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WiC 75 (Aug 27, 2010)

Creative destruction

Economy, Talking Point Its factories make practically everything, but can China innovate?

It wasn’t much bigger than a basketball, and emitted a radio squeak little louder than a cricket’s. But the Sputnik satellite that began circling ...

Of Chinese bondage

Rise of the RMB Both onshore and offshore, China’s bond market is growing

McDonald’s image is very much burgers and fries rather than financial innovation. But the American fast food chain tested new water last week, when ...

Wine with bubbles

China Consumer Why Chinese speculators love Lafite above all

The year 1982 might not count as one of the most eventful in history (although it did see Ozzie Osborne bite the head off a live bat). But the year is ...

China Consumer More scares for New Zealand’s Fonterra

The bad days of 2008 are long gone, declared Andrew Ferrier, chief executive of Fonterra, the world’s largest dairy exporter, in April. Ferrier ...

Leading the charge

Auto Industry State-owned goliaths plan to dominate world electric car market

Automotive history was made on July 26 when a Chinese customer bought an electric car. Given all that has been written about China’s push into ...

Hu meets ‘African Hitler’

China and the World Controversial leader announces yuan could become Zimbabwe’s currency

China’s ties with Africa have been on the rise in recent years, andhistorians are now trying to confirm just how far back trade between the two ...

Dai: good at maths

Who’s Hu Dai Zhikang

Dai Zhikang was born in 1964 to a poor farming family in Jiangsu, the fourth of six children. However, thanks to his excellent performance in the ...

A flood of data

Economy Was Zhouqu tragedy of China’s own making?

One of the things you see when you go to the mountains of Zhouqu, a city in remote Gansu, is a sign above the Bailong River: “A hidden jewel on the ...

Taken for a free ride

Society A week after London, Yantai launches a bike scheme too

Last month Londoners woke up to the sight of a lot more cyclists on their roads. Most of them were riding distinctive grey and blue bikes – 5,000 of ...

West Lake Fish

Fast Food The story behind Hangzhou's famous dish

West Lake Fish is a popular dish from Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Preparation is simple: fresh carp is first poached and then simmered in a mixture of Shaoxing ...

Why football’s a hot property

Sport Real estate developers are acquiring local football clubs

In a week in which Chinese businessman Kenny Huang dropped out of the bidding for Liverpool FC, and Manchester City’s Abu Dhabi bosses took their ...

One for the jocks

Entertainment Hollywood loves sports movies. Will the Chinese?

Sports movies are a popular, if predictable, Hollywood staple, providing moments of drama, adversity and triumph. Baseball – America’s national ...

Sparking debate

Planet China In a country that smokes 1.7 trillion cigarettes per year, it…

In a country that smokes 1.7 trillion cigarettes per year, it was always going to be tough ask to keep the Shanghai Expo tobacco-free. So the ...

And Finally Is China’s top mathematician a farmer?

Around 2,400 years ago the Athenians were blighted by a plague and thought they should appease their gods. They asked the Oracle of Delos how they ...