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WiC 85 (Nov 12, 2010)

China and the World, Talking Point Mid-term elections and QE2 bemuse Chinese

When Richard Nixon was ushered into Mao Zedong’s presence, the aging Chinese leader famously remarked: “I voted for you during your election. I ...

A key commodity

Investor Q&A Perspective on how far China has come is crucial, says former…

As China moves to the forefront of the business conversation, plenty of foreign executives are now looking for a few years of in-country ...

A son always rises

Telecoms Huawei is starting to look like a family business

"I’ve seen some people really crater under the pressure and the long shadow,” Ivanka Trump, the daughter of property developer Donald Trump, ...

Energy & Resources Chinalco’s diversifying away from aluminium

"Many of them that in the past were great have become small,” warned the Greek historian Herodotus, “and those that in my time were great ...

Sichuan’s spicy lady

Chinese Character Meet China’s most high-profile restaurateur

"In the West and Japan, after marriage women stay at home to look after the kids, but in modern China it’s not like that,” says Wang Jiafen, head ...

If the shoe doesn’t fit…

Environment Nike kick-starts footwear recycling programme

Thirty thousand people live and work in the shadow of Manila’s famous Smokey Mountain. Poor them: this is no national park or wildlife preserve, but ...

Entertainment Why a TV spy drama may indicate warming ties with Taipei

It was early 1948, China was in the endgame of its civil war and Communist forces were poised to take Beijing. But Mao first needed to defeat his ...

Sport New number one holds position at HSBC Champions

Last weekend almost all of the world’s top golfers made a beeline for Shanghai to play in what is now being billed as the sport’s ‘fifth ...

Who’s Hu Liu Han

Sichuan-native Liu Han was not even 30 when he made his first fortune. After working as a manager in an oil supply station in his hometown of Guanghan, ...

China Ink His predecessors came with Dragoons. David Cameron tried to create a…

Respect is due… A prime minister, his chancellor, 3 other cabinet ministers, 40 journalists and close to 50 captains of industry. ...

Coffee that’s the pits

Planet China The rescue of the 33 Chilean miners last month had Chinese…

The rescue of the 33 Chilean miners last month had Chinese viewers glued to the hour-by-hour coverage of events. While most of the online discussion ...

A new Lisbon Treaty

Cartoons A new Lisbon Treaty

Portugal’s trade ties with China arguably pre-date those of any other European nation. Portuguese merchants first began using the harbour at Macau in ...

And Finally Latest census may bring policy change

The first Chinese census was carried out quite a while ago, in 2 AD. The Han Dynasty evidently did a pretty thorough job. Apparently the population was ...