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The FIFA world cup once again illustrated how much China loves football. Yet, the national team’s lack of ability is infamous.; are a new school and Xi Jinping about to change the football state of the nation? China loves...

Discussions this month amongst Hong Kong leadership on cutting the number of mainland visitors by 20 percent illustrate the tensions between China’s two systems. The resistance against the mainland presence in the ex-colony has been long-standing, increasing over recent...

The recent discovery of an unusual comic-book adaptation of the film Star Wars created shorty after the Cultural Revolution is testament to China’s isolation at the time. The booklet published in Guangzhou in 1980 tells the story of Luke...

The removal of four leading US shows last month from Chinese streaming sites was greeted with confusion and anger; now the latest “Anti-piracy campaign” is revealing a “clean-up” of unprecedented scale. End of April four highly...

Yesterday the world celebrated World Book Day. For China with its complex language system reading and literacy are especially hot topics, even more so considering the country’s turbulent history throughout the 20th century.  Chinese Literacy in...

Marketing a product in China is a challenge for many a Western company. The biggest mistake is thinking that this is just one country.Cultural differences and differing socio-economic backgrounds make successfully establishing a brand locally a tough nut to...

China is in constant flux. Now, even its most powerful sector is going through a phase of unprecedented change. The transformation of the local banking sector is taking shape with the entrance of Taiwanese Sinopac to Nanjing’s banking scene...