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WiC 63 (Jun 4, 2010)

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Economy, Talking Point Suicides at Foxconn, strikes at Honda. Is the ‘Made in China’…

"Definitely not a sweatshop“ is Terry Gou’s defiant response to accusations that employee misery is behind the 10 fatalities this year at ...

First Volvo, next…

M&A Two new M&A deals could prove historic

When people think of China’s landmark M&A transaction in 2010, it’s likely that most will opt for the highest profile deal: Geely’s purchase ...

Banking & Finance Scale of ‘unofficial’ lending is revealed

"Welcome to the home of one of China’s 10 most vital economies: Wenzhou. Here in the pioneering hometown of ‘Daring Trailblazers, Harmonious ...

A very flat market

Property Efforts to rein-in Beijing property work – too well

Only a few weeks ago, the main worry among Chinese policymakers was the risk of a property bubble. These days, the talk around the water-coolers is ...

Just about to click

Internet & Tech Amazon’s China strategy has lost millions; will it now reap billions?

Anyone familiar with Aesop’s fable The Tortoise and the Hare remembers this lesson: slow and steady wins the race. Jeff Bezos, ...

Energy & Resources Government approves merger to create China’s largest steel company

Currency appreciation and a fall in houses prices are two of the most remarked upon developments occupying China watchers. But if they come to ...

Earthquake relief

Entertainment Scandal-hit Zhang Ziyi’s new film hopes to resuscitate her superstar status

You have seen her fly over tiled rooftops, ride on horseback in China’s western desert and swathed in silk as a Japanese geisha. Zhang Ziyi, ...

Sick and the City

Healthcare Epidemic follows rural migrants. Why urbanisation worries health experts

China’s policymakers have a dream. In it, the economy soars on the back of consumption by hundreds of millions of peasant farmers who have moved to ...

Zhang’s modest proposals

Chinese Character The beauty salon entrepreneur who is solving Beijing’s traffic problems

Sexiness is no light subject. The more closely you try to describe it, the more likely it gets twisted or becomes vulgar,” said Zhang Xiaomei, as she ...

A radiant industry

China Consumer Cosmetics firms are looking good in China

Women are supposed to be the fairer sex, but Chinese men, too, have been captivated by the growing national preoccupation with looking young. Just ...

Founder of Galanz Electric

Who’s Hu Liang Qingde

Liang Qingde was born in 1937 in Shunde in Guangdong. He began his career in a local printing plant, before resigning in 1978 to set up his own ...

Banking & Finance China’s richest couple hit by American FDA announcement

They were China’s richest couple – for about a month, anyway. Li Li and Li Tan shot to prominence with the IPO of pharma firm, Hepalink, which in ...

Planet China What’s in a name? A lot, if you’re a Chinese local…

What’s in a name? A lot, if you’re a Chinese local government apparatchik. Regular readers will recall that China’s Ministry of Land and ...

Jacky Chan’s Chinese theatre

Cartoons Jacky Chan’s Chinese theatre

Actors and business don’t always have the happiest history. Think Stallone and Schwarzenegger and their twice-bankrupted Planet Hollywood restaurant ...

Painting by (big) numbers

And Finally Real and fake – China’s art market is growing fast

What would Christie’s blue-blooded auctioneers do these days without ‘red’ China? It has been strongly rumoured that a Chinese buyer scooped up ...