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WiC 97 (Mar 4, 2011)

Beijing’s bold vote

China and the World, Talking Point Why China broke with foreign policy tradition at the UN last…

The last time Tobruk and Benghazi hit world headlines was in the 1940s when the Libyan cities repeatedly changed hands in the Desert War. First the ...

For my next trick

Economy Wen lowers GDP targets

It was during one of his ‘fireside chats’ that Franklin Roosevelt first introduced his American listeners to the New Deal in May 1933. China’s ...

The politics of water

China Consumer Why a brand of Tibetan mineral water outsells the competition

The Repulse Bay, a luxury residential project on the southern shores of Hong Kong Island, was designed with a large hole through its centre. The ...

All hands to the pump…

Energy & Resources Double dip back on the agenda, as oil price surges?

The National Geographic documentary Aftermath: World Without Oil predicts a bleak future for the day we finally run out of liquid fossil ...

Launch problems

Internet & Tech Groupon in gaffe as it enters China market

If you were about to launch a business in China, would you air a TV ad that makes a jibe about Tibet? In all likelihood, probably not. But Groupon, ...

The hot issues at the NPC

Economy Newspaper survey asks what Chinese parliament should discuss

What are likely to be the hot issues on the minds of delegates at the National People’s Congress, which starts tomorrow and lasts till March 14? ...

Beijing’s old new attraction

Society World’s biggest museum opened its doors this week

The world’s biggest museum opened its doors to the public this week, and you will probably not be too surprised to hear it’s in Beijing. The ...

Who needs a script?

Entertainment After eight year hiatus maverick director Wong Kar-Wai returns

When director Wong Kar-Wai was shooting 2046, critics quipped that the film wouldn’t be finished until the year of its title, such was the ...

Society Tycoon loses fortune in Macau

Lavish weddings are not only for British royalty, Chelsea Clinton and the stars of Bollywood. Shi Yinyin, the pampered son of a wealthy jeweller in ...

Hu is right about cadmium?

Media Spat between state media and nation’s most famed journalist

Legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa would have been rather impressed by the conflicting points of view. His pioneering 1950 film ...

Great Mall of China

Who’s Hu Liu Qiangdong

As a young man, Liu Qiangdong had an interest in politics. But after graduating in 1996 with a sociology degree from Beijing’s prestigious Renmin ...

China goes to Motown

Auto Industry Chang’an Auto may have the biggest ambitions among local carmakers

Motown and New Motor City may be almost 7,500 miles apart, and perhaps even more distant in terms of their respective futures, but Chang’an Auto now ...

Spending abroad

Banking & Finance Confusion reigns on overseas investment scheme

Back in January, Wenzhou seemed to be the lottery winner – given its status as the first city in China to relax rules permitting individuals to ...

Planet China Chinese public lavatories are among the most unpleasant in the world,…

Chinese public lavatories are among the most unpleasant in the world, a fact that WiC may have mentioned before. But a new shopping mall in Chongqing ...

Cartoons Slowing growth

It’s official: China’s population has reached 1.34 billion. The National Bureau of Statistics this week revealed the updated data, pointing out ...

Profits in paradise

And Finally Why China’s pumping cash into the Bahamas

The world’s investment community now spends a lot more time looking to see where China Inc is putting its money to work. Oil wells, mines and ...