Talking Point

Country road
There are 20 million unemployed workers in the countryside. Any solutions?
Mar 6, 2009 (WiC 5)

If you want to get an idea of how basic life is in the Chinese countryside, it is worth devoting a couple of hours to watching Not One Less. Zhang Yimou’s award-winning movie is made in a documentary style with real rural folk playing ...

Steeling for tough times
Mergers announced in China’s giant steel industry
Feb 27, 2009 (WiC 4)

Andrew Carnegie, a tycoon who knew a thing or two about the steel industry, once proclaimed: “The nation that makes the cheapest steel has other nations at its feet.” China has taken that mantra to heart – which is why the government has ...

Power struggle
China’s electricity industry is on the cusp of a revolution
Feb 20, 2009 (WiC 3)

Catastrophe was often imminent for Captain Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise. At such moments he would radio down to his engine room – normally as hostile Klingon lasers shook the ship violently – and insist on “more power” ...

In need of water
The recent drought points to serious water problems
Feb 13, 2009 (WiC 2)

According to Chinese numerology, ‘eight’ is associated with ‘wealth’. But wealth is the last thing that farmers are expecting in the eight Chinese provinces currently dealing with drought. How serious is the ...

Job train-ing
Why 2009 will be the year of the train in China
Feb 6, 2009 (WiC 1)

Not since Stephenson’s Rocket crawled between Liverpool and Manchester at 12 miles per hour has a country got so excited about railways. Of course, this being China, those railways have to be bigger and better. A couple of years ago China ...

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