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Issue 447

WiC 447 (Apr 5, 2019)

Playing the slots

Aviation, Talking Point HNA’s sale of its budget airline consolidates Cathay’s position in Hong Kong

There are some similarities between the airline operations of the HNA Group from Hainan and Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific. Both are perched on the ...

Shan’s cultural evolution

Investor Q&A Investor discusses his new book about his ‘wasted’ years in Mao’s…

Life is a winding path. That is particularly true for Shan Weijian, who, before becoming one of the most successful financiers in Asia and a professor ...

Charging more

Auto Industry Carmakers react to electric vehicle subsidy cuts

The northern hemisphere rarely gets a blast of winter in April. But it is certainly coming for fans of the TV series Game of Thrones, who ...

Are you not entertained?

Entertainment Job cuts at Alibaba’s video streaming unit as new boss makes…

Alibaba has pinned part of its future on its so-called ‘2H strategy’: health and happiness. The first plank is Big Health, or the market for ...

Ground down by CFIUS

M&A Beijing Kunlun under pressure from US regulators to sell dating app

In 2016 Barack Obama was resident in the White House. Sino-US relations were better than today but Washington still blocked a number deals backed by ...

Reforms in the pipeline

Energy & Resources Telecoms model set to be replicated in a bid to reshape…

Many commentators questioned China’s commitment to opening up its telecoms market when the State Council said in 2014 it would create a new company ...

Mind control

Society China has a problem with students using ‘smart’ pills

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 ...

Members only

Internet & Tech Social seller Yunji on the verge of a Nasdaq IPO

Alibaba’s founder Jack Ma once compared his company to a crocodile in the Yangtze River. He wanted to distinguish it from Ebay, which he had likened ...

An urban myth

Property SOHO China has issues with a feng shui blogger

Suing bloggers over their metaphysical musings might sound like an April Fool’s joke story to some newspaper readers, but for Pan Shiyi, the chairman ...

Strait for the money

Cross Strait Why Kaohsiung’s mayor has been branded a traitor by some in…

Chinese President Xi Jinping spent a week in Europe last month. His diplomatic missions included signing Italy up as a member of his Belt and Road ...

On the right track

Banking & Finance Inclusion in a key fixed income index is a milestone for…

Is that issuer from Hunan or Henan; Shanxi or Shaanxi? Pity the poor fund manager sitting at his desk in the American heartlands. After years of ...

Juvenile Misdemeanour

Planet China ‘Round up the usual suspects’ is a line made famous by…

‘Round up the usual suspects’ is a line made famous by the French police chief in the Hollywood classic Casablanca. Over in Zhenxiong county in ...

Wuhan’s wardrobe controversy

Cartoons Wuhan’s wardrobe controversy

Wuhan University has been making waves over the past week, but less because of its academic standards and more because of its cherry blossoms. The fuss ...

On the offensive

Sino-File “The US government has a loser’s attitude. They want to smear…

Huawei’s rotating chairman Guo Ping hits out at Washington over its attempt to get allies to ban the Chinese firm’s 5G equipment. The ...

Breakfast TV

And Finally Tom Hiddleston’s China ad divides opinion

How would you feel if you woke up to find British actor Tom Hiddleston in your kitchen? If you are a Chinese woman, chances are you’d be quite ...