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WiC 96 (Feb 25, 2011)

A connection problem

Talking Point, Telecoms Huawei faces another setback in the US where it’s viewed as…

Back in September 2007 Israeli aircraft flew undetected into Syrian airspace to bomb an alleged nuclear facility being built by the North ...

Born in the USA

China Consumer Why some American firms fail in China

When asked why Best Buy was entering China in 2007, Bob Willett, then chief executive of Best Buy International (he’s since retired) replied: ...

Internet & Tech Welcome lessons from Alibaba’s fraud debacle

"If I lose mine honour, I lose myself.” So goes a line from Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra in which the Roman protagonist must be ...

Energy & Resources Oil major Sinopec gets into trouble on web

In an early episode of Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, the irasicible Scottish chef visits the Fish and Anchor in mid-Wales. Not too ...

Fuyang’s fight for workers

Economy Due to shortages, labour is even being recruited from prisons

We’ve said it before, but there is more and more evidence: China’s coastal factories are running out of cheap workers. So many migrant workers have ...

Property Capital city no longer wants outsiders

Beijing’s migrant workers aren’t feeling very welcome in the city at the moment. Not only are they denied the same rights as local residents ...

Why one’s just not enough

Aviation Beijing searches for site to build a second airport

Most WiC readers probably have a complaint or two of their own about their experiences of antiquated airport infrastructure, especially those ...

Internet & Tech ViewPad 7 launches in China

Is it a threat to the iPad? That’s the question being asked by the Chinese media after the much-touted release of the ViewPad 7 by an American firm ...

Ming Yang Wind Power

Who’s Hu Zhang Chuanwei

A native of Gushi in Henan Province, Zhang Chuanwei served in the army for 10 years before going into business. In 1993, he set up Zhongshan Ming Yang ...

Will the ‘red royals’ say I do?

Society Heated debate online about a princeling wedding

For many it’s a Long March to the Ivy League; but for few is that more true (figuratively) than for Bo Guagua and Chen Xiaodan. The two Chinese ...

Agriculture Chinese used to speak of iron rice bowls – now it’s…

Rice cultivation led to the creattion of China’s first urban states several thousand years ago – and the staple has been entwined with the ...

Chinese chukkas

Sport Why an international polo tournament got hosted in Tianjin

For most Chinese, mentions of polo are more likely to bring to mind Ralph Lauren’s ubiquitous shirts rather than the equestrian pastime. But for ...

Encouraging cheating

Society New website for Chinese who want to have a love affair

"Life is short. Have an affair.” That’s the catchy slogan used by AshleyMadison.com, an online matchmaking site. But unlike popular dating sites ...

Gated community

Planet China The Great Wall is one of China’s best-known landmarks. And for…

The Great Wall is one of China’s best-known landmarks. And for the villagers of Aodi in Zhejiang province, the structure has also proved an ...

From the wine list

Cartoons From the wine list

here was an air of inevitability to it; but last week it finally happened. Oenophile bible The Wine Spectator has reported that a Bordeaux chateau was ...

Gala performance

And Finally Is world’s most watched TV show losing viewers?

The highlight of this year’s CCTV Spring Festival Gala wasn’t the crooning of the country’s biggest pop stars or the comedy skit from national ...