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WiC 69 (Jul 16, 2010)

Farmers’ market

Banking & Finance, Talking Point Stakes are high for Beijing’s IPO of Agricultural Bank

"Few think it is feasible that Agricultural Bank of China could be listed anytime soon,” wrote FinanceAsia in a cover story from August 2006. That ...

A yen for change

Rise of the RMB China shifts reserves into Japanese government bonds

Disillusioned by the dollar and exasperated with the euro; are China’s foreign exchange custodians now yearning for the yen? In fact, reserve ...

“Call it a draw”

Internet & Tech Why Google’s China license got renewed

Don’t be evil is Google’s unofficial mantra. But when the company decided to offer a censored version of its search engine in China, it had a bit ...

Reds under the bed

China and the World Congress remains wary of Chinese acquisitions in the US

Prior to this year Amory, Mississippi was best known for a song: Carl Perkins wrote Blue Suede Shoes there in 1955, during a concert trip with ...

Lactose intolerant

China Consumer Dairy standards just got worse, not better

Like a virus that won’t burn out, melamine – an industrial chemical that boosts protein levels but can cause kidney stones in high dosages – has ...

Wrongly discharged

Environment Widespread contamination near Hong Kong

They work hard turning plastic and metal into the latest electronic gadgets, but the Pearl River Delta’s factories are also manufacturing a major ...

Books for the beach

Others Some China-themed recommendations to add to your holiday reading

One trend that looks set to be pretty much irreversible: publishing executives’ appetite for books about China. As you depart on your summer ...

Sport Illegal gambling: now a $148 billion industry

Do Chinese like gambling more than other people?” was the question put by Ivan Yiu, an addicton services worker, at the G2E Conference in Macau. A ...

Entertainment Why China Mobile’s entered the movie industry

In the era of heavy product placement – epitomised by the film Go Lala Go! (see WiC59) – China’s moviegoers have come to associate show ...

Degree of trust

Society Beijing’s hottest topic

Degree of trust Beijing’s hottest topic Even for a city known for its sweltering summers, last week’s heat wave caught Beijing’s residents ...

China’s best student…

Society Li Taibo is an exam genius but Harvard doesn't want him

According to the Chinese proverb, academic success will give you a house with a golden roof and a spouse as pure as jade. But willing students need ...

Who’s Hu Shen Guojun

Born in 1962 in Zhejiang province, Shen Guojun got a master’s degree from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in 1986. He joined China ...

Internet & Tech Netizens side with Jobs not Liu

As back-handed compliments go, it was something of a classic. Last week Lenovo’s boss Liu Chuanzhi stated: “We are lucky that Steve Jobs has such a ...

Good marks for detentions

Planet China With last week’s execution – by lethal injection – of Chongqing’s…

With last week’s execution – by lethal injection – of Chongqing’s former justice chief Wen Qiang, Renmin University’s launch of a new ...

Fangs into Tang

And Finally Scandal over company boss and his academic qualifications (or lack of)

Tang Jun is no stranger to the spotlight as one of China’s best-known corporate executives (he’s known locally as the King of the Dagong, with ...