... 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
... rch, down sharply from its 70 percent share a year earlier. Much of Baidu's losses went to Qihoo, whose share doubled over the same period to about 25 percent. Sogou's share also rose sharply to about ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-09
... rise most sharply, it said. China National Building Material Co. Ltd. (03323.HK), for instance, is said to have seen a 456 percent spike in its net gearing ratio while Huaneng Power International Inc. ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-07
... , fueling sharp criticism in the territory. Rao Geping, Hong Kong Basic Law Committee member of National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee and a professor at Peking University, said in an int ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-07
... s about a sharp slowing of the world’s second-largest economy and, also importantly, the leadership’s vow to deepen economic reform. As it stands, the measures are limited and targeted. While reflecti ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-04
... ndustry's sharp downturn in recent years, investors are easily spooked by any sign of trouble. After all, United PV's new focus -- solar farms -- is far from a proven business. There was a new round o ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-03
... as seen a sharp drop in advertising revenue over the last two years. CBN is taking drastic steps to cut costs, including layoffs, hiring freezes and the cancellation of a national distribution contrac ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-02
... said. The sharp rise in write-offs is the latest indication of the turbulence buffeting China’s financial system. The bond market suffered its first true default in March, two high-profile shadow bank ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-31
