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WiC 58 (Apr 30, 2010)

Auto Industry, Talking Point Is China’s auto show now the global car industry’s most important?

An anticipated 700,000 visitors; a thousand vehicles on display (most with at least one female model draped over the bonnet); and a major announcement ...

Energy & Resources As China’s car population grows, so too does the battle to…

There’s a war going on between China’s state-owned oil majors and their smaller private sector rivals. Although giants Sinopec and PetroChina have ...

Liu’s phone call

Telecoms Anything Steve can do, Lenovo can do better?

It’s the tale of a tech geek who leaves the computer firm he founded. In his absence the company flounders. So he returns with a new plan to ...

China’s first ‘lobbyist’

Chinese Character A letter-writing campaign that got the attention of the nation’s leaders…

For some people, retirement means more time for golf and grandchildren. Not for Li Ming. For the last three years, he has been busier than ever, ...

Household spending

Banking & Finance Consumers buy a new device to avoid queues at the bank

China might have some of the largest banks in the world, but that doesn’t mean that their branches provide a quick and efficient service. It’s ...

Healthy policy?

Healthcare Hospital reforms proceed at a sickly pace

It’s easy to get a thousand prescriptions, but hard to get a single remedy.” These days the Chinese proverb is spoken with some sense of irony, ...

Feeling fuellish

Energy & Resources Another front in petrol wars...

How far would you drive to save eight cents a litre on petrol? The Quzhou Automotive Transport Group is betting that Zhejiang’s drivers are willing ...

Economy As property soars, Shanghai loses talent

Silent is Cambridge tonight… very quietly I left… Not even a wisp of cloud will I bring away.” So ends Xu Zhimo’s Saying Farewell to Cambridge ...

The jade of Zhao

History Lessons Wan Bi Gui Zhao

During the Warring States Period, the ruler of Zhao, King Huiwen, acquired a piece of invaluable jade. The Emperor of Qin, a stronger state at the ...

Pulling strings

Society Yu’s orchestral manoeuvres

Conductor Yu Long has a classicial history – in employment and geneological terms. His grandfather was pianist and composer Ding Shande, one of the ...

Strait to success

Entertainment Taiwanese stars conquer China

His face adorns countless advertisements selling everything from China Mobile to Sprite. He’s sold millions of albums and, wherever he goes, he is ...

Sport A basketball final turns into a Sino-American boxing match

In recent months there has been no shortage of Sino-American tension on trade, arms sales and internet politics. But, thankfully, none of it has ...

Who’s Hu Business royalty

Born in 1941, Chen Lihua is perhaps unique among tycoons in that she claims to be related to the last Emperor of China, Puyi. Born to a royal clan of ...

Around the world in seat 1A

Planet China As any luxury retailer will tell you, China’s new rich are…

As any luxury retailer will tell you, China’s new rich are always looking for that next, exclusive purchase. The more expensive, the better. That ...

China’s big dig

Cartoons China’s big dig

The country’s latest tourist attraction is… subterranean. It’s no ordinary cavern either – the Chinese media think it is “the world’s ...

Debatable measures

And Finally Surely the size of an earthquake is indisputable? Not in China

Sometimes, there’s a mystery to official figures. China’s GDP growth numbers – which always seem to beat the magic 8% level – have long led ...