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WiC 588 (Jun 10, 2022)

A model restructuring?

Property, Talking Point Lessons from the bailout of a troubled real estate baron in…

You could infer pretty much everything about the dramatic changes that Chinese football and the beleaguered property sector have undergone recently ...

Ant on the march again

Banking & Finance Fintech giant reveals new director sparking renewed talk about its IPO

“High liability vs low benefit” was the headline in the Shanghai Daily when the newspaper reported on an exodus of independent directors from ...

Very testing times

Education College entrance exam battles lockdown issues

Sitting the gaokao, China’s annual college entrance exam, is stressful at the best of times. Anxious parents gather outside the examination ...

Textbook case sparks furore

Education Illustrations raise parental ire in school maths book

Normally students don’t get excited about maths books because they are dry, numbers-filled tomes that do little to inspire those who aren’t ...

China Consumer Moutai unveils its new liquor-infused ice cream

Of the world’s culinary oddities, the deep-fried Mars bar must feature high on the list. The Carron Fish Bar in Stonehaven (on Scotland’s ...

Auto Industry EV battery firms look to lock in raw materials

“A skilled woman cannot cook without rice,” warned the Southern Song Dynasty poet and historian Lu You, in what has become a famed Chinese ...

Belt and Road China to build a new railway through Kyrgyzstan

When a new railway line through Kyrgyzstan last came up for serious discussion five years ago, the plan was an ambitious one. The idea was to connect ...

Internet & Tech Is regulatory pain over for Didi and Full Truck?

Just a few years ago private equity investors were scrambling for the chance to take stakes in China’s fastest-growing internet firms. The potential ...

Meet the she-EOs of the Song

Entertainment Drama about female entrepreneurs contrasts with tycoon’s bankruptcy

Before she became known around the world for her role in Disney’s remake of Mulan, Liu Yifei, 34, was popular in China for her roles in ...

Red Star "Sweetheart Goddess" is back

Born in 1982 in Hsinchu in Taiwan, Wang Xinling did not have an easy childhood. Her parents divorced when she was 10 and Wang had to take care of her ...

Into the fast lane

HSBC Partner Content HSBC China Conference looks at the road ahead for driverless cars…

“Welcome to the Future, Mom” proclaimed a short video doing the rounds on social media from Baidu last month, showing a middle-aged woman climbing ...

Stating his position

Sino-File “We are mislabelled by some people or some media saying we…

Eric Chu, chairman of Taiwan’s opposition party the KMT (Kuomintang), outlines his party’s allegiances in Washington during an 11-day tour of the ...

And Finally NFT sneakers (briefly) arrive in China

In late May Chinese venture capitalist Zhu Xiaohu – an early backer of Didi Chuxing, Ele.me, and Ofo – posted on WeChat that he had just purchased ...