Past efforts by local and central governments to cool the mainland housing market had failed largely because the loose monetary policy continued to support the sector. But as China’s central bank has ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-12
... and cheap land resources in the 1980s and 1990s.” But the two favorable factors do not exist anymore. Besides, years have passed since the rapid growth in China’s industrialization and the nation is ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-09
... ar's only land border sparked fears of major price hikes and food shortages for its population of 2.7 million people, with long queues forming as some supermarkets began running out of stock. "We're n ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-09
... "Promised Land", it is at the moment scattered with empty houses, half-finished buildings and vacant factories. “We are not allowed to trade houses,” Duan, a local property agent, said. “Even constru ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-08
North Korea fired what appeared to be multiple land-to-ship missiles off its east coast on Thursday, Reuters reports, citing South Korea's military. The launch, the latest in a fast-paced series of mi ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-08
... s and mainland officials and academics. But Zhang’s comments did not have the tone of a routine reminder. It clearly sounded like a warning. If it was just another reminder, he would not have added th ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-08
... The plane landed at Chek Lap Kok Airport at 12:46 p.m. The captain allegedly told the control tower that he forgot to bring a map of the destination airport, a mistake which might have violated the ru ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-06
... Henderson Land, also in the five-day work week camp -- New World shifted to 5-day week years ago, while Henderson Land will make the transition on July 1 -- we will soon have the city's top four devel ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-02
... ng Kong Island. According to a survey carried out by a local newspaper, less than 10 percent of the 128 major housing estates are now trading at below HK$10,000 per square foot. A year ago, about one ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-01
Mainland property stocks have done very well recently, with Evergrande Group (03333.HK) spiking over 50 percent within five trading days. What is behind the rally and why has Evergrande outperformed? ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-01
... upgrading land and maritime trade routes between China and Europe, Asia and Africa, Reuters reports. The line is eventually expected to connect Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, S ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-01
... ocate mainland and local officers at the West Kowloon rail terminus and suspending the Basic Competency Assessment examination. The don’ts included allowing the liaison office’s meddling in Hong Kong ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-31
Mainland property plays have in general done very well this year, in particular highly leveraged developers. Sunac China Holdings (01918.HK), Country Garden Holdings (02007.HK) and Agile Group Holding ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-26
... m the mainland. Thousands of families live in tiny subdivided flats. The wait for public housing stretches into years. Rents too have shot through the roof. The building where I live is being redevelo ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-26
A US Navy warship sailed within 12 nautical miles of an artificial island built up by China in the South China Sea, the first such challenge to Beijing in the strategic waterway since US President Don ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-25
A China Eastern plane ran off the end of the north runway at the Hong Kong International Airport at around 11 a.m. on Wednesday after aborting an earlier attempt to land, amid heavy rains in the city. ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-24
Chinese conglomerate HNA Group has been getting a lot of media attention recently. After spending HK$27.2 billion to acquire four land plots in Kowloon, the group is said to be in talks to acquire sta ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-24
... his Holy Land visit, he gave little indication of how he could revive talks that collapsed in 2014. Trump will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on Tuesday a ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-23
... sidential land use is seven. The ground floor of the building was home to the famous Wing Woo Grocery, which had operated for more than 80 years until its closure in 2009, while the second and third f ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-22
Over the years, any proposal to develop land and build houses in our country parks would almost without exception touch a nerve among local environmentalists and provoke backlash from not only the pub ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-22
