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Issue 368

WiC 368 (Jun 2, 2017)

Li Shufu’s great car chase

Auto Industry, Belt and Road, Talking Point Geely swoops for James Bond carmaker as its bid to go…

The cachet of carmaker Lotus likely peaked in 1977 when its Esprit model featured in The Spy Who Loved Me. The sleek white sports car was modified to ...

The missing link

China and the World Trump sends an “old friend” of China to be his ambassador…

Washington has sent 12 ambassadors to Beijing since restoring full diplomatic relations in 1979. Among them, three were born in pre-revolutionary China ...

No go

Internet & Tech Google’s AlphaGo wins big

“Last year, it was still quite humanlike when it played,” Ke Jie, the world’s number one (human) Go player said of his opponent, the Google-built ...

Economy Moody’s downgrade infuriates Beijing

“Unbelievable” said China Daily of Moody’s decision on China’s sovereign debt rating. Late last month the rating agency downgraded China one ...

Stay out of Sydney

Property Locals blame Chinese for home price boom

A recently published study found that only 18% of Sydney respondents think that foreign ownership of local real estate should be allowed, and that 64% ...

The big leagues

Internet & Tech Why internet titans are throwing their weight behind eSports

A common debate played out in bars – and even on the links courses themselves – is whether golf is a sport or simply a game. Members of the ...

Under fire

Auto Industry Is LeEco’s extensive “ecosystem” sustainable?

When Jia Yueting unveiled the LeSEE Pro last October, the self-driving electric vehicle LeEco has been developing, the founder of LeEco apologised to ...

Zheng Yuewen

Who’s Hu Creat Group

Since Xi Jinping took over as Chinese leader, which private-sector firm on the country’s stock markets has gained most in market value? The answer is ...

Problem in the Pacific

China Tourist Saipan’s fledgling casino project runs into trouble over Chinese workers

The bankruptcy of First Natural Foods was a major stockmarket scandal in Hong Kong. The Fujian-based frozen seafood provider was declared insolvent in ...

China embraces pirate films

Entertainment Pirates of the Caribbean adds to Disney’s fruitful year in China

The first of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies permitted to screen in China was the third instalment At World’s End, which made Rmb125 ...

Spy war

World of Weibo Spy war

China has gone a bit spy mad of late: telling citizens to be wary of foreigners and offering huge rewards for information leading to the capture of ...

Two at a time

Planet China WiC has lost count of the number of times this column…

WiC has lost count of the number of times this column has mentioned toilets in China, but once again the web has been wowed by a local lavatory. This ...

The China threat

Sino-File “Without actually conquering the countries they have managed to increase their…

Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad discusses China during a Lunch with the FT interview. He said “more ambitious” Chinese leaders were ...

Testing times

Cartoons Testing times

Australian universities have been popular with Chinese students keen to earn a high-quality degree taught in an English language environment. But a ...

Will investors lust over it?

And Finally Exdoll hoping to be China’s first ‘love doll’ maker to go…

Chinese firms have unveiled numerous humanoid robots in recent years with rudimentary artificial intelligence. By some peculiar coincidence most of ...