in the sky

Sino-File “This is a perfect location for a lot of things we…

US Space Command’s head General James Dickinson spoke this week during a visit to the joint US-Australia intelligence facility at Pine Gap, near ...

And Finally P&G’s online campaign fails the smell test

Identify an embarrassing problem and offer a solution. That’s the oldest and simplest way to sell personal hygiene products. Only it’s a fine ...