Premier Li Keqiang's {李克強} lackluster press conference at the end of the National People’s Congress plenum Thursday was an apt closure of the annual session. Billed as one of the defining events on th ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-14
The recent decline of the yuan exchange rate against the US dollar is not large, and as I have argued in this column on Feb. 28, the Chinese currency's fundamentals are still pointing to appreciation, ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-14
They made their name in e-tailing and games but now Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Tencent Holdings Ltd. (00700.HK) are using their online heft to disrupt the world of investing. Through their money m ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-10
Billed as the most important event on China's political calendar each year, the annual "two meetings", namely the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Confe ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-28
Two recent property-related developments in East Kowloon have caught public attention, namely an urban renewal project in Kwun Tong, and a government tender won by a state-backed Chinese developer at ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-27
Suddenly, the world's casino giants are falling over each in the rush to enter Japan's gaming market. MGM Resorts International, the largest casino operator on the Las Vegas Strip, said it plans to in ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-26
China Central Television's (CCTV) investigative report Sunday on the thriving sex industry in the Guangdong city of Dongguan, known as China’s “sex capital,” has set off political fireworks in the com ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-14
The housing policy failure of Hong Kong's first post-colonial administration led by Tung Chee-hwa, who had set the annual supply at 85,000 units, has shown that when policymakers insist on certain rig ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-10
When the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee announced it was setting up two top-level committees at the end of its third plenum last month, the common view among China watchers was that the o ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-20
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden capped his two-day trip to Beijing by reaffirming Washington’s commitment to building a candid relationship with China, despite geopolitical tensions triggered by Beijing ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-06
Tension has engulfed the skies over the East China Sea this week after China established on Nov. 23 an air defense identification zone (ADIZ), which covers the disputed Diaoyu islands, or the Senkaku ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-29
Two sets of events -- one involving a mainland newspaper and the other two foreign companies -- fueled more speculation this week about the chill blowing through China’s political and economic landsca ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-25
As the 1.3 billion Chinese people celebrated the "golden week" National Day holidays with a plethora of activities, the Communist Party leadership lost no time in taking big strides on various fronts, ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-04
