China's GDP growth is likely to moderate to below 7 percent in the first quarter of this year, which would pave the way for further monetary easing. And Beijing's push of the "One Belt One Road" strat ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-24
Huaneng Renewables Corp. (00958.HK) is mulling a further upward revision in photovoltaic power generation capacity, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported Friday. New targets unveiled recently by Chi ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-20
The proportion of women on the boards of the companies on the Hang Seng Index (HSI) has risen to 11.1 percent this year from 9.6 percent last year. It is the highest ratio in five years but still fall ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-03
Sun Art Retail Group Ltd. (06808.HK), China's leading hypermarket operator, hopes to build its online sales to 10 billion yuan (US$1.6 billion) within three years from 150 million yuan as online retai ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-02
Two decades ago, foreign retailers rushed into China, seeing it as the world’s greatest untapped market. In the early years, they prospered. They built hypermarkets that offered consumers low prices, ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-11
Beijing's land market remains hot, with five plots sold at record prices within three days in 2015, China Daily reported. On Wednesday, a consortium comprising China Resources Land and Ping An Real Es ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-09
Just weeks after US electronics retailing giant Best Buy (BBY.US) made a final retreat from China, British rival Kingfisher (KGF.L) is making a similar move with word that it's selling control of its ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-24
A major development in the Chinese banking sector this year is the mushrooming of direct banks. By the end of November, 13 such banks had been set up, mostly subsidiaries of traditional banks. The id ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-05
To many Chinese billionaires, the Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong right next door to Two International Finance Center on the Central waterfront is without doubt their favorite place to stay. Since its in ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-28
Everyone knows the Chinese Central Government’s Liaison Office exerts a lot of influence over how Hong Kong is run, but not too many people realize that it is also a heavyweight player in the local pr ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-26
Beijing kicks off a top political meeting today that is expected to provide opportunities for market restructuring and capital injection in a slew of industries, namely telecommunications, energy, fin ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-20
Wang Yujun has resigned as president of China Resources Power Holdings Co. Ltd. effective Monday. Wang has been detained in eastern China's Jiangsu province on suspected corruption and bribery, the Wa ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-22
If you're in Shanghai looking to buy everything under one roof, you won't go farther than Plaza 66, the flagship shopping mall of Hang Lung Properties (00101.HK) on Nanjing Road. It's home to such hig ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-11
Geely Automobile chief executive Gui Shengyu has shown why he is the No. 1 bridge player in China: he picked up the trophy in Hong Kong's biggest bridge tournament yesterday. Gui’s team emerged champi ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-04
The national string of investigations against executives at major Chinese firms appears to be going local, with word that a man associated with some of Shanghai's biggest companies is being probed for ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-30
Hainan authorities are said to have held talks with 12 property developers, including units of well-known names such as China Resources Land, CITI Pacific, Shandong Luneng Property and COSCO, over the ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-14
The Communist Party is investigating the brother of a top aide to former president Hu Jintao for alleged serious violations of discipline and law, Ming Pao Daily reported Friday. The Central Commissio ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-20
A majority of China's power plants are coal-fired, which makes them more profitable than many traditional industries. That also means they're clawing back in profit what they give in exchange for it: ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-17
It’s hard not to get worried about the mushrooming of malls across China amid a slew of reports on delayed rental payments and a supply glut that is bound to get worse when projects under construction ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-12
China Resources Holdings Ltd. (01205.HK) said Tuesday an investigation into certain aluminum and copper products stored at Qingdao port in Shandong province may hit the group. The company said in a re ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-10
