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WiC 86 (Nov 19, 2010)

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Frosty outlook

Energy & Resources, Talking Point Rising coal prices will mean big losses for nation’s electricity utilities

Ever heard of Mikhail Marco Waliefski? Probably not. But the Polish scientist has had a profound impact on China’s economy in the past few ...

Pipe dreams

Economy Developing Xinjiang has become a top priority. Here’s why

"While we hold on to India, we are a first-rate power,” Lord Curzon once told his colonial colleagues. “If we lose India, we will decline to a ...

Cross messages

Internet & Tech Why two tech giants went to war

Being rich certainly has its perks. In Shenzhen, for instance, the super-wealthy receive housing subsidies just for living in the city. Ma Huateng, the ...

We’re off to see the Wizard

Energy & Resources Sinopec’s dilemma reveals a misconception about ‘state capitalism’

In the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz, a single man keeps a kingdom in thrall by stage-managing spectacles while he remains hidden from sight. ...

Getting trolleyed

China Consumer Foxconn pushes into retail, hoping to learn from Germany’s Media Markt

The opening of Media Markt, the German electronic goods retailer, in Shanghai early in November had somehow gone unnoticed by the mainland media. ...

Generation next

Chinese Character How a tycoon’s son won his spurs in the family business

"A wise prince should establish himself on that which is in his own control and not in the control of others”, advised the Florentine scholar ...

Second time lucky

Who’s Hu Sun Hongbin

Sun Hongbin was born in 1963 in Linyi, Shanxi Province. He graduated from Tsinghua University with a masters degree in hydraulics, and by the late ...

Life is short

Society A nation that’s obsessed with bulldozing old buildings

Exactly how long Noah took to build his Ark is a matter of some conjecture. When he gets his first mention in the Book of Genesis, Noah is 500 ...

Worst inflation in a decade?

China Ink The big news this week was that food prices are soaring

Food inflation: a serious problem? China’s consumer price index reached 4.4% in October, its highest rate in 25 months. That took ...

A great Song

Society China’s most famed painting

The star attraction at the China Pavilion at this year’s Shanghai Expo was the animated version of The Riverside Scene at the Qingming ...

Scallion pancakes

Fast Food China's pizza

Scallion pancakes are a staple of Shanghai street food, found everywhere from roadside stalls to dim sum houses. Pancakes are sprinkled with green ...

When Harry met Su Lee

Entertainment Chinese craze for JK Rowling’s Potter saga is good for UK…

You may not have heard of Harry Potter and the Showdown. Nor will JK Rowling herself, who probably won’t be pre-ordering a copy on Amazon, ...

Blushing bride

Planet China Wedding photos are among the most cherished in the family album.…

Wedding photos are among the most cherished in the family album. In China – as elsewhere – wedding shots are taken very seriously: some couples ...

Hammer blow?

Cartoons Hammer blow?

Back in the 1980s when Zhang Ruimin arrived at state-owned firm Qingdao Refrigerator, he concluded that quality control was a major problem. To send ...

Barking mad idea

And Finally Shanghai’s new one-dog policy

Those paternalistic bureaucrats are at it again. Their target this time: man’s best friend. Shanghai could soon enact a ‘one dog policy’ (in ...

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