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WiC 64 (Aug 11, 2010)

China’s number one problem

Economy, Talking Point How a city shines a light on the “cancer” of local…

In order to build the Lishui economic development zone, its boss, Wang Lijiong levelled 108 hills and mountains. He did so by borrowing money from ...

From Sheffield to Shanghai

Corporate Q&A He built a Chinese property business; and then bought a local…

There aren’t many people who would claim that “football” was the reason for their first trip to China. Kevin McCabe can. The British ...

State of the unions

Economy Why Chinese workers hate their trade unions

For former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, the labour unions were “the enemy within”. So much so that she relished confronting them, ...

Loves Italy, hates Australia

Sport Soccer World Cup sees controversial commentator back on the mike

He had thought it an “impossible mission”. But goal scorer Deng Zhuoxiang led China to an unlikely 1-0 victory over France last week, in what must ...

A new Monroe Doctrine?

Energy & Resources How Chinese lost Canadian gas field deal to Americans

When asked what he considered to be the most powerful force in the universe, Albert Einstein is said to have replied “compound interest”. Asked ...

China and the World Beijing woos, the Arab world reciprocates

We’ve been covering the national pavilions at the Shanghai Expo in recent weeks. And currently nothing demonstrates as much commitment – to ...

A party that’s far from over

Society New book reveals how China’s really governed

China’s ruling party is cautious in outlining much of its history. For example, while historians have estimated that somewhere between 35 and 40 ...

Lust in translation

Entertainment Why Hollywood had to shoot Shanghai thriller in Bangkok

Any espionage drama that’s set in Shanghai during the Japanese occupation of China seems destined for controversy. Perhaps that’s why it is such a ...

Energy & Resources Wen’s energetic trip to Burma

From China’s point of view, it may sometimes seems that the more countries are subject to US and EU sanctions, the better. A friend in need is a ...

Man of the soil

Who’s Hu Liu Canglong

Liu Canglong was born in 1964 in Shifang in Sichuan. With little education, he began working at a local refinery, before resigning to start his own ...

Inflexible friend

Banking & Finance Visa and UnionPay row heats up

The slogan for China UnionPay’s (CUP) current advertising campaign is to “Explore the world with UnionPay”. Clearly, Unionpay wants to nurture ...

Officially fake

Planet China Zhang Ningquan has pulled off an innovative first in counterfeit terms:…

Zhang Ningquan has pulled off an innovative first in counterfeit terms: he has created a shanzhai (fake) government department. The Guangzhou Daily is ...

Royce on a Roll…

Cartoons Royce on a Roll…

When you think of a “youthful” brand image, Rolls-Royce does not immediately spring to mind. But the UK-based carmaker is having a rethink, thanks ...

Beijing’s Mr Bean

And Finally Health expert who sold 3 million books exposed as a scamster

Can mung beans cure cancer? And will eggplant relieve the symptoms of diabetes and hypertension? Zhang Wuben, 47, a self-proclaimed expert in ...