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WiC 60 (May 14, 2010)

Economy, Talking Point First, talk of a bubble. Now a bear market. What’s going…

It’s a subject worthy of Adam Smith, JM Keynes and Milton Friedman: how is it possible to have a bubble at the same time as a bear market? It may ...

Whose soil is it anyway?

Agriculture If rural land reform happens, Chongqing is likely to lead the…

Divorce is often a messy process, but it took a new twist when a young couple from Henan province entered the courtroom. Previously they had met and ...

Real estate scam

Property Corrupt officials blamed for high property prices

China’s ebullient property market is generating plenty of tales of woe: a woman dousing herself in gasoline trying to stop developers from flattening ...

Office politics

Cross Strait Historic opening of a Chinese tourist office in Taiwan; trade deal…

The opening of a tourism office is rarely considered headline news. But that was not the case last Friday, when Beijing’s National Tourism Authority ...

Instant gratification

China Consumer Starbucks grand plan to conquer China hinges on a product called…

"Cracking the code in China for any company is not an easy task – there will be a number of winners and lots of losers. People who go there and rush ...

It’s thanks to Asia

Economy New survey predicts rising China trade volumes

Look ahead with confidence, and increasingly look south eastwards too. That was the message emerging last week from the Chinese participants in a ...

Who’s Hu She's got good taste

Getting started Zhu Linyao was born in 1970 in Sichuan province. While studying in Beijing she developed an interest in flavours. On graduating she ...

Agriculture Private equity firms hope to reap profits in the farmyard

For those private equity (PE) investors targeting China, the farmyard is definitely the place to be right now. According to Dealogic, around $932 ...

Taking their cut

Society How hospitals make profits in China

Do you trust your doctor? Most people do – they are the experts after all. But what if his paycheck depended on your undergoing a risky and expensive ...

The fastest phones on earth

Telecoms China trials its superfast 4G network at the Shanghai Expo in…

With the Shanghai World Expo claiming to break so many records – from the number of toilets (11,000) to the expected number of visitors (70 million) ...

Society Vanity projects stir anger

If emperors have all had one thing in common, it’s the tendency to bankrupt the national treasury by building luxurious palaces and ...

From Beijing to Buffalo

Sport NFL gets new Chinese star

From Beijing to Buffalo NFL gets new Chinese star Sandra Bullock’s Oscar-winning performance in The Blind Side begins with images of ...

The salacious Mr Song

Entertainment Why the entertainment industry lives in fear of a gossipy blogger

He calls himself the modern day Lu Xun – one of China’s most accomplished writers. He claims to be the only independent voice in the country’s ...

Boomtown for rats

Planet China See a rat in a restaraunt kitchen, and most diners will…

See a rat in a restaraunt kitchen, and most diners will head for the door – immediately. Not in Guangzhou, it seems, where the worry is more that the ...

Harrods-on-the-Huangpu

Cartoons Harrods-on-the-Huangpu

From Knightsbridge to Pudong. According to the Financial Times, the new owners of iconic retailer Harrods have expressed an interest in opening up in ...

And Finally North Korean leader in surprise China trip

There aren’t many people who have the option of going to China on their own personal train. And the number who can just cruise into Dalian ...