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China has a problem with students using ‘smart’ pills
Apr 5, 2019 (WiC 447)

At least 23 million children in China suffer from some kind of attention deficit disorder (ADD). But many more than that take medication designed to improve the concentration of ADD sufferers. That’s because many parents believe that these ...

Under starter’s orders

Hong Kong Jockey Club hosts race meeting in Guangdong
Mar 29, 2019 (WiC 446)

Founded in 1993, the Guangzhou Jockey Club had 5,000 members at its peak, with more than 1,200 horses. Monies bet topped Rmb10 million ($1.48 million) a race and in less than seven years it had contributed more than Rmb300 million to ...

Plagiarism cases reach the pinnacle of Chinese politics
Mar 22, 2019 (WiC 445)

In 2017 when Springer, the publisher of science journal Tumor Biology, retracted 107 papers from Chinese researchers on concerns that their peer reviews might be fake, the Chinese government immediately announced a “zero tolerance” policy for ...

Spate of ‘naturalisations’ point to Chinese soccer’s problems
Mar 8, 2019 (WiC 443)

On February 13, when 20 year-old John Hou Saeter received his temporary Chinese ID in Beijing, he made history as the nation’s first ‘naturalised’ footballer. The Norwegian, who has Chinese ancestry through his maternal side, was signed ...

Beijing’s pensioners get their skates on
Mar 1, 2019 (WiC 442)

In the midst of the Beijing winter, 81 year-old Zhao Jianru starts every day the same way. He gets out of bed at 5am, does some stretches, eats a hearty breakfast, and then pulls on an all-in-one speedskating suit. By 7.30 he has cycled to a ...

Campaign against ‘sissy’ lifestyles turns to earrings
Feb 8, 2019 (WiC 440)

Chinese censors have a thing about actor Jing Boran’s earlobes. The same goes for at least two other male celebrities, Xiao Gui and Lin Yanjun. The reason? They all sport earrings. Viewers started to notice a blurriness over the lower part ...

Predictions for Year of the Pig
Feb 1, 2019 (WiC 439)

One of Chinese literature’s most famous characters is Zhu Bajie, a mythical figure that’s half-human, half-pig. Zhu is smart but lazy, openly drools at beautiful women and has a ferocious appetite (he can eat up to 20 times the normal human ...

The messiest break-up of all

Rights and wrongs debated as top actor’s jilted mistress is jailed
Jan 25, 2019 (WiC 438)

Some people sulk or binge-eat after a break-up. Others use being ditched as an excuse to pick up a new hobby. But in China it’s not unknown for for ex-girlfriends – and sometimes, ex-boyfriends – to ask for money. Break-up fees have ...

As China's population peaks, a new scheme to boost births
Jan 18, 2019 (WiC 437)

How to get Chinese women to have more children? That is the challenge facing the central government in Beijing as it braces itself for another slowdown in the birthrate. One answer, put forward by the National Health Commission, is to make ...

Sense and sensibility

Dangdang’s Li defends JD’s Liu and offers some infidelity tips
Jan 11, 2019 (WiC 436)

You might think that enmity runs deep between e-commerce rivals Dangdang and JD.com. But when it comes to relationship issues, the male bosses of the two companies have emerged as unlikely allies, prompting one to stand up for the ...

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