China cannot breathe easy about smoking. Research published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association said the number of smokers around the world grew by more than a third from 721 ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-10
There's been a sinking feeling about cement producers for much of the last year thanks to a tepid economy, but the sector has had a dramatic comeback in recent weeks, with major counters leading the r ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-23
For too long, China's interest rates have been kept far below the nation's nominal GDP growth rate. They are now rising as authorities move to reduce financial repression. The rise in domestic bond yi ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-19
BTC China, the world's biggest bitcoin exchange, has stopped accepting customer deposits after the People's Bank of China (PBoC) on Monday ordered third-party payment providers to halt payment and set ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-19
Following is a summary of major news and comments in the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the parent publication of EJ Insight, on Thursday, Dec. 5: TOP STORIES MIIT grants 4G licenses to three telecom car ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-05
Four years ago, 6,000 bitcoins were equivalent to four pizzas in value. Today, the same amount of the virtual currency buys you a Lamborghini Veneno Roadster, the world's most expensive car model that ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-26
A key reform the central government seeks to push forward with more vigor, and is likely to gain impetus during the upcoming plenum of the Communist Party of China leadership, is urbanization -- a mas ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-06
Diversified Hong Kong-based HKI Group will finally shutter its garment factories and retail clothing businesses in the Pearl River Delta over the next three years as profit margins unravel from rising ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-25
