9 « Week In China

Sorry, you have not enabled Javascript for your internet browser, so some of our website's pages may not render as fully as intended.
Please Click here for easy instructions on how to enable Javascript on your browser or consult your IT support staff for help.

Back Issue

WiC 9 (Apr 3, 2009)

The ‘Little Emperor’ dynasty

Society, Talking Point The one-child policy remains in force, a generation on

It costs a little over $200,000 to give a child a middle-income upbringing in the US, according to figures released last year by the US government. ...

M&A Chinese investment in Australian mining firm gets the amber light

Since Advance Australia Fair was confirmed as the country’s national anthem in 1984 it has been trumpeted out pretty frequently at scenes of ...

Corporate Q&A “Domestic tourism’s going to take off like crazy”

Banyan Tree, the internationally famous luxury hotel group, has one of the most expansive plans for China’s burgeoning tourism sector. Its founder ...

Blogging on the barricades

Society China’s angry youth get online

Cyber conflict is all the rage, it seems. The row over the Pentagon’s report on China’s military capacity (including electronic warfare) rumbles ...

Environment The clock is running on China’s desertification

Most of us like sand; but usually on a beach on holiday, and not blown in our faces when we are travelling to work. Beijing had its first sandstorm of ...

Wish you were here

China Tourist Chinese tourists have become big business – in China and further…

They certainly didn’t find their lodging among the myriad options listed in Lonely Planet’s Italian edition, but it was a place to stay ...

Society Discount marriage ceremonies boom

Love may be priceless, but getting married surely isn’t. In a slumping economy, many couples in China have chosen to tie the knot on a ...

The Unhappy nation

Society New book causes furore

As book titles go, it is certainly catchy. But what is Unhappy China about? From the title one might imagine a clinically depressed nation in need of ...

History Lessons The granary keeper who became a general

When Liu Bang, Prince of Han, was at war against Xiang Yu, the Kingdom of Chu’s warlord during the Warring States Period, Liu’s Chief Counsellor ...

Entertainment Meet China’s paparazzi king

They are the bane of Hollywood actors’ lives, and have even spawned a reality TV show in the UK. But paparazzi are a relatively new phenomenon in ...

Red Star Faye Wong

Hailed as the “Queen of Heaven”, Faye Wong is one of the most famous female vocalists in Asia. Originally named Xia Lin, the Beijing-born singer ...

(Down)load your weapons

Entertainment Online video sites advance on all fronts

War has always made for popular television, with 1970s favourites like M*A*S*H and Dad’s Army earning cult followings amongst their American and ...

Totally exhausted

Energy & Resources What happens when resources run out? Go to Fuxin to find…

The English poet, William Blake did not have Fuxin in mind when he wrote of his nightmarish vision of “dark satanic mills”. But Fuxin – an ...

Can Yiwu reboot?

Economy It’s a city you’ve never heard of, but its traces are…

Whether it’s a sheikh’s headscarf, a pair of surgical gloves or just a bog-standard T-shirt, the chances are it was sourced from Yiwu. The Chinese ...

Banking & Finance China’s provinces have launched their debut municipal bonds

Amidst high default rates, punitive credit ratings and unprecedented funding costs in large parts of the world’s municipal bond markets, you will ...

Drastic plastic

Planet China Not too many people are proud of their passport photo, but…

Not too many people are proud of their passport photo, but for one Chinese woman it became a serious issue. Xinmin Evening News reports the case of a ...

China’s chateau culture

Cartoons China’s chateau culture

The recent movie Bottle Shock depicts the (true) story of a 1976 contest held between France’s greatest wines and those from California’s Napa ...

Putting his liver on the line

And Finally A Guangzhou businesswoman wants some unusual protection

It is 17 years since Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston first starred in The Bodyguard. The film did not thrill the critics but it was still a ...