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WiC 66 (Jun 25, 2010)

Pay restrictions

Banking & Finance New online payment rules favour Alipay

Lest anyone think online payments are dull, think only of Elon Musk. The charismatic South African-born entrepreneur is – by the admission of ...

If BP’s looking to sell…

Energy & Resources, Talking Point Chinese sense opportunities from oil firm’s troubles

What’s in a name? Quite a lot if the company’s BP. President Obama has repeatedly referred to it as British Petroleum. Over in the UK, his choice ...

Too smart by half

Economy Why IBM’s Smarter Planet has the Chinese government concerned

It can cut pollution and create jobs, two key objectives for China’s leaders. It can even put an end to traffic congestion. At least that seems to be ...

A more flexible note

Rise of the RMB A lot of ink was spilled over China’s announcement last Saturday…

A big weekend for the forex markets? Last Friday the China Daily ran the headline: “US wrong to blame China for own woes: fresh ...

Top of the tables

China Consumer Furniture makers discover home market

Two years ago, Shi Dan wondered if he would lose his job when his company Lacquer Craft, one of China’s largest furniture makers, saw a sharp fall in ...

“We prefer India”

Internet & Tech Ballmer gives up on China

Bill Gates made one of his wilder forecasts back in 1998, saying that he didn’t mind the Chinese pirating his software. “As long as they are going ...

Blossoming production

Media & Gaming Hunan TV’s deal with Qinghai channel signals consolidation ahead

China’s latest TV hit Blossoming Flowers has been causing a stir. Some viewers seem to think its contestants have been blossoming a little ...

Yet another Greek debacle?

Entertainment Chinese property developer spends $100 million on Hellenic movie

For some of the world’s super-wealthy, owning private jets or luxury yachts just doesn’t cut it any more. Want people to know just how wealthy you ...

Sport Chinese fans lament country’s World Cup absence

How can a country with 2.66 billion feet not be a football world-beater? It’s a question regularly posed by the Chinese media. The fact that a ...

Society Resettled, but tragic lives

The southern city of Foshan is famed as the home of Yim Wing Chun, who is remembered for resisting the (unwanted) advances of a warlord. In doing so ...

Who’s Hu Wang Yusuo

Born in 1964 in Hebei province, Wang Yusuo failed China’s university entrance exam (the gaokao) three times. He switched tack, starting a ...

A $1 trillion opportunity

Energy & Resources If Australia proves too taxing, will Chinese mine in Afghanistan?

China’s headlong scramble for resources is provoking an inevitable backlash. Governments of mineral-rich nations, seeing China-inspired demand ...

Planet China Over the past 18 months, China has been encouraging visits from…

Over the past 18 months, China has been encouraging visits from Taiwanese – that is, unless those visitors are bald. According to the Liberty ...

Horns of a dilemma

And Finally China-made World Cup items spark controversy

China may not have sent a football team to South Africa. But it is still having a major influence on the tournament. Top billing goes to two of the ...