... wnturn. A sharp fall in prices of key commodities would be bad news for commodity producing countries that have become very dependent on China such as Brazil and Australia, but for the major advanced ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-23
... me in for sharp criticism recently following delays and cost over-runs on the Hong Kong section of the Hong Kong-Shenzhen-Guangzhou high-speed rail project. - Contact us at [email protected] VW/AC/RC ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-21
... ehind the sharp decline in bond yields. Low inflation and inflation expectations: Inflation as measured by the core personal consumption deflator is running at just 1.2 percent. Long-term inflation ex ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-19
Evidence shows that the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) intervened to push down the renminbi (RMB) exchange rate before its band-widening move in mid-March, as seen in the sharp rise in its foreign asse ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-19
... said the sharp decline may be due to recent cases of suspension of MTR services and the delay in the high-speed rail project. Cheung said during a meeting of the Executive Council on Tuesday that he ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-14
... his is in sharp contrast to the Japanese Diet, where the legislative process can drag on endlessly in a similar way taht it does in the US Congress. What China must do is deal with its enormous pollut ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-13
... rned of a sharp drop in interim profit for 2014. Giordano announced late Monday that it expects to book a significantly lower profit for the first half as consumer demand in greater China continues to ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-08
... owed more sharply than Beijing had expected, highlighting the short-term risk of structural changes. However, the combination of a closed capital account, ample financial resources and a banking syste ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-08
... ijing. In sharp contrast to the nation’s growing economic ascendancy, the Xi leadership is seemingly mired in deeper worries about a list of challenges in international politics and the democratic asp ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-05
... and fell sharply again during the first two months of this year. What is driving the decline, and how long will it continue? Global investors have become more risk-averse in response to expectations ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-05
Travel companies from the mainland are at it again. After a sharp fall in related incidents, mainland tour operators are again skirting a Hong Kong ban on forced shopping, the Hong Kong Economic Journ ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-02
... has drawn sharp criticism from some people. In online forums, netizens said the broadcaster's selection of the China-produced drama series would mean exerting a subtle influence on locals to follow m ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-30
A sharp rise in the incidence of cervical cancer among young Shanghai women has been traced by experts to having sex from an earlier age and with multiple partners. Shi Huijing, an associate professor ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-24
... rip are a sharp reminder to Obama about the complexities of Japan’s militaristic past in America’s political game in Asia today. That Abe has shown no sign of backing down on the Yasukuni issue means ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-23
... "Brother Sharp" for his fashionable dishabille style. Cheng shot to national fame in 2010 after photographers snapped photos of him on the street in Zhejiang province. -- Contact HKEJ at digest@ejin ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-17
Participants in the ongoing Canton Fair in southern China's Guangzhou City are optimistic the country's overseas trade will remain robust this year, despite data showing a sharp drop in exports and im ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-16
... s come in sharp contrast to expectations of strong shipment growth after 4G licenses were issued to China's three biggest telecom operators at the end of 2013. Shares of phone component makers tumbled ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-15
... ibuted to sharp progress in four out of five GCI criteria: activities of Fortune 500 companies, employees at international schools, number of broadband subscribers, and cultural exchanges between muse ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-15
Hong Kong saw a 40 percent jump in the number of suspected money laundering cases to 33,000 in 2013 from the previous year. The sharp growth could be due to a number of factors, including banks steppi ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-14
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and his Chinese counterpart Chang Wanquan on Tuesday exchanged sharp remarks over their countries' ambitions in Asia during the American official's three-day visit to ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-09
