It’s almost a knee-jerk reaction. Every time Beijing and Tianjin are blanketed in smog, officials and residents point their fingers at neighboring Hebei province. Hebei cadres are not just sitting idl ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-21
Go shopping with your unused mobile phone minutes? You can, if leaked details about an upcoming tariff revamp by China Mobile (00941.HK) are accurate. The world's largest mobile phone operator by subs ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-14
Ali Telecom, Alibaba's mobile virtual network operator, is up and running with the launch of its Qinxin {親心} mobile phone service. The launch comes hard on the heels of similar moves by home appliance ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-13
The push is on, the big subsidies are there but still the much-hoped-for boom in distributed solar generation has not occurred. Local governments are rolling out subsidy after subsidy to spark interes ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-12
Once the industry leader, Sinovel Wind Group (601558.CN) saw its loss widen to 3.44 billion yuan (US$552 million) last year from 580 million yuan in 2012. Having recorded losses for two consecutive y ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-09
Mainland journalist Gao Yu {高瑜} has been under police detention since April 24 in Beijing on charges that she provided state secrets to overseas contacts, state broadcaster China Central Television re ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-08
Tencent Holdings (00700.HK) is trying hard to catch up on digital mapping technology, where it is lagging behind other top Chinese internet firms. Beijing-based NavInfo has revealed that Tencent will ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-07
Haier Group has kicked off its first-ever real estate project in its home turf in Qingdao, in eastern China's Shandong province. Cloud Avenue is actually an online-to-offline (020) scheme by unit Qing ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-07
Liaoning governor and Premier Li Keqiang's {李克強} one-time righthand man, Chen Zhenggao, was anointed party boss of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development last Monday, Xinhua reported Sund ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-05
It's enough to daunt even the greatest optimist. This spring, 7.27 million college graduates are embarking on an annual rite of passage made tougher by tepid economic conditions: the job hunt. Many me ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-02
In the broadcast industry, it's hard to compete with Big Brother, who is both a player and the one who sets the rules of the game. Over the weekend, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Televi ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-30
It's an acknowledged fact that a slower economy and narrowed loan-deposit rate spreads have put an end to the era of easy profits at China's banks, particularly at joint-stock commercial lenders. Yet ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-29
Hangzhou-based Alibaba rules the e-commerce roost in China, but Tencent (00700.HK) is teaming up with discount department store Shopin {上品折扣} to push a new online-to-offline model that could claw some ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-28
Vice President Li Yuanchao {李源潮} has told Hong Kong media to take a fair and rational tack to protect the principle of one country, two systems, Radio Television Hong Kong reported Thursday. During a ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-24
China's securities regulator on Monday unveiled the draft prospectuses of a second batch of listing candidates, taking the total number of initial public offering hopefuls to 46, as authorities prepar ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-24
Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying {梁振英} said funds established in the city may soon be allowed to sell in the mainland market and vice versa, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported Wednesday. ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-23
Warren Buffett-backed carmaker BYD Co. Ltd. (01211.HK) launched its new Tang {唐} hybrid SUV at Beijing's international car show on the weekend, the first in the company's 542 series, according to a BY ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-22
China Resources Holdings chairman Song Lin {宋林} is the seventh senior mainland official, and perhaps the most high profile one, to be sacked and placed under an investigation this year amid an anti-gr ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-22
Following is a summary of major news and comments in the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the parent publication of EJ Insight, on Friday, April 18: TOP STORIES China Resources chief Song Lin faces graft p ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-18
