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WiC pinned (Jul 30, 2021)

Five hundred and counting

Talking Point Editor Steven Irvine on Week in China’s history and who we reported…

The original idea for Week in China came about in 2007, germinating over many discussions with my wife (our Ask Mei columnist). She would mention ...

An education for investors

Economy, Education, Talking Point What is really behind Beijing’s internet sector crackdown?

Angela Merkel has visited China no fewer than 12 times since becoming German chancellor in 2005. Ties between the two nations’ economies are tight ...

Thinking the unthinkable

Internet & Tech, Talking Point Are Alibaba and Tencent close to agreeing a strategic ‘truce’?

The longstanding rivalry between Alibaba and Tencent on China’s internet scene has sometimes been compared to the decades of Cold War tension between ...

Last exit for Brooklyn?

Economy, Talking Point Post-Didi, are Hong Kong IPOs now the priority for our Top…

Policy risk has always been a concern for Wall Street investors in Chinese firms – dating back to when minivan maker Brilliance China was the first ...

Challenging times for Didi

Internet & Tech, Talking Point How a regulatory probe derailed trading debut of ride-hailing giant’s IPO

In a collaboration with the state news agency Xinhua, the R&D team at the ride-hailing platform Didi published a review in 2015 of bookings made by ...

Beijing’s Beltway guy

China and the World, Talking Point The career of top diplomat Cui Tiankai is a good way…

In 1996 the United States was threatening to unleash a trade war against China following a dispute over copyright piracy. “Confrontation will lead ...

Vaccine diplomacy

China and the World, Talking Point How the politics of Covid-19 is preventing a quicker victory over…

After getting to know each other for just 49 days, Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu and Wang Xiaofei, the mainland Chinese heir to the South Beauty ...

Renewed scrutiny over dam

Environment, Talking Point After Covid-19, China grapples with the challenges of flood relief

More than two months of torrential rain have created a major crisis along the Yangtze, China’s longest river. Higher up the watercourse in Sichuan, ...

Bigger is better

Banking & Finance, Talking Point The recent rally in China’s A-shares anticipates a landmark regulatory shift

In 1933 Franklin Roosevelt signed an emergency act – commonly known as Glass-Steagall – to restore confidence in an American financial system that ...

Internet & Tech, Talking Point Meituan takes over from Baidu in China’s internet triumvirate

Wang Xing, the co-founder and chief executive of Meituan Dianping, was dubbed the “mad man” of China’s internet sector at the outset of his ...