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Issue 396

WiC 396 (Feb 2, 2018)

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Market ‘share’ matters

Internet & Tech, Talking Point Is too much investor capital pouring into China’s ‘sharing economy’ apps?…

Communism is about sharing. So no wonder that the concept of a ‘sharing economy’ has caught on in China so quickly. In fact Chinese media described ...

Catching up fast

Healthcare Chinese scientists break new ground cloning monkeys – stirring US fears

In the 16th century novel Journey to the West the Monkey King creates an army of clones by pulling hairs from his tail and scattering them on ...

A foot in both camps

M&A Why Wanda has teamed up with Tencent and JD.com for new…

Not so long ago Wang Jianlin had tasked his Wanda Group with winning battles on three epic fronts: to outgrow Simon Property to become the world’s ...

Problems in Pudong

Banking & Finance Can China’s debt-fuelled growth model defy economic gravity forever?

In October 2016 the International Monetary Fund warned that China was heading for a banking crisis. Its working paper urged Beijing to act quickly to ...

Das ist nicht gut

China and the World German press turns negative on China’s rise

In the German imagination, an alptraum (the word for ‘nightmare’) involves a mythical creature called the Alp. Some folklore has it ...

The smart money

Media & Gaming Why a little knowledge is a big business in China

The Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration is probably the most famous in the world. And over the decades a famous broadcast has been made at the ...

House in disorder

Property Hong Kong politicians hit by home truths

In the US or the UK political careers are routinely ended because of sexual transgressions. In Hong Kong, a city where most of the population is ...

Media tracking

Rail & Infrastructure Four incidents put China’s trains in the news

This August will mark 10 years since the opening of the Beijing-Tianjin intercity train – China’s first dedicated high-speed rail line. Since ...

Wang junior gets three month ban

World of Weibo Wang junior gets three month ban

A strategic investment by Tencent in Wanda has dominated social media headlines since the deal was announced on Monday. But this is not the only ...

Xin tai ruan

Fast Food Soft-hearted appetisers

Arguably the next most iconic Shanghainese dish after steamed buns and hairy crabs, xin tai ruan, or mochi-filled red dates, is a snack ...

It’s not about the money?

Entertainment Jessie J joins popular Chinese singing show – but has a hefty…

Even though she has already made three albums and is one of the coaches on the reality singing competition The Voice UK, Jessie J hasn’t ...

Left Behind

Planet China WiC once heard the story of an adventurous American family that…

WiC once heard the story of an adventurous American family that decided in the late 1990s to drive along China’s old Silk Road (long before it became ...

Old ties

Sino-File “When Wang Qishan stepped down as vice premier, he told his…

Daniel Russel discusses China’s former anti-graft tsar Wang Qishan with the Wall Street Journal. Russel, who was Barack Obama’s Asia advisor, ...

Tencent looks to the final frontier

Cartoons Tencent looks to the final frontier

Another week, another Tencent deal. The acquisitive internet giant is the latest tech firm to knock on Hollywood’s door. Late last month it announced ...

Name of the game

And Finally Why did Smartisan change its Chinese name?

One of Week in China’s most widely read articles looked at how foreign multinationals select Chinese names for their brands. We analysed the ...