Many smaller Chinese companies may be getting little or no respect from Wall Street these days but private equity seems a bit more interested in these undervalued firms. That comes after word that a b ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-22
The empresses were everywhere in 2012 but from 2015 they'll have to cut back on their TV appearances. Empresses in the Palace, a tale of political intrigue in a Qing dynasty imperial court, seemed to ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-16
... major challenges as it goes head-to-head with local players and also global giants like YouTube and Apple (AAPL.US). LeTV's global foray reflects the mounting pressure being faced by China's homegrow ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-16
... that it will recommend 33 out of 87 applicants to set up businesses on Hengqin Island, taking advantage of the concessions and incentives offered by the special development zone. After the recommendat ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-15
Sang Lan, a former world-class Chinese gymnast who was tragically paralyzed while preparing for an international event in 1998, gave birth to a baby boy in Beijing Monday. This is reportedly the first ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-15
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is expected to be sealed this year with Japan joining the proposed free-trade alliance and China and South Korea excluded for the time being, the United States Cham ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-17
Everyone is getting quite excited these past two days about word that Beijing will soon launch a major new sell-down of its stake in many of China's largest state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in a bid to ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-05
... an truthfully say it's quite common to see their stocks rise or fall by 3 percent or more after they announce their quarterly results. It's much rarer for shares to remain unchanged after such announc ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-11
It is no secret that many Western nations harbor mixed feelings about Chinese visitors. And it shows in their actions. On one hand, they roll out the red carpet for Chinese shoppers, whose impressive ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-10
If China's biggest PC maker gets the nod to buy Motorola's handset unit and IBM's low-end server business for a total of US$5.2 billion, it will become the world's 800-pound gorilla of information tec ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-04
... net radically changes the way that these industries operate. But I find the recent Internet obsession by the CEO of Vanke (01036.HK, 000002.CN), one of China's leading real estate developers, a bit mo ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-01
... ts is a full trading member of Liv-ex, the fine-wine exchange based in London. The barometer for fine-wine prices, the Liv-ex 100 Index, stood at 258.46 points at the end of November, off nearly 30 pe ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-27
On the day before Christmas, e-commerce giant Jingdong was making new noises that indicate it may make another attempt at an IPO in the new year, with word that it finally became profitable in the fir ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-26
... o quite dull low-end products. Most Chinese refer to phones from domestic names like ZTE, Huawei and Lenovo (HKEx: 992) as guochan, literally meaning "made in China," which carries the distinctively n ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-11
A series of moves surrounding leading e-commerce firms Alibaba and Jingdong is prompting speculation that the pair could be accelerating towards highly anticipated IPOs that had got stalled earlier fo ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-20
Two interesting new reports about China's box office paint very different pictures about the country's movie industry. Everyone agrees the sector is growing at a rapid clip, and will probably eclipse ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-07
Asia will see a rather slow issuance of Basel III-compliant bonds after the first of its kind came into place early this month, Fidelity Worldwide Investment said. Asian lenders boast stronger domesti ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-21
Editorials in Xinhua, China's leading government-controlled news outlet, never cease to amuse me, but the one published Oct. 14 made me spill my beer. While most are artfully devious, this commentary ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-15
As the solar panel sector continues its painful overhaul, signals are emerging about who will survive the downturn and thrive when the industry returns to health. Canadian Solar (Nasdaq: CSIQ) certain ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-09
... ing, they'll need to make huge initial investments to make up for their offline weakness. That may explain why Tencent is opting for a minority interest at the start. The shareholding structure of Ten ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-04
