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WiC 99 (Mar 18, 2011)

Auto Industry How BMW conquered China

BMW’s famed circular logo is a reminder of its early days as an aircraft-maker. The blue and white quadrants are supposed to convey the idea of ...

The day the world shook

China and the World, Talking Point Quake sees Chinese respect for Japan rise but faith in nuclear…

Earthquakes are powerful events: not only for the damage they wreak to roads and buildings, but also in how they can transform public opinion. Recall ...

Graduating without honours

Economy Too many university students, not enough jobs: why Beijing’s worried

"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet”. Thus thought Aristotle, although plenty of less philosophical types have different views ...

Chinese, but still a Yankee

China Ink How Barack Obama’s decision to appoint Gary Locke, the US' first…

Return of the prodigal son? Return of the prodigal son? The Chinese media downplayed any talk of the advantages of Locke’s ...

Not a done deal

Energy & Resources Rizhao Steel resists being acquired

The 1990 classic Barbarians at the Gate tells the tale of RJR Nabisco CEO F. Ross Johnson and his ill-fated efforts to prevent his company ...

Guessing wrong?

China Consumer If you don’t own your China stores, the brand suffers. Ask…

"We deliver products and services of uncompromising quality and integrity consistent with our brand and our image”. That’s the first line in the ...

He keeps it small

Who’s Hu Xu Jiayin

Born to a poor family in Henan in 1958, Xu Jiayin had a tough childhood, especially after his mother died when he was young. Xu went on to study at the ...

China’s ‘most hardworking actress’

Red Star Fan Bingbing

Born and raised in Qingdao, Shandong, Fan Bingbing graduated from Shanghai Xie Jin’s Star School and Shanghai Theatre Academy in 1996. She soon ...

Society Can China’s economic problems be explained by the one-child policy?

"You don’t have a car, you don’t have a house/Don’t expect to get a hottie into bed.” Not, as it turns out, the boast of a gold-toothed ...

Property China’s new affordable housing policy explained

Premier Wen Jiabao made headlines last week with plans to build 10 million affordable homes this year and a total of 36 million over the next five ...

Advantage Huang

China Consumer Resignation of chairman latest twist in Gome saga

The battle for control at Gome seems to have come to a conclusion, at least for now. Chen Xiao, the erstwhile chairman of Gome Electrical Appliances, ...

Economy Beijing unleashes the auditors

The term ‘Blitzkrieg’ came about in 1939, as a new battle tactic in which German armed forces sought to sweep all before them with a ‘lightning ...

Planet China The event was called ‘Meet Along Metro Line 2’ and while…

The event was called ‘Meet Along Metro Line 2’ and while that may not sound the most romantic location, romance was very much the intention. The ...

America slips to number two

Cartoons America slips to number two

China has been referred to as the workshop of the world for years. Now it finally deserves the tag. A report by IHS Global Insight, a US-based ...

Answer’s blowin’ in Beijing

And Finally Will Dylan use Chinese concerts to make political statements?

It’s said the role of an artist is to hold a mirror to society. But not everyone appreciates a critic. That was certainly the case when Richard Nixon ...