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WiC 78 (Sep 17, 2010)

Gunship diplomacy?

China and the World, Talking Point Tensions between China and Japan are escalating in dispute over islands

History teaches us that conflicts can grow out of the most obscure dispute. Take the case of Don Pacifico, whose house was ransacked by a Greek mob as ...

Turning off the taps

Economy Beijing’s stimulus spend comes to an end. Time for more?

Does the economy need more stimulus? A question being asked by policymakers in a range of national capitals at the moment. And Beijing seems to be no ...

All that glitters

China Consumer Swarovski masters Chinese brand management

Pabst Blue Ribbon is known in the US as a cheap beer popular with blue-collar workers (and the occasional college hipster, if you believe the ...

Banking & Finance QDII products have performed badly, but CITIC wants another chance

QDII stands for Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor – a scheme that allows Chinese financial institutions to sell overseas securities and bonds ...

Auto Industry Are Chinese factories making too many cars?

At first glance, the world’s largest car market appears to be accelerating ahead smoothly. Just last week a top industry official predicted the ...

Beijing’s answer to gridlock?

Rail & Infrastructure Meet the ‘straddle bus’, China’s 21st century solution to congested roads

In surveys of things people love to hate, traffic usually comes close to the top. That’s a complaint Beijingers are only too familiar with – the ...

Banking & Finance An end to trust-lending

It’s the kind of thing crises are made of – a financial institution exposing itself to a huge amount of risk for a small amount of return. And this ...

Sport Match ends violently

Faritz Abdul Hameed was probably not expecting the punch. He certainly wasn’t anticipating a flying kick to the chest. The Singapore-based footballer ...

Don’t be too explicit

Entertainment New movie reignites debate about sex in Chinese cinema – or…

Shipwrecked Spanish galleons marooned in the jungle; women disappearing into the sky like angels and star-crossed lovers trailed by clouds of ...

Shot credibility

Society Controversy over injections

This week will see millions of parents across China losing sleep as their children receive their measles shot. The central government announced last ...

If the shoe fits

Who’s Hu Qian Jinbo

Born in 1964, Qian Jinbo moved to Wuhan at the age of 18, to become a carpenter. He quickly changed direction and moved into leather sales. Through ...

Property Why even two year-olds are buying property

Talk about getting onto the property ladder at a young age. She may still be in nappies, but China’s youngest homeowner is grabbing the headlines. ...

Gift of learning

Society How parents bribe teachers

Few of us wanted to be known as a teacher’s pet. Years of schoolyard teasing are rarely forgotten. Yet Chinese parents seem a lot more prepared to ...

Planet China There’s a saying about thrift that’s popular in Scotland: “Look after…

There’s a saying about thrift that’s popular in Scotland: “Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves.” The BBC seems ...

Hands in pockets

And Finally Buffett and Gates face snub from Chinese rich

Most business people would move heaven and earth for the chance to dine with the likes of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. So why have a number of ...